Static Limb Recurves Quiet - Really?

[Bowwild]

I agree with Ben that the Morrison with Max 1's is very quiet.

The most quiet bow I currently own is my Bigfoot Sasquatch recurve. I'm not hunting with it this year but not because of any deficiency.

Folks have different priorities when it comes to the equipment they choose to shoot/hunt with.  I'm drawn to the recurve for its lines. No other type of bow on a scale of 1 to 10 gets past 5 for me in the aesthetics department. All that I have owned are quiet enough for my hunting.

I haven't had any deer jump the string. Admittedly I hunt deer that if I or my son don't shoot at them, no one will (private).

[Piratkey]

I only know two static recurves, a Border Black Douglas HEX 6 bb2 and a RER Vital model,the RER is very very quiet.

[Jmatt1957]

Keith Chastain's wapiti

[maxwell]

Dryad epics ILF static limbs are the quietest limbs I have shoot on a recurve.

[BuckeyeGuy]

I had Dryad Epic ILF on a Dorado riser.  Yarn wrapped string with silencers.  Dead quiet and damn fast.

[nineworlds9]

RER XR static.  I have tried several others.  The RER with 10gpp and skinny string is like a good hybrid longbow.  I am picky.

[FerretWYO]

What weight arrows out of what weight bows are you shooting and what tuning are you doing?

[Kevin Dill]

I've heard good things about the performance of STR bows, but just never have had a chance to shoot one where I could seriously evaluate it. That changed when Abe Penner offered to do a pass-around on one of his Tuktu Ex recurves. He sent me this bow and I kept it a week. Lots easier to evaluate the nuances of a bow this way, vs 30 minutes with it at a bow shoot.

Whatever Abe did with this bow, he definitely got it right. I shoot 3-under and this recurve is actually quieter than my longbows...all of them. I don't know how you improve on a really fast, really pretty and really quiet 2-pc takedown static tip recurve. I was so impressed with it; I ordered one almost as soon as I shipped the pass-around bow to the next man in line.

[Dirtybird]

Kevin that bow should pack up nice to take to Alaska to shoot a moose with.  Thank you for the review.

[Kevin Dill]

David...you're reading me like a book. I'm hoping it arrives soon enough for me to take it to Hawaii next June...and then to Alaska in September. Very excited.

[pamike]

i wish abe's bow was lighter so i could have tried it!!

[Bob N.]

I'll add another thumbs up for the rer xr.  After 30 years of shooting longbows and recurves the xr is the quietest recurve I've ever shot even at 8 or 9 grains per pound it is still quiet.  Its plenty quick and forgiving.

[Flying Dutchman]

I own a RER Vital and a Whippenstick Phoenix in the same  drawweight. Both are fantastic bows. I would say they are equally silent, fast and smooth to draw.

[wasapt]

My Borders are super quiet... I shoot about 550 gr arrow weight with them at 50-55lbs

[wasapt]

Arrow material and proper spine plays a role as well. My aluminum shafts are loud if they are not the right spine no matter what bow I shoot.

[Sixby]

I've been shooting FMJs out of my new EagleWing Steppe Eagle and love them. Its the first time I have tried these arrows and I am really impressed with them.
ThreeUnder has a thread about the new Static belly mount Steppe Eagle with lots of pics , check it out.

God bless, Steve

[Gil Verwey]

I have bought and traded many bows. I have owned many static tip recurves and have 2 now. I haven't found them to be not that much quieter than other recurves. I have found that some recurves are very loud and difficult to quiet down.

The bows I have and shoot now are very quiet. I found that heterodyning cat whiskers and bow hush will quiet any bow.

I set my recurves up so the top cat whisker is 1/4 down the string and my bottom cat whisker is 1/3 up the string. I take about a 3" to 4" piece of cat whisker, bend it in half and thread it through the string. I serve it in and cut the folded over piece. I didn't think heterodyning would make that much of a difference, but on my bows it works great.

Gil

[Ray Lyon]

Tuning, arrow weight and Bow Hush/Hushpuppies is were I would start. My 1962 Bear Kodiak magnum is as quiet as my Howard Hill longbow according to my ears.

 My noisiest recurve was an ILF model static.

[Keith Langford]

I'll let you know in a few day's, Kirk shipped my SS out today, I'll compare it to my Bob Lee Ultimate and Blacktail Snakebit, both recurves of course, and let you know the findings. Iwas told to keep a fire extinguisher handy,      to put out the arrows

[katman]

Lucky dog Keith. Envious as my ss build is a ways off.
The max1's I have are pretty quiet, not as quiet as my sasquatch but hunting quiet.