? for Bowtech shooters
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07-12-2006, 10:34 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern PA USA
Posts: 1,398
RE: ? for Bowtech shooters
Dave: You wondered about the string jax. IMO, they do not work as well as string leeches. I ended up putting catwhiskers on my string as well as the jax to get rid of string vibe. Still hard to beat catwhiskers for quiet without the STS slap.
07-12-2006, 01:48 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Crosby TX USA
Posts: 2,599
RE: ? for Bowtech shooters
Joe PA, thanks for the heads up on the jaxs.
Me and cat whiskers just don't get along.
I've said it before and will say it again- I can smell them in the hot Texas heat. If I can smell it the deer can smell it,so they are not an option for me. I was using bass skirt whiskers for a while, but they flew off after about 500 shots (they didn't stink).
<--------There is one right there.
I know, I know- nobody else can smell them and I'm plain nuts- but to me they smell like somebody doing a burnout with their tires (only when it's hot).
BTW, the STS slap is less apparent on my Tribute with the navcom material STS and the string serving.
I'M FINALLY going over to my friends house to shoot on friday to do a head to head Patriot/Q2 & Tribute/XT shootout. We'll compare bow noises and such. Nothing competative, just looking for the truth behind the hype of each brand and a chance to shoot other bows with the same draw length & draw weight.
Me and cat whiskers just don't get along.
I've said it before and will say it again- I can smell them in the hot Texas heat. If I can smell it the deer can smell it,so they are not an option for me. I was using bass skirt whiskers for a while, but they flew off after about 500 shots (they didn't stink).
<--------There is one right there.
I know, I know- nobody else can smell them and I'm plain nuts- but to me they smell like somebody doing a burnout with their tires (only when it's hot).
BTW, the STS slap is less apparent on my Tribute with the navcom material STS and the string serving.
I'M FINALLY going over to my friends house to shoot on friday to do a head to head Patriot/Q2 & Tribute/XT shootout. We'll compare bow noises and such. Nothing competative, just looking for the truth behind the hype of each brand and a chance to shoot other bows with the same draw length & draw weight.
07-12-2006, 05:09 PM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: ? for Bowtech shooters
I get to shoot an XT head-to-head against my Tribute any day I want, as that was the last Mathews I owned before signing with BowTech... No hype, no partisanship -- I still can't get my XT to shoot as quiet as my Tribute. Anyone standing around can hear the difference.
The XT's a great bow, and I've told lots of people that. But, my Tribute's better...
The XT's a great bow, and I've told lots of people that. But, my Tribute's better...
07-14-2006, 01:38 PM
#17
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Posts: 202
RE: ? for Bowtech shooters
I cut my facrory leeches off the first day and had them put on sims as my last bowtech flung them off pronto. I just put on some whicskers last night and holy smokes......that thing is the quitest bow I have ever seen now.
07-15-2006, 09:38 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Crosby TX USA
Posts: 2,599
RE: ? for Bowtech shooters
FWIW, I shot with the XT and was impressed, his was smooth and quiet, drew easier than mine, but at a price of 16fps (He- 259, I-275). Same draw length & draw weight- he did have a new magnesium peep on his string with a nock & an e-button. I only had the loop.
Both about equally loud (quiet) but making different sounds, his went Bzzz up top (maybe his sight& or drop zone?), mine went thump due to the STS.
BOTH would be quieter without the dropzones making noise IMHO.
Anyhow after shooting hisI was convinced mine could be quieter than it currently was. It wasn't until today while I was practicing shooting from inside a ground blindthat my bow sounded LOUD (acting like an enclosed sound chamber). So I went and zip tied on a bass skirt up top just for a quick- wherewill it get me shot. Sure enough a lot quieter from inside the blind. So I pressed it down and inserted a string leach into the top of the string (after removing the temporary skirt).
Now she ismuch quieter than before.
I'm not sure how long it'll last, but I'm hoping with the STS involved she'll stay a while.
I chronied to see what I lost or gained and it stayed the same 382 grains (that's the arrow I grabbed- each are weighed and the # written on a vane) - 275fps, 61#pull @ 29", smooth mods. 64 ft-lbs of Energy ,not too shabby
After shooting the XT, I have no regrets- but will also give the XT it's due- Mathews scored big with that one in the smooth department.
Both about equally loud (quiet) but making different sounds, his went Bzzz up top (maybe his sight& or drop zone?), mine went thump due to the STS.
BOTH would be quieter without the dropzones making noise IMHO.
Anyhow after shooting hisI was convinced mine could be quieter than it currently was. It wasn't until today while I was practicing shooting from inside a ground blindthat my bow sounded LOUD (acting like an enclosed sound chamber). So I went and zip tied on a bass skirt up top just for a quick- wherewill it get me shot. Sure enough a lot quieter from inside the blind. So I pressed it down and inserted a string leach into the top of the string (after removing the temporary skirt).
Now she ismuch quieter than before.
I'm not sure how long it'll last, but I'm hoping with the STS involved she'll stay a while.
I chronied to see what I lost or gained and it stayed the same 382 grains (that's the arrow I grabbed- each are weighed and the # written on a vane) - 275fps, 61#pull @ 29", smooth mods. 64 ft-lbs of Energy ,not too shabby
After shooting the XT, I have no regrets- but will also give the XT it's due- Mathews scored big with that one in the smooth department.
07-16-2006, 12:03 AM
#20
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Brunswick, OH
Posts: 272
RE: ? for Bowtech shooters
I just happen to be in the market for something to put on my string and you all have (or mostly) talked me into the one and only cat whisker. Does it matter if I cut them real short? I just don't like the way they look, but if they work that well then so be it.