the only time i hear an arrow flying is when a flight is loose and flapping or the broadhead is loose. but i only get to hunt archery is when archery season is in. IN MY 15 YEARS OF SHOOTING A BOW, THAT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. just my 2 cents. but maybe I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.

two remarks,

You could try ans ask your buddy to shoot at you behind a haystack,at a reasonable distance. See if you hear the arrow coming or the firing of the bow and then try and duck or jump before it hits the target.
You might try that with a blunt point.....

Ever think that maybe those deer that jumped your string were in fact you missing your target completely........

I think your reply got you burned and now you smell funny, sorry........

Frank

here is the deal, and its a basic principle law of sound travel.
at 300 FPS your arrow is going roughly 204 MPH, while this isnt breaking the sound barrier, it is fast enough to keep the arrow neck and neck with the sound at the ranges you are shooting. So hearing the arrow go by is very normal, wheras if you were to stand directly in the flight path (which i would not so much recommend) you would not hear the arrow.
another interesting phenomina is the wind moving past the arrow helps push sound further behind it.
but with string noise, it is a sound wave, that leaves the bow at the same time as the arrow, that doesnt have any other factor working against it. so it gets to the deer slightly before the arrow does, which is why we workto make our bows more quiet, more so than making our arrows quiter.

so in short, no arrow noise does not spook deer, it is a concept that has been visited and disproven in the past. but it was a good thing to discuss....now if only we could have asked the question more maturely

IME any deer that is on high alert,and acting nervous is likely to jump at the slightest noise or movement. A calm deer on the other hand is likely to end up in the freezer. The hissing noise that you're hearing might be your broadhead. I'm only 43 yrs.old,so i don't have your hunting experience,but I know enough not to stand down range of an arrow.

I was hesitant on shooting arrows with Qwik-Spin vanes as my son was shooting them at his camp . I could tell when he was shooting the Qwik-Spins as I was down range , elevated and off to the side of my son . I fletched a few and they flew great . I could hear them fly through the air from the side but have no idea of what they sound like down range . Minimal string noise .
I used them last season and shot a 6 point buck at 35 yards - double lung shot .

I still welcome your opinions, as always. Try thinking outside the circle. Just because one opinion is bow noise does not mean everyone has to think that way, go do a few experiments and I welcome you to report back..........

P.S I shall disregard the last "snotty" remark;

"So go ahead and take your snotty attitude, with all your great outdoors experience elsewhere"

hopefully we can move forward from here now?

so long as you don't ask a question and then tell everyone how wrong they are................

Has anyone tested the new Easton Axis with nanu tubing? I heard somewhere that they are supposed to be quieter.

IME the shaft is Not what makes the noise inflight that is being discussed here.

Dan

Arrow noise can be a very big number of different things. Fletchings, arrow texture, and broadhead design. If you notice the cuts in broadheads, most are different in size and shape etc. and all make a different amount of sound imo. I think the rage mechanicals are kinda noisy as well, so there are quite a few different things to consider, IF you are trying to get rid of your noise.

Derek