After taking the leap from wheelies to traditional bows I haven't decided which type of quiver I will use. Just for curiosity, what's your favorite type of quiver? Pictures would be GREAT!
THANX
DAVID
half a dozen and counting... the quest continues
I have tried many different types. I just picked up one of Rod Jenkins Arrow Master Quivers while I was at Comptons. I think I might have found "the one"!! It is a great quiver and so far I have been really pleased with how it performs. Even with a pack on it still works great!!
I don't have a favorite. It's a love/hate relationship with quivers. There is something that bugs me about everyone I try. If you're talking bow quivers, Great Northern is good. I like to carry FP in my back pocket.
Can't say for sure yet...just got one of these to try this season. I tromp through some thick stuff here in Florida, so this should protect the arrows well.
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa102/Redriderxx/quiver2.jpg)
I also bought one of Rod's arrow master quivers.I'm going to hunt with it this year. It looks like it will work pretty good.He is a sponsor here: Safari Tuff, Gary
P.S. If you want to see them, click on this link:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=059210#000000
I've pretty much settled on a bow quiver as my favorite means of carrying arrows, but which one depends on the bow we're talking about. I have several I really like such as the great northern, kanti, and the Thunderhorn.
BACKQUIVER!!!!!!!!!! :archer:
In the past i've used one like Red Boar has pictured above. I've recently bought one of Rod Jenkins from Safari Tuff & really like it. For my one piece long bows that i like a little extra weight, i use a Kanati 4 arrow strap on from Kustom King. The one pictured above by Red Boar can be purchased at 3 Rivers i think...good luck on your new journey....
Randy
I've tried a bunch of them, and have settled on this home made job. I like to pack the critters out on my back, and am usually a ways from the vehicle. I can't stand bow quivers.
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My favorite quiver design is the Mini Boa bow quiver. It has, in my opinion, the best clamping design to fasten the quiver to the bow.
Here are some pics of my 6 arrow Mini Boa, that I modified to only take 5 arrows, and wrapped the hood with leather from an Ostrich I shot.
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arrow master quiver plus they are a sponser here
http://safarituff.com/arrowmaster.html
Bow Quiver for me too.
I never liked bow quivers until I bought a cool carp skined EFA quiver. Can't really tell its on the bow which is a very good thing.
I like the bolt on type Thunderhorn quivers. They stay put and because they are solidly attached to the bow they seem to help absorb vibration. So I like the way the bow feels when I shoot it. I also like having 6 arrows for when I go back in a few miles for several days.
For me it is a bow quiver that bolts on or slides on like the selway. I tried the kind with straps but for some reason they tended to loosen up and then poof all of a suden the botton would fall and expose the broadheads. Not good at all. No matter how hard I strapped them up this would happen after a while. I use to use a back quiver for hunting but then on a caribou hunt hiking through thick stuff I learned my lesson. With a bow quiver I don't have a problem and the arrows are always with me. I practiced and can get an arrow out of the quiver and on the string pretty fast. I also like that the bow quiver is so quiet too.
A bow quiver is handy, but I don't like the extra noise that I always seem to have with them. I really like a side quiver. This is one I made by attaching the two pieces of a limb bolt-on bow quiver with a piece of oak and then covered it with leather.
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/Jlasch/SideQuiver.jpg)
Eagles Flight they are a sponsor here. Best one I found so far. Lite don't even know it's on the bow and it stays on the limbs.
For hunting, I like a bow quiver -- Selway, Thunderhorn mini-boa and Eagles Flite are all good. I like the way Selway's offset the arrows more than the others. For targets, I like a side quiver, or sometimes a back quiver. For roving/stump shooting, I like a back quiver. Just like with bows, life is too short to have only one. :)
i like my arrows on the bow! just the most practical thing for me and the way i hunt.
i modified a boa bow quiver so it is much smaller and lighter and carries 5 arrows.
here is acouple i made and i like useing (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/jeffburg/CIMG1106.jpg) (http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh305/jeffburg/CIMG1778.jpg)
I like a rig similar to Whip's above. I have a commercially made one and a mini-cat that is nice because it covers the fletching. Want to try the Safari tuff mentioned before. Always looking for something new/better but absolutely deplore any type of bow quiver at all. Never can get used to having arrows bolted or strapped on the side.
Hey Danny...it only took me 30 or so years to take the plunge & finally try a bow quiver this past month. i only use it on my super light one piece longbows & i found it improved my consistency..old dog (myself)...new tricks :)
I made my own plains quiver...can't tell you how it performs in action since I'm still a newbie and will not have my first opportunity to find out until August. Quinn
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/optimavo/080305002.jpg)
oops that's the one I traded for some arras. This one is my mule deer plains quiver.
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Haaa! A couple of everything- but I modify all mine so I can carry on my belt, on my back, or GFA/Plains style.
Funny you ask. I made a real simple bamboo one yesterday; cut a piece about 3.5 or 4" across, about 18 inches long, and left the node section for the bottom. Might reinforce it. Drilled out two slits in the side for a belt to go through and put a cord loop at the top and bottom for a strap if I want. Took about 10 minutes, cost nothing. So far so good.
Might make a basket-type soon.
-Charlie
Oh, and I got the bamboo down the street from my house about a year ago. It comes in handy pretty often.
About time to cut some more, I guess.
If you need to cary a back pack like I do and need the arrows accessible I highly recommend the EFA Bow performance is KEY for me and that quiver changes nothing.I would Otherwise cary a HIP quiver
The Selway seems to get more use, but I have a CatQuiver III that is my elk hunting quiver; I can carry a day's worth of trail food, knives, bugle, rope, etc, and not have it hanging off my belt.
Nice quiver, Whip, I use a similar setup.
David
I've got a variety. For my 3pc longbows I prefer a Great Northern bow quiver. For my 1pc longbows I prefer a side quiver like the one on Dean Torges' website.
I've tried bow quivers, cat quivers, back quivers, Lakota style quivers, etc. etc. etc. Hands-down the best I've tried so far is the Arrow Master--I haven't found any drawbacks to it yet, and I've tried.
I haven't hunted with it yet (just got it this year), but I've shot several 3-D tournaments with it. I've waded through thick brush and walked several miles with it on--the fletch cover stays put, it's super quiet, it holds lots of arrows or just a few equally well, arrows come out and go back in quietly and easily, arrows don't fall out or get snagged even in thick brush, it can be worn several different ways, large acessory pocket, rides like nothing is there.........there's got to be something wrong with it (no quiver can be this good, can it?), but I have yet to figure out what it is!
Wish Rod would have made this one a long time ago--I could have saved a small fortune and a bunch of aggravation with hunting quivers.
Chad
Is Arrow amster going to come in amy other color choices or is that it? i want one in a bad way! but want to wait for other choices.
Mark Baker's Quiver Caddy. Second place goes to my side stalker.
homebru
On my one piece recurve I like a strap-on Thunderhorn Boa because it keeps my arrows close by and silences the bow. But with my longbow I don't like the extra weight of a bow quiver so I use some type of side quiver (depending on my mood)
I am a back quiver guy myself, I use the King Royal from 3Rivers archery, They used to sell it with a pocket on the outside, now it's just a quiver..none the less...It's 25"deep and it takes a beating! I have a selway slip on also for different hunts..That's just me though. Good luck in your selection.
I bought an Arrowmaster Quiver(LH) from Safari Tuff for my son and he really likes it. So not to be out done by my boy, I have one order now. Hope to have it next week!
I've got to say, my favorite type of quiver is a good ol' fashioned Indian style (kind of a hip/back quiver mix) described in TBB V. 1 by Jay Massey...its quiet, effecient, and keeps the arrows in there thru any forest!!
Derek
German Ridge. Pops on and off easily.
Burnsie
I'm using both a web tight bow quiver from BW and I carry a catquiver mini for a couple more back ups if a herd of bucks attack, or I miss 12 times. I built a cool leather one that holds 24 or so that I practice and travel with for field point arrows. I'll post a pic when I get the new strap on it I'm building.