Colored Xbow strings.

Huntz · Post by **Huntz** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:33 am

Ok ,I am new to this Sport.I don`t quite get having camo everything and then having a String that jumps out at you like a traffic light.Explain this to me.A inquisitive mind wants to know!!!!!!

wheelie · Post by **wheelie** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:35 am

hehehe, you are right. thought about that myself.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:25 am

Well first, the deer will never see the string even if it were covered in LEDs because the limbs obscure the string.
Flashy strings come from traditional bows as well as compounds. The get pretty wild. Yellow and black is a common traditional bow string colour and it's hardly camo.
Bottom line is that it is just a matter of personal choice but from the stand point of a Flemish string maker it makes life easier to make a better string if you have contrasting colours. I personally think camo strings are boring. My favorite colours are black and yellow/red/flo green/flo yellow. Using multiple mixed colours and all black makes it difficult to see how well the string is made. When I say good I mean in an aestheic way.

xbowkidd · Post by **xbowkidd** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:29 am

never had a problem with my black and yellow boo.

xbow kenny · Post by **xbow kenny** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:08 pm

Not all good quality custom strings have to be in bright colours, some of the best looking strings, IMO match the camo or colour of the bow. This gives the bows a true custom look.

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:38 pm

I rather like the contrast of a two-tone string in Flemish Twist. It has nothing to do with quality and performance, but many agree that it has a great deal to do with appearance and preference.

Huntz · Post by **Huntz** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:23 pm

OK,I go along with the string is behind the limbs on the ground.In a treestand otherwise.I guess everybody has their own ideas.Don`t make them right or wrong,just differnt.I have been Bow hunting for a long time and like to feel as camoed as possible.
Boo,When I can afford it I hope you can make me a boring Olive & Black String.

Huntz

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:28 pm

Huntz wrote:OK,I go along with the string is behind the limbs on the ground.In a treestand otherwise.I guess everybody has their own ideas.Don`t make them right or wrong,just differnt.I have been Bow hunting for a long time and like to feel as camoed as possible.
Boo,When I can afford it I hope you can make me a boring Olive & Black String. Huntz

That would be my pleasure. Please order a month or two ahead of time.

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:40 pm

Don't worry about the bright colors, think about the PA hunter who looks like a 200 pound pumpkin in the woods or the black and red Woolrich jacket from years past. It's not about color, it about movement. By the time the deer catches sight of my yellow/green BOO string, a 100 grain broadhead just zipped trhough him. Besides, if you look good, you shoot good.

Rich

Cossack · Post by **Cossack** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:46 pm

Worrying about colored strings assumes deer see like we do, they don't.
Indications are they see most colors as just a dark solid...except blue which they can see. So, no blue strings

... or blue jeans for me.

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:48 pm

Rich wrote: Besides, if you look good, you shoot good.

Rich

LOL!

terrym · Post by **terrym** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:29 pm

Funky strings look kool and they confuse the deer, makes them think no person with such a funky set of strings would have any aggression in them. Also makes the strong gamey taste go away, honest

Are your fruit of the looms all the same color? Live a little, be crazzzy !!

hikerman · Post by **hikerman** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:04 pm

My boo string is camo, green and yellow. There is a lot of both in the hard woods.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:18 pm

what colours can you get

Normous · Post by **Normous** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:22 pm

mikej wrote:what colours can you get

Almost all colours.
http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... hp?t=18801