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My set of sims string leeches are pretty much done for after 3wks of shooting. Just curious what everyones opinion is on string silencers. I've heard some good things about bowjax, like speed increase and silencing. Also have heard people that still swear by cat whiskers. Just wondering what to put on my bow next, or nothing at all? I'm shooting a CSS, does anyone recomend no string silencers?

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My set of sims string leeches are pretty much done for after 3wks of shooting. Just curious what everyones opinion is on string silencers. I've heard some good things about bowjax, like speed increase and silencing. Also have heard people that still swear by cat whiskers. Just wondering what to put on my bow next, or nothing at all? I'm shooting a CSS, does anyone recomend no string silencers?

Thanks for any thoughts.

steve
go with bowjaxs you wont be sorry i have a pair on my strings that are almost a year old
 

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String leeches are a waste of money, get bowjax, they are highly superior. Never used whiskers but I hear they are good as well.
 

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SVL String leeches are junky. They're only useful if you cut em up and use them to pad your dropaway prongs. :wink:

Bowjax II's are pretty darn nice. They do a decent job silencing and can be setup like speed buttons. With a chrono and a few minutes, you'll like be able to get a few more fps out of your rig and still benefit from the string dampening.

Whiskers offer better silencing generally speaking. You'll drop some fps but quiet the string down quiet a bit.

Now, I know you didn't ask about these, but I thought I'd throw in some info (from my own experience) on them as well. Beaver balls offer the best silencing by far. Between the 4 bows I maintain on a regular basis (me -1, girlfriend -2, friend -1) as well as a few others I've helped tune in the past, I've tried just about everything out there with the exception of those Spider string leeches. Up until a month or two ago, I refused to use beaver balls, just didn't like the way they looked. I finally picked up a set as my girlfriend wanted to set her hunting bow up with them. I figured, whatever, it's not my bow, she can have whatever she wants on hers. I was definitely impressed with what they did to say the least. Her bow went from whisper quiet to near dead silence. Without exaggeration, I can truthfully say that at 10+ yrds away, you'll be hard pressed to hear any noise from the bow on the shot. You can, however, hear the arrow whizzing by and smack into the target just fine. :)
 

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I just put Bowjax string silencers and the limbjax on and I'm very happy with them. I'm not sure about gaining speed but I did put them right next to the speed nocks on my Tribute and it definately didn't slow it down any. Order them directly from their website, it's cheaper and you can get them in green or clear.
 

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I don't know, I've tried almost everything out there, I find that the cat wiskers quite my bow the most, my Trykon came with those alpha shock deals on, there were noisy as a freight train, I put cat whiskers on and now it's silent.
 

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I have some, but I have tried them, yet. The whiskers break off and I have had some of the pieces hit my glasses. The Sims seems to like to get cut in half after a while. I have bought some bowjax for the string, as well as, the one's for the limbs and an STS also.

I am of the school that you just can't make a bow too quite. Most of our Ohio deer or scaried of their own shadow. So, the less noise the bow makes the less likely it is to scary them out of their skin. I don't like putting things on the string of a hunting bow. I will experiment to see if the bowjax are needed or not, but I suspect they will do better than the other two mentioned, at least from the stand point of durability.
 

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Deezlin said:
Is this some sort of old indian trick?:laugh: :laugh:
I bet the beaver isn't much a fan of his nads being used as string silencers.:eek:

Asked a Mountain Man Furs retailer what those Beaver Balls are actually made of and found out that it is a strip of fur off the beaver's back. They're only $7 a set, won't take much to try em out. :)
 

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Deezlin said:
Is this some sort of old indian trick?:laugh: :laugh:
When does beaver season start? I'm also wondering if Gobbler Guillotine broadheads would be best for this?
:drum: :chortle:

Seriously, one of the quiesest bows I've seen was one with leeches AND some wiskers together. I'm going to try that when hunting season rolls around.
 

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Whiskers

The string leeches do make a bow pretty quiet, but have durability issues.
The jax may be the most durable, but every bow I've tried them on still had a little string buzz left.
The Whiskers last very long (maybe not forever), it depends on the brand. IMHO, they quiet the string better than the others. If you are obsessed with speed, they can cost you a few fps.
 
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