"String silencers" What's the best?

[rholzie]

Just looking for opinions on the types of string silencers that you all use?? And please feel free to post some pics! Pics are ALWAYS nice!  

[riverrat 2]

make mine from wool yarn,cheap and effective.

[Anointed Archer]

I like to use wool yarn, it is cheap, queit and last a long time.

 

[Terry Green]

I get mine from two Darlin Southern Belles

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[rholzie]

Hey Jeff, is'nt that the bow that is "supposed" to bag a bunnie or two at the upcomining Bunny Stomp?

[Stumpkiller]

I like to start small as I figure too much baggage on the string is robbing me of power.  I have about 1/5th the wool A.A. shows on his Bear on my Dream Catcher and it is my quietest bow.  I also have wool on my Bear Kodiak Hunter.  I just have bush buttons on my Bear Kodiak, and everything else has beaver fur strips.  

I play my brace height until I get a tolerable thummm instead of a THWAP.

Ratty beaver on my Ben Pearson Hunter (much recycled & a bit of string wax added).
     

Wool & buttons
   

[adeeden]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
I get mine from two Darlin Southern Belles

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x2!

[LongStick64]

Beaver Balls.....sorry I didn't name them....poor beaver's

[AdamH]

Muskox Quivuit's, although Expensive, the Best I've tried ...

[illwhttail]

Poor beavers hahaha.

[Night Wing]

I'm still have the original bowstring that came with my 37# Blacktail. The bowstring came with a pair of cat whiskers already installed on it. I trimmed the cat whiskers so they were half the diameter they were. The cat whiskers are on the bottom bow in the photo.

 

[Covey]

Originally posted by riverrat 2:
make mine from wool yarn,cheap and effective.

Yep! I also rap the loops with yarn to reduce string slap. Jason

[LBR]

Most any material will work to silence the string--fur, wool, rubber, even "puffs" made from string material.

The "catch" is tuning them--getting them in the right location, and not making them too large or too small.

My preferance is "cat whiskers", for convenience's sake.  I tie them on around the string and they easily adjusted/tuned.  They work very well, I can make them match my string if I want, they don't hold scent or burrs or water.  Works for me.

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
I get mine from two Darlin Southern Belles

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OK, you got me.  Just placed the order.

I found my llama hair ones work ok, but they are pretty much white and I noticed they sure stand out in the brown woods, especially as dusk sets in.

[Kapellmeister]

I've been real happy with the Hush Puppies & Bow Hush!    

[Green Mountain Boy]

I'm with longstick (great screen name), beaverballs all the way.  I'm pretty new this stuff, I might just like telling people what they are called!

[metsastaja]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
I get mine from two Darlin Southern Belles

   CLICK HERE  

Great Customer Service, excellent product

[Buckhorn3380]

I use woolie whispers, I get mine from Mike at the Nocking Point he has a website and he is out of KS, great guy to deal with, the woolie whispers work great for me and they hold up great also

[JimB]

I've used several,including Cat Whiskers and Woolie Whispers and they have worked well.Probably the best has been Hush Puppies.I need to order some more soon.

[Rick Butler]

Ya need Hush Puppies Robo. Ya don't want them bunnies jumpin' the string.