2 seasons ago i had them on my bow after shooting 5 days for a month or to they got worn out both flew off and hit me [:@]then 2 days ago on my new hoyt first shot thud right in my templedam did that hurt i thought i meseed up my limbs cracked or something but i got em replaced will be picking it up tomarow i added some cat whiskers to my recurve(bowfishingbow) andplucked it lol it wasnt loud i think they all do the same thing