best string silencer for a recurve?

[Oldskool2]

I have a 55lb recurve with FF string and beaver balls. I am just wondering if all other tuning is equal what silencer do you feel is the quietest?

[BOHO]

Id say yarn or cat whiskers

[Hummer3T]

Muskox wool ball are great quite, water proof, light, etc. but they can caught burrs.

[Razorbak]

can use bow hush silencers or wool/acrylic and wrap yarn or wool  around string near nocks or use rubber whiska's and if not wrap string..use a piece of velcro where string contacts curve of limbs..many different choices to use and do..most important thing is to play with brace height before installing anything..get it close to quiet as you can and then install your choice of material and you will see and HEAR the difference

[LBR]

I like cat whiskers, but most any silencer is effective if you tune properly.

[wapitirod]

A couple weeks ago I was dealing with my Wallace being noisier than I liked with the beaver on it so I went down to the local sporting goods store and they had Tarantulas in stock and I had used them in the past on both compounds and recurves.  I switched them out and the difference was night and day.

[Stumpkiller]

I like wool.  Mine happens to be Jacobs.  

   

[bearsfeet]

I just make my own out of wool yarn and then add two of those small limb saver string silencers... That makes for a pretty quite bow.

[Pheonixarcher]

Bow hush and hush puppies! Available here from the gang. Works great!

[Steelhead]

I like wool puffs the most.

[NWoklahomajacob]

Hush puppies!!

[30coupe]

Cat whiskers here because we have so many burrs. Wool puffs are great silencers, but one day in the woods where I hunt and the bottom one is just a blob of burrs.

[Flying Dutchman]

Another approach would be to buy a SB string with silencencers already installed.

[KSshrewman]

Thanks for pointing out Bow Hush and Hush Puppies. I am looking also and plan to give them a try.

[Oldskool2]

good advice guys, Thanks for all the posts. I am new and it really helps to hear what other ppl are using.

[Greyfox54]

Can't go wrong with Hush Puppies I've had great results with them , Fred

[Reaper TN]

Check out the How To Resources section here on Tradgang.  Apex Predator has a tutorial on how to make your own acrylic/wool puffs and string wrap silencers from yarn.  I make my own now thanks to his tutorial, they work excellent and look good too.

[Homebru]

I recently read a "tidbit" that suggested placing one silencer at 1/4 string length and one at 1/3 string length.  Those correspond to the frequencies at which a string will resonate.  It made a tremendous amount of sense to do this.

I had been shooting FF w/ beaver fur.  I grabbed a new string and installed cat whiskers as stated above.  My bow has never been this quiet.

Hope this helps.
homebru

[Downtime]

I have been making my own for years from old inter tubes out of bicycle tires.  I cut them about 1/8" wide and trim.  One tire will last a lifetime.   I learn about this method of silencer making here on this forum, plus they work great.

[Keuka]

One consideration in choosing silencers is the weather conditions where you hunt. If your area gets lots of rain or rain and snow mixed, fur or wool can be a problem in those conditions. Once saturated or saturated and then frozen, these materials can have a great effect on a bows performance. If you hunt wet, rubber silencers such as whiskers, spiders, etc., are well worth consideratin.