attaching fur silencers

[aero86]

whats the best way to attach silencers to the string?  ive got a bit of rabbit fur. should i spiral wrap it, or just have a piece so long and just glue it to the string?  thanks!

[Pat B]

I use 1/4" strips of hair on skin and remove the hair about 1/4" from each end. I then seperate the string bundle in haly, stick one of the ends into the gap and wrap the silences in the direction of the twist. Ehen you are near the end of the silencer seperate the string again and slide that end into the string. I generally do both silencers then string the bow and pull the tag ends of the silencers until they are tight. You can either cut the tags off opr leave them. Doesn't really matter.

[ShinneryOak]

Aero86, you might find that rabbit fur is not very durable as the skin is very soft. If it doesn't stand up to shooting try coyote , or some of the others sold in catalogs like 3Rivers Archery.

[aero86]

thanks pat!  worked good!

[JW_Halverson]

Aero86, you might find that rabbit fur is not very durable as the skin is very soft. If it doesn't stand up to shooting try coyote , or some of the others sold in catalogs like 3Rivers Archery.

Shinnery is right.  Those cottontail skins I put on my bow 6 years ago are already showing some wear.  Of course, they were still blood warm from being skinned off the very first animal I ever shot with a bow of my own, not some commercial tanned material.

[aero86]

im  not too worried about durability.  i shoot this bow, a lot.  so itll probably wear out long before it should.