How to make it quieter.

wheelie · Post by **wheelie** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:31 pm

Very well said Bill, after gun season and black powder twice deer are on edge now. Idea is to scout now for next year before gun season. My goal now is to get good enought calling to get yotes with my xbow.

HW · Post by HW » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:44 pm

Just remember 99.9% of all of our shots are placed in a foam target. If a quieter bow gets you practicing more, then that is a good thing. I love the fact that my bow shoots with a lot less vibration and noise with a Boo string. It just keeps the practice sessions lasting a lot longer.

stoop14 · Post by **stoop14** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:49 pm

i have to wait till end of jan to even apply for my boo string

but it will be worth the wait

Normous · Post by **Normous** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:52 pm

stoop14 wrote:i have to wait till end of jan to even apply for my boo string but it will be worth the wait

In the meantime shoot the crap out of the one that comes with your Equinox.

frydaddy · Post by **frydaddy** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:28 pm

Thanks guys for all the great advice, you to Bill. Your invite
is still waiting you and kat. Excalibur is a great company because
Bill had a great idea. Thanks , Gary

B-Logger · Post by **B-Logger** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:00 am

I don't worry too much about trying to quiet the bow. The reason is I grew up with recurve bows and we fought to quiet those down! Now think about how quiet those can be. Do you think we could approach that with a crossbow?

Another point. Just think about how little noise will put a deer to flight. Is this possible to be that quiet with a crossbow to not put a deer to flight? I think not; therefore, I do not worry about the noise at the shot but do worry about any noise preparing for the shot.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:08 am

Quieting a crossbow has little to do with deer hunting, for me it is just another reason to tinker with a toy I am constantly looking for reasons to pick up. The other is that I shoot a lot, a whole lot.
Dampening the noise and vibration of the bow makes continuous shooting a bit more pleasurable, in a hunting situation it makes little difference.
For every 2000 shots I take, one of them is in a hunting environment.
Tinkerers tinker, it is just in our blood.

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:46 am

smokepolehall wrote:well you can be like my friend awshucks and myself be half deaf noise doesn't bother us

Add me to that list as well.

Classic hearing loss due to gun fire. Hearing protection was not recommended while in jungles.

Mike P wrote: Give me 300 ft. and it can sound like a cherry bomb going off for all I care. The deer will hear it, but it will be too late. He is dead; he just doesn't know it yet.

I said the above in another thread regarding the "wish lists" for new models. That being said I have a Boo string on order with cat whiskers. I want one of Boo's strings for the serving and thought "when in Rome" and ordered the whiskers as well.

I hardly ever shoot my crossbows any time but during the deer season. And then it is only to check to see if the scope is still on and if the arrows with broadheads fly true.

No amount of additional shooting be it gun or crossbow is going to have any affect on my performance with either.

I only have so many shots left in me.

And I am conserving them!

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:10 am

Mike P wrote:
smokepolehall wrote:well you can be like my friend awshucks and myself be half deaf noise doesn't bother us

Add me to that list as well.

Classic hearing loss due to gun fire. Hearing protection was not recommended while in jungles.

Mike P wrote: Give me 300 ft. and it can sound like a cherry bomb going off for all I care. The deer will hear it, but it will be too late. He is dead; he just doesn't know it yet.

I said the above in another thread regarding the "wish lists" for new models. That being said I have a Boo string on order with cat whiskers. I want one of Boo's strings for the serving and thought "when in Rome" and ordered the whiskers as well.

I hardly ever shoot my crossbows any time but during the deer season. And then it is only to check to see if the scope is still on and if the arrows with broadheads fly true.

No amount of additional shooting be it gun or crossbow is going to have any affect on my performance with either.

I only have so many shots left in me.

And I am conserving them!

I can relate Mike
The more I pratice the worse I get.
Bad habits get worse

Hi5 · Post by **Hi5** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:42 pm

Yhis subject comes up so often one of the threads ought to be made a sticky!!!

http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... m&start=15

frydaddy · Post by **frydaddy** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:51 am

Hi5 wrote:Yhis subject comes up so often one of the threads ought to be made a sticky!!!

http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... m&start=15

Now that's funny.

ch312 · Post by **ch312** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:18 am

tape a 6" piece of copper pipe insulation on top of the stock where you rest your cheek. BAM! the bow is "quieter" for about 5 cents

also makes it warm on your cheek and makes it more comfortable if using a scope

stoop14 · Post by **stoop14** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:43 am

ch312 wrote:tape a 6" piece of copper pipe insulation on top of the stock where you rest your cheek. BAM! the bow is "quieter" for about 5 cents

also makes it warm on your cheek and makes it more comfortable if using a scope

post a pic of this please.

Normous · Post by **Normous** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:15 am

stoop14 wrote:
ch312 wrote:tape a 6" piece of copper pipe insulation on top of the stock where you rest your cheek. BAM! the bow is "quieter" for about 5 cents

also makes it warm on your cheek and makes it more comfortable if using a scope
post a pic of this please.

Look at Digger's photo:
http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... cheekpiece

Belt&Suspenders · Post by **Belt&Suspenders** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:53 pm

Frydaddy, I have the Exomax also and yes, it's loud and I fell into the trap of filling the stock with expanding foam (the kind like you buy at Home Depot in a can. I think this brand was Dow I used.) I forgot to plug up the area around my trigger assembly and Good Lord, what a mess I had. My bride of 28 years took pity on me and picked all that stuff out one night around the trigger (good woman!) Bottom line, yes I think it helped quieten it down a bit but if I had done it to yours and not told you, I'm not sure you could tell. Maybe it's a 5% reduction or so but I'm guessing. Whatever it was it sure wasn't a drastic reduction.

I notice you're in Screven, GA. I used to rent hunting land there in Screven, GA from a old fellow named Mr. Burns on highway 21. Don't know if you know him but he was a nice old x-farmer. Have moved to Nashville, TN from Rincon, GA about a year ago for my job but sure know where you are!

Hope you get a big one. And you know what I say "dumb deer should be killed before they breed and have more dumb deer!"

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