Bow Silencing

cajun · Post by **cajun** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:10 pm

Just wondering if anyone has tried the Bow Hush/Hush Puppy products for silencing a crossbow? The Bow Hush is designed for traditional recurves and helps to quiten the string slap on the limbs. The Hush Puppy is a string silencer for flemish strings. I have used both on my trad recurves and they work great..........

DropTine · Post by **DropTine** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:43 pm

Never tried the,. but a good way to silence an excal is to get a boo string with cat whiskers!

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:21 pm

I use Boo's strings with catwhiskers on my Phoenix, and catwhiskers on my recurve & longbow strings. Matter fo fact, I now own a Boo string for my recurve, but I haven't had time to do any shooting yet.

I'm not sure if Boo wants the publicity on making a string for a trad bow, but since we both own the same model recurve - CheckMate Falcon - he was nice enough to make me a flemish string for mine.

jniszczak · Post by **jniszczak** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:45 am

A great combination is a Boo string with whiskers and an STS system. Seriously cuts down vibration and noise...

RyanB · Post by **RyanB** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:37 pm

on my Exomag I sold the other week (carved tip) I used a combination of limb covers and the wiskers. I don't think that excalibur sells the limb covers anymore but I found they really helped without sacrificing to many fps. What I liked the most about them was that I did alot of stalking with my bow and there was no noise to be heard from a branch comming in contact with the limbs. Helped me arrow my first doe only 5 feet from me. The rain (slignt drizzel) helped and her being pre ocupied with eating apples helped too.

RyanB

Kuffs · Post by **Kuffs** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:50 pm

I once read a quote from Bill Troubridge himself. He said not to bother trying to silence the bow. In the forest the deer are going to hear the shot regardless even if it's a little quieter. Instead of worring about the noise, concentrate on the speed of the arrow so it gets to your target faster. do what youy can to cet more feet per second out of your bow!!!

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:03 pm

I am going to order my Boo string with Catwhiskers in the next couple weeks

And then leave well enough alone

Fergie10 · Post by **Fergie10** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:05 pm

dick195252 wrote:I am going to order my Boo string with Catwhiskers in the next couple weeks And then leave well enough alone

got my string today

Crockett&boon · Post by **Crockett&boon** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:54 pm

someone post a link where to get them