Im struggling over here! I have always been a 100% bow quiver guy. Problem now is I shot all year without one and loved the lightness of my bow. I have a back quiver, but it just seems like it will be awkward and loud to me. I need to make a decison on a quiver style VERY soon before I carry a few arrows out in my hands and probably get hurt LOL! Somebody decide for me please! Im open to any type of quiver, I hunt 75% in a tree and 25% in a pop-up.
Use a bow quiver you can take off once your in your stand or blind....best of both worlds. You can carry your arrows and then shoot your bow without it on.
You can do what Ron W suggests or you can get a GFA type quiver (or make one yourself...very simple to do) or get an SafariTuff Arrowmaster. I like both types and use them about equally as much depending on where or what I will be hunting.
I must admit the GFA style has caught my attention the most. Its is similar to what ron w suggested. My only concern is hauling my Lone Wolf around with that style quiver. Will it be in the way?
Ron W has a good suggestion. I just watched a video of Big Jim demonstrating the one he sells. Looks good, and I've heard good reviews of it. His site is on the drop down sponsors listing above.
Great tip Danny. I just watched the vid and your right, looked very good and he demonstrated putting it on and taking it off. Looks simple to me, and solid.
I like the side/back style like the dawgwares or the safarituff arrowmaster.
If I had to decide on one off the bow quiver it would be the Cat quiver II from Rancho Safari.
Denny, my brother-in-law uses one and totally loves it. He wouldn't consider a bow quiver even if I got him drunk first!
Mr Drums-See if you can try his for an afternoon or. Maybe throw in a bottle of moonshine. ;)
I use a bowquiver that I can take off the bow. In fact, the bow I'm hunting with has the closely spaced inserts most commonly found on compounds (for Lynx and other type quivers). I use a Mathews Spyder bowquiver. It just requires a siple twist to take on or off. I take it off the bow in the tree or the blind.
If you are set on not using a bow quiver at all it is hard to beat a Safari Tuff.
Even though I use a bow quiver quite a bit I always have a Safari Tuff along in case I decide to switch.
Basically the only off bow quiver I will use for hunting.
check out highnoonhunter's quivers.very quiet. http://www.hnhleatherworks.webs.com/
Safari Tuff Arrowmaster.
OK, they decided for you....wasn't that easy? :biglaugh:
Let's see, I've got 3 back quivers, 3 side quivers, and 3 different bow quivers. Oh yeah, and a Lakota style too. I still don't know what quiver I'll use any time I go out. :dunno:
I've made a few of the GFA quivers out of the Bear's and BW's Love Em ...
Back quiver all the way for me. Check out this thread for some good tips on using one:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=086067
Brian
No attached quivers on my bow anymore. BQ only for a number of years. Once broken in, it will do all you ask.
I still prefer the back quiver.
Why ya need a quiver???
:saywhat:
In a jam you can tie a strap/line around a quickee quiver. seems about everyone has one of those layin around.
While I have several bowquivers, I really don't like them.
I tend to use a back quiver for small game hunting and an old Bear belt quiver designed to hold 4 or 5 broadhead tipped arrows for big game.
Charles.
Safari Tuff Arrowmaster.
Safari Tuff Arrowmaster
Just looked.. Safari Tuff Arrowmaster has been named like 6 times already....I really didn't like mine at first. But after breaking it in.. It is awsome.
The Eagles Flight Bowquivers are the best bow quiver on the market. Personally, I do not shoot as well wearing a quiver and like to have my arrows tight. The EFA's are small and super super light making them have no noticable effect on your shooting. I have a mini that carries 4 arrows. It shoots the same with the arrows in or out... AND it keeps everything together for easier travel in the woods...
This all said, I would avoid other bow quivers that tend to be heavier and bulkier.
Just my humble opinion.
I use a great northern, 1 that attaches to the bow and put a strap on it and carry it like the GFA style.
Sounds like the Safari Tuff is a good bet also. I have been reading about them for a year now, never seen one in person. They look large, are they? Also, I shoot a 30" arrow if that matters as far as gettin gthem in and out easily.
My wife gave me a nice backquiver for Christmas about 6 years ago and our daughter & son-in-law gave me a Catquiver 1 for Christmas 3 years ago and I just hang which ever one I use beside in the tree.
I have an old leather back quiver that is as broke in as they come, the arrows still rattle around in there and make noise. I have narrowed my undecisive self down to the Catquiver I or the Safari Tuff, I have two weeks before the season opens. Thanks for ALL the suggestions guys!
I would also recommend the Safari Tuff. Bought one a couple years ago. It's a little larger than my Jack Bower Side Stalker that I've used since the 80's. Either one are great quivers.
Pearl Drums, it's been said, but I've made a very usable GFA quiver from my bow quiver. It's easy & you can always undo it & use the bowquiver again if you want to. You can adjust the strap to let the quiver ride however high you want to. I like mine. :thumbsup:
Frank
Frank V I whipped up a GFA style last night before I went doe hunting and used it to see what I thought. Suprisingly enough there were a few does and fawns in the feild already so I had a chance to try a stalk with the quiver I threw together. I loved it, it worked perfectly. I see now why the type they sell has wool on the hood, my plastic hood made plenty of noise, that is my only complaint with that style. I am going to cover it with leather or mole skin and use it through the season.
If you have an old fleece hat slide it over it and attach and trim. How did the stalk go?
Magnus
The stalk was awesome, got within 40 yards on two different stalks. They both busted me with their eyes.....oh well its too warm to butcher a deer right now anyway! Still had fun.
I have a Highnoon quiver that I'll never part with. The fleece cinch that keeps arrrows from rattling is slick!
I love the GFA quiver. Very usefull and so many ways to wear and use it.