Last weekend I ruined two arrows busting through the brush out at the ranch I hunt. Ripped feathers off two arrows. That sucked. I can't machete my way through The thickets as it would cause so much racket....way worse than me crashing around! So, I often have no choice but to push through, sometimes crawling, sometimes on my knees. I use a Thunderhorn leg quiver. Anybody have a method to protect your fetching, that's lightweight, etc.? Just a camo bag I suppose.....
I use the bow mate elite side quiver. It hides and protects your fletchings from the elements and bushes.
If your going to be hunting that spot for awhile why don't you just clear a path. Or you could get an arrow master quiver.
One part of your problem, may be the angle at which your arrows are at.
The Mark Baker Quiver Caddy uses a Kwikee Quiver, and has a more horizontal (flat) angle that allows your arrows to go through heavy brush with less resistance.
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You can make or by a tube quiver, the one in the pic works in wet weather and bad brush
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Exactly why I use a Cat Quiver..
I use a JAck Bower's side stalker. When hunting I slip a poly fleece hood over the fletch to cover the bright colors, prorect the fletch and, like today, keep the rain off.
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I need a bag over the fetching. Still easily accessible. I can adjust the hip quiver more horizontally so the feathers are parallel with my belt more or less.....
Safari Tuff is the way to go, I love mine in all weather all conditions.
PA thought it smart many years ago to plant multaflora rose all over game lands for "cover". It has since exploded everywhere.
I have a pair of ratchett cutters in one hand and snip my way quietly removing whatever might catch ahead of me as I go...
I tend to make it somewhat serpentine so it's not too apparent in the populated backEast areas I hunt.
Best done on a scouting trip or a mid-day walk back out... as to do it right/quiet, takes time.
As for noise tween plowing brush and hacking it out, I once hadn't shaved and turned my head SLOWLY responding to a flicker of movement to one side some 80 yrd away, but my 2-day beard growth rubbed lightly against a cotton collar... That buck zeroed on me like I hollared at him!
Noise is noise me thinks...but deer response varies according to pressure
Doc that is the freakin' truth! I don't know what this underbrush is in East TX but I'm not kidding when I say I had to crawl through much of it in lots and lots of places. Mix in enough greenbriars and it becomes an exercise in patience rather quickly-forget hunting because you could never draw and shoot at anything. You would NEVER find a bedded hog or deer in this stuff. Last week I finally proceeded down a ravine in the middle of the tangle until I found a dry creekbed and walked out via its course. Heck of a lot quieter too I might add. On a place as big as I hunt, theres no point in blazing a trail. Snippers/cutters are a great idea, and I already carry them in Turkey season, so why not now? Interestingly enough I find cleared grassy areas in the middle of these thickets sometimes.......makes me wanna ambush something in those spots for sure......
QuoteOriginally posted by Bjorn:
You can make or by a tube quiver, the one in the pic works in wet weather and bad brush
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That is a very nice and practical tube quiver. Did you make that (home made)?
PVC tubing with foam in the end for broadheads, cut out for arrow entry/exit, and spray adhesive over tube then wrap in camo fabric of choice. Add hood and strap afterwards. Actually that IS a good ideer and would travel well too. Reminds me of the Maddog style.
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Some years back on here, someone was retelling a story in TX of crawling down one of those tunnels in the brush and met a boar hog head on and the hog didn't like the intrusion one bit... I think as I recall, it got dicey, but obviously, the guy survived to write about it!
I'd find some snipper that is NOT a ratchet style...they make a metalic "clink" each set of the blade that seems to carry and is an unatural sound in the wild!
Kustom King has a cover that fits all quivers. Am just a bit curious though, if the brush is tearing your fletch off whats going to keep the cover from being torn off?
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Staying out of those thickets maybe?