Quietest crossbow?
 

First, I am primarily a compound hunter. That is my preferred weapon in archery season, but, I am in a suburban deer control program and we hunt the area in thegun season when the cover is sparse and our hunting spots are tight. Consequently, we find that not having to draw is an advantage in that late season.

I am very good at tuning any compound but have very little experience working with the crossbows. Here's my question. I have a Horton LegendXL and feel it is quite noisy. I put the silencer kit on it that Horton sells and it's better but still very loud. My buddy's Ten Point is far quieter. Anyone have any suggestions or shouldI justthink about spending the money for a Ten Point?

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I have a horton super max 175 and it is a little on the loud side also. The silencers help but not much. I just dont think with a CB you can get quite enough to get off a second shot like you can sometimes with a real quite compound. My buddy has a tenpoint and I really dont think his much quiter then mine. I just dont take long shots as to advoid a deer jumping the string. hope this helps.

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I understand a wooden stock quiets the bow considerably. There are a couple of people who make custom wood stocks for crossbows.I've seen a few & they'reworks of art. Beautiful craftsmanship.

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You should check out some of the discussions on the excalibur web site forum. Most of us agree that if you shoot within 30 yards the deer will never be able to react to the string. Aparently there is a difference between what you hear and what others or the deer will hear.

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This may not be of any help, but I saw a program on the outdoor channel this past weekend - they were hunting black bear in Canada. One guy shot a bear with a crossbow (I didn't even notice if it was a compound or recurve - duh -), but when he tripped the trigger, it made a tiny little "boink" sound. I was impressed! Maybe someone else saw it or TIVO'd it and can go back to check what kind it was. I think the mic picked up most of the sound, because you could hear him whispering pretty well.

IM jaybe :)

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I am not sure about what you have but the ones that have a hollow stock are helped quite q bit sometimes by filling the stock with foam insulation.
If you don't like the balance and you want the butt end heaver stop at a fiberglass boat repair and have them fill it. Lee

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Excalibur xbows are quietest. They are recurves which are much quieter that compounds.

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Here issome custom Robin Allen huntingCrossbows.
Probably the quietest and finest in the world.


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Close up of the beautifulthumbhole stock.


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i use 2 sets of limb savers on my Horton legend and it helps a ton. one far out as possible and one about half way on limbs.

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I don't think it really matters. T under 30 yards the deer won'r move fast enough.

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I have a Yucon SL and I think it's fairly noisy compared to my compound but out of ten deer I've yet to have one even close to jumping the string!

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Thats what I wanted to do but the dealer told me that Horton doesnt reccomend limbsavers. He even told me they had problems with limb failure when used with limb savers.

I dont shoot over 30 yards but I just dont like all the noise and second shots often present themselves on other deer in the groups when I'm using my less noisy compound.

I will look into filling the hollow stock. that idea makes a lot of sense!

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I would guess an excalibur vixen with the sound dampening devices installed would be the quietest on the market. I am considering this combo, I had a barnett revolution and it was too heavy to carrybecause I have back problems.The revolutionwasvery loud when it went off, but shot so fast it probably would not matter how loud it was.