Quiet trekking poles

[Wassid82]

A couple of years ago I was new to the trekking poles cohort. And now I think they are awesome. They are great for uneven or canted trails, down hill ascents and of course heavy load hauling. I’ve tried several brands and models all with pros and cons. My biggest gripe right now is I love the handle and feel of my current poles but the carbide tips are so noisy on anything slightly harder than mud. I’ve had rubber or plastic feet on my poles in the past but they always were falling off and getting lost on the trail (I’ve read many backpacking blogs with rants about the rubber/plastic tips ruining the environment and hippy trail....can you dig it?). I’m hoping someone out there in the blogosphere has found a quick/easy-solution to this ..... or has a recommendation on the next poles I should buy. If I can’t find anything by fall hunting season I’ll keep my poles and cringe every time they hit a rock and scatter animals through the hills...grrrr. Please help!

 

[TreyPound]

I used a pair of Lekis with anti-shock for 3 years. The noise bothered me more and more. Finally I bought Black Diamond flic-locks without the anti-shock feature. No more irritating noise. s a bonus the flic lock are very easy adjust.

 

[Topo_trekker]

Epoxy the caps on if youre worried about it. Really it’s just about pole placement. I’ve had the conversation more than once with people while hunting, just clanking away ...


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[Catahoula]

I use my zip tie gun to put the rubber end caps on. Nice n snug....

 

[jhm2023]

Carbon poles make less noise than aluminum poles. Anti-shock poles make less noise than those without anti-shock. Pay attention to pole placement. My pole tips don't touch the ground when I'm on my final stalk, but I still carry them to use a shooting stick if needed. In my opinion poles are more so for travelling from A to B and not the actual hunting/stalking part of the trip, so the noise isn't a huge issue to me.

 

[kcm2]

plasti-dip?

 

[COLOelkman]

Gorilla taped the rubber ones on as mine also come off really easy which is almost standard.

 

[5MilesBack]

The only time I use mine are for hiking in with camp on my back, so not really hunting.......and when packing an animal off the mountain. So noise isn't really a concern. And I don't generally clank them on rocks either way.

 

[Wassid82]

Thanks for all the advice. I’ll try these ideas out and see what will work best for me.

 

[Boog304]

I’ve never carried trekking poles in the elk woods but I always use nicely cured walking stick or sticks It seems they would be tougher than aluminum poles and they sound much better when ur raking a tree calling the bulls

They sound very natural in nearly all situations