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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: PEARL DRUMS on September 16, 2010, 07:17:00 PM
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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I like the side/back style like the dawgwares or the safarituff arrowmaster.
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If I had to decide on one off the bow quiver it would be the Cat quiver II from Rancho Safari.
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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!
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Mr Drums-See if you can try his for an afternoon or. Maybe throw in a bottle of moonshine. ;)
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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.
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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.
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check out highnoonhunter's quivers.very quiet. http://www.hnhleatherworks.webs.com/
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Safari Tuff Arrowmaster.
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OK, they decided for you....wasn't that easy? :biglaugh:
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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:
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I've made a few of the GFA quivers out of the Bear's and BW's Love Em ...
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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
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No attached quivers on my bow anymore. BQ only for a number of years. Once broken in, it will do all you ask.
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I still prefer the back quiver.
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Why ya need a quiver???
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In a jam you can tie a strap/line around a quickee quiver. seems about everyone has one of those layin around.
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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.
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Safari Tuff Arrowmaster.
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Safari Tuff Arrowmaster
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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.
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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.
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I use a great northern, 1 that attaches to the bow and put a strap on it and carry it like the GFA style.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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If you have an old fleece hat slide it over it and attach and trim. How did the stalk go?
Magnus
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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.
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I have a Highnoon quiver that I'll never part with. The fleece cinch that keeps arrrows from rattling is slick!
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I love the GFA quiver. Very usefull and so many ways to wear and use it.