Stealth Strips on Gear… anyone?

Shooter222

Shooter222

Custom Call Maker
A Little back ground info- last fall I decided to invest in a tree saddle setup for bow season deer hunting. While doing research on gear I came across stealth strips to quiet the “clunk” of gear bumping other gear.

Fast forward to last Saturday night. …

Jumped out of truck and closed door very soft and opened tail gate very quietly . Leaned in to grab tripod, fox pro remote smacks tail gate. “1st clunk” .
Slide tripod out of carpeted bed and stand it up as I’m opening legs of tripod, remote “clunks” again on carbon tripod leg. 2nd “clunk” Now I’m just annoyed !

Load rifle - sound of ar action pierces the night. 3rd “clunk” Set rifle on tripod get her locked on. Turn on thermal and open cap. Ok , doing good.

Grab my xwave - toss the paracord sling around my neck and “clunk” plastic speaker hits pistol grip on my hip. 4th “clunk” - but it was quieted a lot by the boondock outdoors neoprene cover on the xwave.

That’s 4 “clunks” in first 5 mins of being at location.

So- I have ordered some stealth strips to wrap my remote. Thinking it may help alot with noise. I also added a few strips to try on tripod legs .

I am as careful as can be noise wise - sometimes you can’t help when the conditions are freezing and so forth.

Anyone have any other ideas? To help eliminate as much noise as I can.
OR AM I JUST BEING OCD ?
 
tuck your remote into your coat until you need it so that it's not swinging around on your neck freely.
move to a bolt action away from the AR, that will take care of the action noise.
Get a bow hook that goes on your belt to hang the call on your hip so it's not swinging around.

But yeah, a guy can never be too quiet. But while still at the truck I don't worry too much about little noises because after all, if the predator is close enough to hear those noises, it also heard me drive in and park.
 
I have never used stealth strips, but if you have a piece of equipment that may bang against something, then sure use it.

Similar to what Songdog is saying, get a procedure down, and repeat it the same way each time. Have I ever had a tripod fall over or banged something against my truck, yes. However, it normally never happens twice. It happened because I was lazy and didn't follow my procedure or was some type of freak accident. I do use a chest rig which helps things from banging, and I carry my call in one hand, so nothing bangs against it. I hope to create a video showing my equipment and how I get it to and from the field, etc during the next 1-2 months. This doesn't mean the way I do it is best for anyone else besides myself, but if it helps people with ideas, great. There are differences in state laws such as some states require a gun to be cased where my state does not, etc.
 
Thanks guys.

I run a chest pack for my scanner and a drag rope.
Just haven’t found a way to incorporate remote with chest pack yet.
I’ll come up with something.

I’ll let ya know how the stealth strips work out.
I haven’t used them before.

As far as going to bolt gun…. I may have to at some point. Our state of Michigan is working on a AR hunting rifle ban.
I have purchased one to start a build with. Maybe down the road, but not until forced to do so by the “blind” leading us.
 
As to noise from loading the AR- mine rides in a vertical rack behind driver's seat. When I load, I stand at the side of the cab with driver & rear door open. It's an Access cab so basically both doors wrap around me. I stand rifle vertically, insert mag, tip muzzle past edge of roof, cycle bolt. My body & the doors tend to block sound a bit to keep it in truck. Does it help? Dunno but can't hurt.
 
When walking to a stand I tuck my remote between my chest pack and my chest. Keeps it from bumping into the chest pack attachment clips.
 
I use the self adhesive black bandage wrap that they use on animals. It works great and pretty cheap off Amazon. It definitely dampens the sound on the tripod legs.
 
Originally Posted By: Erie660I use the self adhesive black bandage wrap that they use on animals. It works great and pretty cheap off Amazon. It definitely dampens the sound on the tripod legs.

I've used that on some stuff. It worked good for me, short term, but would get sticky/tacky over time.
 
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