Mountain Man Beaver Ball String Silencers

Made of premium tanned beaver fur or hide.

Works well on all types of bows and holds up very well under all kinds of weather.

A must for the traditional shooter. Natural brown.

• The original string silencers
• Eliminates String Vibration
• Made from prime northern beaver tanned hide
• Strong and Durable
• Super Quiet
• Extremely Lightweight
• Long-lasting and reasonably priced
• Naturally water repellent
• Resists matting due to rain
• Retains very little moisture
• For compounds, longbows and recurves
• Reduces sound by 50% to 75% more than other silencers on the market
• Easy installation instructions included
• One pair per pack

The North American Beaver (Castor Canadensis) is native to North America and the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fibre) is native to mainland Europe, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. The Canadian beaver's range is all of North America except for the extreme northern regions of Canada and the deserts of the southwest United States, Florida and Mexico. Between 1853 and 1877, the Hudson Bay Company harvested over 3 million beaver for sale in England. Pelts were so valuable that they significantly contributed towards the westward settlement and development of North America and Canada. In the 1930's, over-trapping almost led to the North American beaver's extinction. However, since then, laws have been enacted to protect them from over-exploitation which means natural reproduction and human reintroduction have now re-established the North American beaver over most of the continent, to the point where they have become an agricultural pest in some regions, a sure sign of success. Around the end of the 19th century, overhunting reduced Eurasian beaver populations to approximately 1,200 animals. However, thanks to protection, natural spread and reintroduction during the 20th century, their population has risen to an estimated 593,000 animals in 2002.

Beavers are found in streams and lakes in both remote and settled areas and live in family groups. Beavers are almost entirely aquatic, but can go on land to cut down trees for their dams. The entrances to their lodges are sub-surfaced for protection from predators, resulting in their predators not attempting to dig through the thick walls of the lodge. The beaver's lodge is between 8 to 12 feet (ft) or 2.43 to 3.66 metres (mtrs) in diameter, around 3 ft or 0.91 mtrs in height and can be found as large as 16 ft by 6.5 ft or 4.88 mtrs by 1.98 mtrs high.

An adult can grow to 22 to 27 inches (ins) or 56 to 68 centimetres (cms) long, their tail 12 to 16 ins long or 30 to 41 cms and weight can be 30 lbs to 68 lbs or 13.6 kg to 31 kg. The Canadian beaver is the largest rodent in North America and are relatively short and fat with webbed feet to help them swim. It can start breeding at 3 years and the mating months are January to February and gestation takes 105 days. A beaver is also able to have up to 8 young beavers (known as kits). When they reach maturity, the beaver's chewing force is 176 lbs or 80 kg compared to a man's 88 lbs or 40 kg.

Their body is a sleek shape to make diving and swimming away from predators graceful and easy. They have a special respiratory and cardiovascular system enabling large amounts of oxygen to be stored in their lungs, blood and muscles and allows them to dive to great depths and stay under water for up to 15 minutes. The beaver fur has two layers, long guard hairs and many soft under fur hairs.
The tail acts as a rudder in the water and as a balancing prop on dry land. The tail can also be used to radiate excess heat from the body and it stores fat for when food is scarce.

The average height of a dam is about 6 ft or 1.8 mtrs tall, with an average depth of water behind the dam of 4 ft to 6 ft or 1.2 to 1.8 mtrs. The thickness of the dam is often around 5 ft or 1.5 mtrs or more. The length will depend on the stream width, but averages about 15 ft or 4.5 mtrs long. The longest beaver dam on record is 2,140 ft or 652.2 mtrs long, 14 ft or 4.3 mtrs high, 23 ft or 7 mtrs thick at the base, found in Three Forks, Montana, USA. It takes a beaver about 20 minutes to cut down a 6 ins or 15.2 cms wide aspen tree, by gnawing a groove around the trunk in an hour glass shape. Beavers are as sensible to the danger of a falling tree as a human lumberjack, as the tree begins to fall, the beaver will run! On land a beaver walks or runs with a waddling gait, between 6 and 8 mph or 9.7 and 12.9 kph. During winter, beavers do not hibernate, but stay active in their lodges, sealed off from the outside world by the frozen layer of winter ice on the river, which gives rise to the claim "busy as a beaver."