All right, a technical question for you Proshop guys, bow technicians, Fred Bear's bow designers`` havebeens or wannabe's``... I own a BEAR ANARCHY, a step up from my ''old'' 2007 PSE Bruin. Love the bow, except for one thing... The cam and wheel are made of metal, a very noisy metal. My other bow has plastic cams. That would be fine if I was hunting out of a blind, but I'm not. I hunt moose by tracking them and get really close to them through thick bush and forested area. Last fall, a single small branch hit the lower cam at the worse possible moment, (when I was within 150 feet from a moose) making the loudest unnatural noise a moose could hear.... A stadium Loudhailer wouldn't have spooked the moose faster. OK I'm exaggerating a bit, but you get the point. Everything else on my equipment has been silenced. I use wool clothes, silent boots, metal parts of my zippers have been replaced with rope. I have taped the bow sight, even the quiver. All that remains are the cams... I thought about '' spray painting'' them with ''Gravel Guard''...that rubber paint that people put on the lower parts of their pick up trucks to prevent rocks from damaging the paint... Any thoughts, recommendations on the idea? I'm open to suggestions ( other then changing bow of course...) Cheers
I would leave it for several reasons. 1. Metal cams have been around for years- You're the first person I have ever personally heard complaining of noise. 2. Coating them is going to void any and all warranty. If you absolutely cannot get over this I would buy some thin camo moleskin and cover a few areas on the cam.
??? Not really... I have an issue with my cams spooking game when branches hit them. Just because you have never heard about that problem before doesn't mean that someone else never had the same issue. I know my way of hunting is a bit unusual, but sure enough with the number of guys chasing game with a bow, others may have a solution...
Not that different. I chase elk through some of the nastiest terrain in the country short of the west coat rain forests. I have banged my cams off a lot of stuff and have never had an issue. Neither have anyone one of the hundreds of people who I build/tune bows for each year. Moleskin is your most effective option.
If you do spray them, keep it out of the string and cable tracks. Also make sure there is no rubbing anywhere.
Congrats your the first person I've heard say they wish their bow had plastic cams over aluminum....I've never once heard a person complain about that. If you do attempt to spray them "which I wouldn't" here's my suggestion...Take the cams off the bow, tape up all the string/cable tracks, remove the bearings & plug the bearing holes up so nothing gets in there, remove the draw length mods and plug the screw holes up for them... And in the end my guess is there isn't gonna be enough of a difference to matter....IMHO your looking at a lot of work and possibly a lot of issues.
I agree with the above...I wouldn't go ahead and start spraying cams...like J-Daddy said I feel it could cause a lot of issues, that for the effort you'd have to put forth...not worth it! PI'm gunna have to second the moleskin suggestion if this is that big of a problem for ya, only thing that seems safe and logical
Thanks guys, My only worry is the possible negative effect of the added weight on the cams if I coat them... But, I'll look at the moleskin option too...
