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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Richie on December 08, 2010, 12:07:00 AM
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I'm just curious, what type of quiver does everyone use, back , hip, or bow?
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Mostly PI style quiver.
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Bow quiver for hunting, and I usually remove when I get to my stand/blind
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I love the look of a leather back quiver and if you make a search there are some really outstanding works of art posted,but I am a mountain hunter and the only option is a bow quiver.That is waht I have always used for hunting.
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I feel more comfortable with a back quiver but use sometimes a side quiver...
Never liked bow quivers.
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I use a bow quiver by Eagles Flight, I have the Cherokee & the Apache & I love em, light, easy set up & pretty durable.
I also have a home made side quiver but I rarely use it.
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Selway side-mount bow quiver. I like the added weight. I keep it full of broadheads and one Judo, all year-round, even when shooting 3D. I use a side, 3D style quiver when shooting 3D, in addition to my bow quiver.
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I have a quiver fetish. I use them all from time to time. When I'm hunting I use my Safari tuff back quiver. I use a side quiver when shooting 3D and I have one bow that just feels right with a bow quiver on it. When I'm hunting small game I use a back quiver from Mike's Archery Leather unless it's raining and wet, then it's back to the Safari Tuff.
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I, too , have a quiver fetish !
I tend to stump shoot a lot and hunt small game , even whilst deer hunting so I like to carry more arrows than most . As such I use either a Hill style back quiver , Bower style side quiver or more recently , an Arrowmaster .
I'm a bit fanatical about my feathers and gave always had a Rancho Cat Quiver of some description at camp ... but ...The Arrowmaster is just about the best most versatile quiver I have used ...quiet and easy to get an arrow on the string with a minimum of movement and with the fletch cover soothes my anxiety about wet feathers .
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I use a side quiver with certain bows and a selway detachable with others.
Keeping the Faith!
Magnus
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I just can't seem to shoot right with a bow quiver. So I have used a hip quiver and found they do the job. I use it for 3D and everything else.
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I have tried them all and love the looks of a good back quiver. I always think that the new side quiver is just what I need, but time after time I have found the best place for my arrows are in a quiver attached to my bow. I like the added weight and can quickly get to a second arrow if needed. If I am on the range, then I still have the bow quiver on, but I carry my target arrows in a pocket quiver by MAL.
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40 years ago I couldn't decide so I've spent 40 years trying them all.I've really come to like the Arrowmaster for hunting in heavy woods,back quiver for small game and bow quiver for open country deer hunting.I think I've got 25-30 quivers.
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I use a back quiver but sometimes get problems with branches and sticks catching my arrows, been thinking about the GFA quiver or something like that style, that would be more easy to move around thick bush with.
God bless,
Ari
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Kanati
This is my first season with a quiver on the bow and I am liking it.
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa121/kyTJ/Bows/MorrisonRiser.jpg)
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I can understand thatpeople hunting from a blind or a tree stand don't like and don't need the extra weight on their bows.When you are on the move in West for elk or in a wilderness hunt for Boo and Moose and you have a heawy backpack you need to have the arrows next to your bow/hands,since when you need one it must be pretty accessible and very quick.
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I have several types of quivers also. My favorite is a selway bow quiver. I just like solid, no frills stuff that works. Maybe that is why I shoot trad.
God Bless,
Nathan
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Originally posted by Richie:
I'm just curious, what type of quiver does everyone use, back , hip, or bow?
finding a quiver that works best for you isn't gonna get solved in a popularity poll. there benefits and draw backs to all manner of quivers. you really do need to spend the time afield with, and perhaps spend money on if ya can't borrow, different types of quivers.
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What Rob said. I think I have used every type of quiver around over the years. My current stable is 9 quivers, and I have a Big Jim bowquiver on order. My current favorite is the Safari Tuff, but I still use bowquivers, too. There probably aren't too many of us around that just have just one quiver. It is a process, and different quivers work in different situations.
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When hunting with the recurve I use a bow quiver. It works great and doesn't affect my shooting at all. The longbow is another story. I can't get comfortable with the bow quiver on it. I adapted an old wheelybow mounted quiver to work as a side quiver...I don't like it so I'm waiting for my backquiver to arrive.
If the OP doesn't mind I would like to ask those who use a back quiver with broadheads on their arrows. Do you cover the BHs or do you let them ride in the quiver as is?
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what centaur said.
my quiver choices - i use a lightweight safari tuff duiker sling quiver or an ultra-light eagle's flight 5 arrow bow quiver. they is all goodies.
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Originally posted by misfire:
.... If the OP doesn't mind I would like to ask those who use a back quiver with broadheads on their arrows. Do you cover the BHs or do you let them ride in the quiver as is?
i *always* use home made leather bonnets on all broadheads that go into a back quiver. else, the heads get banged around too much, get dull, make noise.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/rfdee/archery/hood2.jpg)
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My favorite and most used is my Jack Bowyer side-stalker quiver. But I also carry an arrow in a single bow "quiver".
I've got a Great Northern bow quiver on my Pearson and a Kwicky-2 on my Kodiak. A back quiver for my longbow (and a Selway to fit that, also). Oh, and an ancient belt quiver for field archery & target.
Mix it up. They each have advantages & disadvantages in different situations.
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For 3-D and for hunting a half day, I like a 4 arrow bow quiver on a recurve, and 3 or minimal 4 arrow quiver on a lightweight longbow. For 3-D shooting I might also use a 3 arrow hood with a 4 or 5 arrow gripper.
At EFA we make 4 different sizes of the cherokee and navajo models. That allows the bowyer to pick the right size for the broadheads they are using, and keeping the weight to a minimum. With most of our quivers you will hardly notice that it on the bow. Many people tell us that the quiver makes the bow quieter, or that it tends to stabilize the bow, making it shoot a tighter group.
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This is what I use
Rick
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RICK - NICE QUIVER!
I have a back quiver of my own construction, a hip quiver, a side quiver I made out of a Bear Delta model and a selway bow quiver.
The selway seems to win most of the time - lots of belly crawling for Alberta mule deer.
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My favorite is an EFA Cherokee 4 arrow bow quiver. It's also on my favorite bow, my Kanati. As 2fletch said, they are so light I hardly notice the difference with it off or on. Mine is almost always on my bow.
Second place would go to my Thunderhorn Linx. It is perfect on my Orion, but too heavy for the Kanati.
Selway makes a nice quiver as well. I have a bow bolt Selway on my Badger recurve.
I also have a Side Stalker, but normally use that for target/3d shooting. For hunting the bow quiver wins 90% of the time. I've used the SS in my turkey blind, but usually I just use the bow quiver because I have enough crap hanging over my shoulder (blind, pack full of calls, lunch, coffee, etc.)
I agree with Rob, though, you'll need to try them for yourself. Obviously, it's different strokes for different folks when it comes to quivers or we wouldn't have so many to choose from.
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I like bow quivers... Thunderhorn namely....
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This year I started using a Rancho Safari Cat quiver and have really been pleased. I have one of the mini catquivers and I ordered the additional harness style staps. i can be slung over your shoulder if wearing a fanny pack or attached to your back pack or treestand on your back. I hunt a lot from a canoe or boat to access some land and it is tough on arrows and fletchings. The cat quiver covers my feathers and keeps them looking good and dry.
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I like the back/side quivers that load from the bottom. It does it all. Keeps fletches dry and concealed, easy to load and unload, not in the way, not on your bow, easy getting through thick brush....
I made one, here is a photo. Field tested, works great.
http://www.underseaimages.com/images/quiver_s.jpg
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quiver on my bow! i like a side mount quiver.
i have a selway on my recurve and a Kanati on my longbow!
i like them both
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I really Like my Thunderhorn mini boa.
(http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx73/buckeyebowhunter/DSC03605.jpg)
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Side quivers
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I prefer a bow quiver for most hunts.
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Hip quiver here but I wear it on a baldric and kind of high. Works much like a GFA quiver.
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i use bow quiver an a back quiver like a cat quiver
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For target shooting; roving it's my back quiver.
For hunting it's a hip quiver.
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Great Northern bow quiver on my longbow
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Side quiver or hip quiver and once in awhile a Thompson double header.
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I only have one quiver currently. It was made by Bobby Ratliff (HighNoonHunter) here on Trad Gang. It can be worn about anyway that you would like to wear it.......I prefer to wear it as a side quiver because I have more control of it that way and an arrow is just seconds from being on the string.
His work is flawless and they are made to last a lifetime.
Winterhawk1960
Here are a few pictures.........
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I prefer a bow mounted quiver.
If I have my bow in my hand I have my quiver too.
I recently tried a homemade quiver I could carry to the side or on my back, and I found it just something extra to carry. Pulling my bow up into a treestand turned into pulling my bow AND my quiver.
When my quiver is mounted on my bow, I just hang my bow...
Even in the off season, all of my practice is with a bow mounted quiver.
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I use a back quiver. I do essentially all my hunting from a stand. When hunting from the ground blind, I lay two extra arrows close at hand in case a follow up is needed. I take the BH covers off these ready arrows. In a tree stand, I hang the quiver from the side of the stand. I take the BH covers off so I can reach into the quiver and easily draw out another arrow when needed. I try to keep the BH covers on when walking to and from the stand so as not to bang the edges together. For some reason, a longbow just doesn't look right to me with a bow quiver attached.
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plains style (http://sticknstring.webs.com/photos/Elk-Hunt-2008/tarp4.jpg)
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Asbell Type hip quiver
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I use a spring-arm bow quiver most of the time. Take it off when at my stand.
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hip quiver, unless im hiking them a cat quiver