String silencers?

[Dubya]

I was just wondering what type of string silencers y'all like to use on your longbows? I've got some beaver balls on mine and I've never tried anything else.

[Bisch]

I make my own out of 100% wool yarn from Hobby Lobby. 1 skein of yarn costs about $8 and I can make a gazillion silencers out of it.

Bisch

[Dubya]

Bisch thats a great idea, that has to be super quiet?

[TEXophilite7]

I make my own out of 100% wool yarn from Hobby Lobby. 1 skein of yarn costs about $8 and I can make a gazillion silencers out of it.

Bisch

Brilliant!

[andy nimmons]

sheep wool is the best I just go pull some off of my four horns, black or white I can dye the white to any color I want

[Bisch]

Bisch thats a great idea, that has to be super quiet?

They work very well.

All I do is wrap the yarn around my fingers on one hand, then tie in the middle with a piece of serving thread. (How many wraps you make around your fingers depends on the thickness of the yarn. A little experimenting and you figure it out pretty fast.)

Then separate the bundles of the string and put half of the yarn and 1 end of the serving thread thru the string.

Then tie a square knot in the serving thread around one of the string bundles.

String up the bow.

Use a pair of scissors to cut all the loops in the yarn on both sides of the string.

Go shoot the bow and after the puff has frizzed out, trim to a nice round shape.

Bisch

[Fergeris]

I tanned a grey fox I shot with my long bow an cut a couple of strips of the hide with fur out an made my own type of beaver ball. Worked good for me

[tstrick1993]

String whiskers for me. I need something that is water proof/resistant. The only downside is sometim es they do trap water, but all you gotta do is pluck the string a little to get the moisture out.

[bassmatt72]

I make my own out of 100% wool yarn from Hobby Lobby. 1 skein of yarn costs about $8 and I can make a gazillion silencers out of it.

Bisch

I do the same thing.

[n8vtxn1]

I do the same as Bisch. You can buy CAMO pattern wool yarn. I have one that is dark green, light green and yellow. My other is earth tones brown dark and light yellow and orange. Works great and wool is fairly water resistant

[RickBarbee]

I like to use Acrylic Yarn.

38 strands X 2" length
Make a perfect little round puff.

Works just like wool, but is lighter in weight.
Finished weight of these is 16gr.

Comes in a multitude of colors, so the sky is the limit as to what you can make them look like.

This one is suppose to resemble a gobbler's tail fan feather.

Rick

[chackworth3]

I make my own out of 100% wool yarn from Hobby Lobby. 1 skein of yarn costs about $8 and I can make a gazillion silencers out of it.

Bisch

This, except its acrylic

[White Falcon]

I use beaver!

[JSF]

I use beaver!

Never seen a beaver that was quiet!

[White Falcon]

Ya got to tie them real tight!