Installing a pair of Bowjax Ultrajax string silencers is an easy way to silence a noisy string on both compounds and traditional bows. These top-end silencers are quick and easy to install on the string or cable without using a bow press. Simply slip the Ultrajax on the string and cinch the silencer in place using the supplied plastic ties or a scrap of bowstring serving material.
Compound bow shooters who are looking for even more noise-dampening action can attach a second pair of BowJax Ultrajax to the bus cable. Sold in packets of four.
Here is a string silencer that is an old-time favourite with traditional shooters. The Beaver Balls string silencers sold by NZAP are a very effective and very traditional way to take the game-spooking twang out of your shot.
Possum fur also makes an effective silencer but Beaver Balls work better than possum fur because the natural oils in the beaver fur makes them waterproof. Beaver Balls are made of premium tanned beaver hide from the wilds of northern Canadian.
The primary purpose of any string silencer is to quiet bow noise caused by harmonic resonance, but by removing vibration from the string silencers also help to quiet the resonance of the entire shooting system: bow, quiver, stabiliser and whatever. This not only makes for a quiet shot but a more accurate one as well. This is why we recommend string silencers for target shooters as well as for bowhunters.
Spider Legs (also called Cat Whiskers) are your basic rubber string silencer and the most popular string silencer sold by NZAP. Spider legs are simple, easy to install, economical, and effective. Sold in packets of two.
These furry string silencers by Tarantula are made from a very resilient form of fleece material (the same sort of stuff used to make your hunting pants) that helps to effectively dampen string vibration while reducing air resistance and draw on the string.
Tarantula String Silencers are sold by NZAP in packets of two and come in a universal camo pattern.
When SIMS brought out the original String Leech, it was quickly recognised as the most effective string silencer ever offered to the bowhunting public. The Super Stealth String Leech is an improvement on that original design that is even more effective without the tendency or the original to fly off the string after 50 shots or so. They do still wear out though, which is why you set two sets in each packet.
A pair of Super Stealth String Leeches on your string delivers up to 90% reduction in harmful resonance with virtually no effect on arrow speed. Comes in a packet of four. Install them just like you would a peep sight.
If you are looking for a really cool string silencer for free, just use the inside of a piece of bungee cord. It has a bunch of rubber fingers just like a regular string silencer. Put it on your string with some thread tied real tight and you are all set.
Bungee-cord string silencers can be just a effective as the real cat-whisker type and they look about the same, but they don't last as long because they are made from a different kind of rubber. It doesn't matter though because they are so cheap that you won't mind installing a new pair every so often.
Cheers and a $10 voucher to Kevin from Christchurch