I like to tinker and make things. I have been attempting to make sting silencers using cuts from old inner tubes. I am cutting out a pattern similar to the commercial ones, seems to be working ok. Has anyone else tried this? Here is a picture of one I made along side a spider leg silencer.

A good friend of mine in Ohio would take one strip of inner tube about 3/8" wide and an inch long and put them in his string with half on each side. They worked pretty well for him.

Not my idea, but those foam ear plugs in the string work darn good, and weigh very little.

I'm currently using them as slap noise cushions, and they work darn good for that also.

Rick

I use the beaver balls for looks and they do work. My string had the smaller cat whiskers on it that I could slide up and down the string. They were brand new so for the hell of it I slide each one up where the string meets the curve for a brush button. I hate the new brush buttons because they are loud. These I figured would be quieter. Well, I'll be damned that these things work pretty good. I don't think about it much, but I have very little brush catching me anymore and they are quiet. Just a tip for you all.

Rick, how are you attaching the ear plugs so they act as string slap dampeners? I am thinking you might be running a hole through them length-wise and sliding them over the string loops. Is there a better way?

I've used thin strips of silicone rubber with great results. They are ugly though and don't look near as good as the old fashioned beaver or otter fur silencers.

[[[ Backcountry: "Rick, how are you attaching the ear plugs so they act as string slap dampeners? I am thinking you might be running a hole through them length-wise and sliding them over the string loops. Is there a better way?" ]]]

That is exactly what I do. I've been using the round fuzzy side of velcro discs as slap silencers for years, and they work real good, but combine them with the ear plugs, and there is no slap noise. Works great.

If using the ear plugs as actual string silencers, just separate the string, and slip the pugs in crass ways where you would install any other silencers.

Rick

thanks, Rick. Imma go try that.

Rick, that's probably the best idea I've ever seen for preventing string slap noise. Thanks

Whew doggies Rick. That's slick.

This is one of the many reasons I love this site. Great ideas. Thanks Rick!

I have tried the whole cat also, but that meow sound they make at release spooks the deer. The cat whiskers I use for a dampener and brush guard are working pretty slick so far. I'd post a picture but for some reason it errors out on me. I like the ear plug Idea, just don't want an orange ball on my string (you gota look good ya know).

I've tried it with pieces from a mountain bike tubes. They work OK. I just use yarn and make puff balls.

Kpc,

betcha haven't tried hair balls from off'n yer cat yet! Might just be the best idear I've ever come up with...

THATS TO FUNNY KC!!!!

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