Un-conventional String silencing techniques

[Zradix]

Rubber bands..YES!!!!
That's the kind of thinking I LIKE!!
   

[Zradix]

I just had a thought..
Wonder how teflon tape would work.
Especially if you cut/shredded the the ends a bit.

Maybe the stainless type ( thicker and Grey )
or Oxygen use ( green )

Neither is as thick as the gas type (yellow) but I'm going to give it a try.

[njloco]

Doesn't teflon get a little stiff in the cold ?

I took the rubber bands and cut them across then tied one at each, then cut them the length about 1/2" before the knot. They weren't skinny bands but more like medium size, the size you would use to make a slingshot when you were a kid.

I do however much prefer the true ball spiders.

Hope this helps.

[Don Stokes]

Dan Quillian showed me another way to use rubber bands, useful for when you have to replace a string in the field with one that doesn't have any silencers on it. Loop a big rubber band back through itself around the string, and then stretch it over the limb tip so that the rubber band bridges between the string and the limb. It works great for silencing, but hangs up in the brush pretty easily. Good for "emergencies".

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

Originally posted by bamacrazy:
Your arrows are not overspined are they?

Or too lite?

[Gatekeeper]

Traditional Bowhunter Magazine “Tip of the Week”

Inner Tub Silencer
  http://www.aweber.com/archive/tbmtotw/1ZGbV/h/TBM_Tip_Of_The_Week_Inner_Tube.htm

[Zradix]

Very cool

[LBR]

Rubber is excellent for dampning vibrations--just ask SVL.  Cat whiskers have never failed me, as long as everything else was done right.  

Proper tuning, reasonable arrow weight, a decent release, etc. should all work towards a fairly quiet bow without silencers;  then a small set of silencers should seal the deal.  If I had to jump through hoops to get a bow quiet, I'd be looking for something else to shoot.  I'm too old for hoops....