Shootstuff4570

well i shot my compound today after not shooting it the whole winter. ive been shootin my longbow in the basement though. well i can tell theres a lot of differences now from a compound and my longbow. my compound is a lot quieter! i was kinda gettin used to a little bit of noise from my longbow. also, my compound is heavier then the longbow, i was also gettin used to the "lightness" of the longbow. and, theres a lot more hand shock in my longbow then the compound, again kinda was gettin used to it. finally my compound shoots just a little bit faster then the longbow lol.
just thought i'd tell you guys what i found out. i never really noticed it just shootin the longbow before. but even though i found all this out, im not givin up on the stick!!

Whitehair

Okay, I havent owned a compound for a while now, but if I do remember correctly, It was a hell of a lot louder than my longbow, even with all the silenceing stuff (Limbsavers, Stabilizers, Cat-Whiskers).

If you dont have any string silencers, perhaps your brace height is off? That could also contribute to any handshock...

This is just purely speculation from a 16 year old archery addict though...

Glad to see you didnt "Go to the dark side"

MO_Bowhnter

My recurve is just as quiet if not more so than my Bowtech Liberty all fancy shmancied up. Of course my aluminums I shoot out of my recurve are about 200 grains heavier.

BobCo19-65

I think something may be worng. Maybe brace height is off, tuning is wrong, or form is off. Most of my traditional gear is so quiet, that all I can hear is the feathers cutting the air. And not even thatif I'm using parabolic shaped worn in feathers.

Arthur P

I agree. Compounds can be quieted down a bunch with all the gizmos, but longbows should still be quieter. I'd suggest bumping your brace height up about 1/4 - 1/2" and seeing what that does. Might help with the handshock a bit too. If you've been shooting plain carbon arrows, try adding weight to them, or try wood. Wood arrows, I think, are a lot quieter and more pleasant to shoot than any other arrow.

Another thing, arrows that are overspined are a lot noisier than properly spined arrows. When they're too stiff, they'll make a loud clanking noise as the tail end of the shaft slams into the bow.

A longbow will never be as shock free as a compound due to the compound's greater mass - not to mention all the stabilizers and rubber stuff you can mount on it.

There is no shame in switching around a bit and playing with the wheels some. Heck, I even play around with crossbows when the fit takes me.[8D]

I used to switch back and forth between traditional bows and compounds all the time, at least for tournament shooting. I can count the number of times I've hunted with a fully rigged compound on one hand, and have a few of fingers left over, but tournament shooting is a different critter.

I'd usually carry a recurve, longbow and a couple of different compound setups to a tournament, see who was thereand then decide which class to shoot. In the early-to-mid 80's, if you shot anything but a compound, you usually didn't have any competition, and that wasn't much fun. But I was alwaysready if another traditional guy showed up.

Also, whenever I felt like I was having a form issue with my recurve, I'd shoot the compound to get everything squared away. I'd still be doing that if my shoulder hasn't gotten so bad I can't even hold a compound up for more than a few shotsany more.

Sure made the compound seem easy after shooting the longbow for a while, didn't it.

BobCo19-65

Another thing that can create this noise is having a Nock Point Too low. Once again, the arrowmakes contact withthe bow shelf.

Alex The Hawk

Whitecloud I think you need to play with your brace height, when I had that Jet FB longbow ,it did not make a sound, so I think you need to tune it.

Shootstuff4570

thanks for the suggestions everyone, ill have to mess with it a bit.