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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Gen273 on July 23, 2011, 09:17:00 AM
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Do you take the quiver off your bow once you are setup to hunt?
Would you take it off if it was quick and easy to take off and on?
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Imo, the most important features of a bow quiver is it must hold the arrows securely in place, and must not slide up and down, on a bow that has abrupt or gentle sloping fades.
If it moves, I don't want it.
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I used to use a quickee quiver that slid into the bracket. I took it off every time I was in the blind.
I just don't like more stuff hanging off my bow to get snagged up.
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I just can't figure out why you would use a bow quiver if you want to take it off to hunt or shoot. Lots of other choices for not having it on the bow.
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I have a Great Northern quiver with rubber straps to attach it to my longbow. I remove the quiver when on stand and strap it to a tree limb within reach. Works great, leaves arrows within reach, straps securly to tree limb allowing easy removal of arrows. If still hunting, or stalking, I leave the quiver attached to my bow.
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I always take my bow quiver off when I'm on stand. I like easy to see feathers (so I might find them easier when I miss. those bright colored feathers saved me $90 last season) and don't like flashing them around when I move my bow to shoot.
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I hunt on the move and I want my arrows as close and handy as possible.
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Only bow quiver I ever used was on My wheelie bows back in 2002-2004. Since I started using a trad bow I haven't used a bow quiver.
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Originally posted by dnovo:
I just can't figure out why you would use a bow quiver if you want to take it off to hunt or shoot. Lots of other choices for not having it on the bow.
Many times I have a climbing stand on my back, so a bow quiver makes it easier to get all my stuff where I'm going. Once up a tree, the quiver comes off.
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I practice with it on the bow so it stays on all the time.
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I hunt brushy terrain that whether I'm crawling or just walking a side or back quiver would be more subject to snags. I believe a bow quiver by design is quieter. When hoisting my bow up a tree the quiver is in place and requires no additional attention. I spend a lot off time up a tree and enjoy a bow holder which keeps my bow close to my left hand. That said I'm right handed and that woud put my arrows between my bow and stand. I simply detach my quiver and affix it to my stand. This is just the way I've always done it not to say I wont one day switch as I very much like the construction of Eagle Flight quivers and have entertained employing one on my longbow. If I encounter a deer and need to get off a shot with quiver attached ,I'm ready for that as well!
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I voted yes on both because I used to hunt with a kwick-e-kwiver and I did take it off. I no longer hunt with a bow quiver. Because if you need to take a shot in the field you won,t be able to get the quiver off and if you're not used to shooting with a quiver on your bow it will affect your shot.
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I don't like or us bow quivers. I hang my back quiver, usually a CatQuiver, on the stand I'm carrying, going in and coming out.
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My quiver does have a qiuck detach and I havent taken it off for anything but travel.
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What BWD said is exactly why I'm looking at buying a GN bow quiver. I have used the Cat 2 quiver exclusively for years and like it a lot. However, using a bow quiver for transporting arrows is better when you are carrying a stand etc on your back on longer treks. Once set up I would remove as I don't like to shoot with a quiver on the bow. When not toting a stand I will stick with the Cat 2.
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Past 5 years (since I started trad), I used a bow quiver. It stayed on bow at all times. Practiced with it, transported bow with it, and hunted with it. It was a slide on. But I would not have taken it off even if it was a quick detachable.
This year I'm using a Cat quiverIII. So, I'm I will be quiver less on my bow. I really like my bow quiver but wanted to try something different. Who knows I may like it better. If not I will put a quiver back on my bow. If I do, it will stay on my bow. I might be looking into a limb bolt this time as I have gotten a new take down now.
To me a bow & quiver go together like shoes & socks. Just looks right to me.
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I used to use a Selway that was such a nightmare to put on and take off that it almost had to stay on. This year I'm trying an Asbell style side quiver just because I hate the way traditional bows look with a bowquiver. That's just my opinion, of course, I know a lot of bowhunters who use bowquivers and love the way they work and look. TRW
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