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Title: how many?
Post by: southernwoody on August 25, 2013, 06:54:00 PM
How many arrows do you take to the woods? Realistically there will only be one shot maybe two. So what do you fellas do?
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: dnovo on August 25, 2013, 07:01:00 PM
I use a bow quiver on my longbow. I will take either 3 broadheads and 2 blunts or 4 broadheads and 1 blunt.  It depends on where I'm hunting.
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Post by: magnus on August 25, 2013, 07:02:00 PM
Usually 4 or 5 broad head arrows and a blunt or two for small game. A lot of deer hunts turn into squirrel hunts.    :archer:
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Post by: McDave on August 25, 2013, 07:12:00 PM
Realistically, you might shoot over the deer on the first shot, and it might hang around or return in a few minutes for a second shot, so you don't want to bother looking for the arrow right then.  You might hit the deer on the second shot, but find that it needs a third shot to finish it off. If you only bring 4 arrows, that leaves you with only one extra arrow in case you need it.  Plus whatever blunts you want to shoot to pass the time.

I assume that if you were that confident that you would finish the deer off with one shot, you probably wouldn't be asking the question.
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Post by: nineworlds9 on August 25, 2013, 07:26:00 PM
3-6 depending on mix of broadheads/blunts
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Post by: Bowwild on August 25, 2013, 07:29:00 PM
4. Usually 3 broadheads and one field tip for a shot before I leave the stand in the morning.
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Post by: delongbows on August 25, 2013, 07:32:00 PM
Four broadheads and one judo for me.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: on August 25, 2013, 07:37:00 PM
My Great Northern quivers hold 5 arrows, so 5 is my answer to your question.

Bisch
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: southernwoody on August 25, 2013, 07:38:00 PM
Ok thanks Yall. I'm confident in killing a deer out to 25yds with one shot. Just wondered was all. I usually take 4 plus a field tip to shoot a practice shot from my stand.
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Post by: VictoryHunter on August 25, 2013, 07:44:00 PM
I carry three. If I miss any more than that I probably just need to go home and practice haha.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: David Mitchell on August 25, 2013, 08:15:00 PM
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Originally posted by southernwoody:
How many arrows do you take to the woods? Realistically there will only be one shot maybe two. So what do you fellas do?
So you don't like shootin' at squirrels?     :)   Sometimes they are way more plentiful than deer. Oh, and I carry about 6 arrows when I hunt.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: doubleo on August 25, 2013, 08:16:00 PM
I'm using a 4 arrow quiver. 3 broad heads and 1 blunt.
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Post by: kennym on August 25, 2013, 08:18:00 PM
4 w/broadheads and always a judo or 2, have the judos mounted outside the quiver with piggybackers ziptied to the hood...
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: SEMO_HUNTER on August 25, 2013, 08:20:00 PM
My quiver only holds 5 and I always carry a "stinger, or a blunt" for squirrels so I only carry 4 razor sharp broadheads for the big critters, 1 for the smaller critters. LOL
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Post by: Wolfshead on August 25, 2013, 08:20:00 PM
I will be taking a 5 arrow quiver with me and I will have 4 broadheads and a blunt.
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Post by: JEFF B on August 25, 2013, 08:32:00 PM
here in NZ 4 arrows      3 broad heads one blunt
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Post by: r-man on August 25, 2013, 08:35:00 PM
One practice, 3bheads, never needed more.
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Post by: Alexander Traditional on August 25, 2013, 08:40:00 PM
Three broadheads and one field tip. I a lot of times will shoot the field tip a few times before I head to the stand and then once at a spot under the feeder when leaving the stand.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: ChuckC on August 25, 2013, 08:48:00 PM
three and one, always for me.  

UNLESS I am skwerl hunting, then I carry as many as I can stuff in a back quiver.

ChuckC
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: Shawn Leonard on August 25, 2013, 08:49:00 PM
I carry 4, one with a blunt and three with broadgheads, but I also carry two extra broadheads in a hard plastic pack in my backpack. I shoot carbons and there have been times I have emptied my quiver and had to climb down and collect my arrows. The arrows are usually fine but the broadheads maybe bent or even broken. I can replace them and climb back up the tree. I have done this a couple times, once when I shot Mom and her two fawns in one sitting and still had my buck tag and another time when I killed a 5pt. than missed what looked like his twin twice and still had 3 hrs. of shooting light and at last light killed a big male coyote with an arrow I had replaced the broadhead. Shawn
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: Thumper Dunker on August 25, 2013, 08:54:00 PM
14 seven broadheads and seven squirrel or rabbit arrows. You get more than one coyote coming in lots of times. And you never have enough ground squirrel arrows. Better to have too many than not enough.
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Post by: Hoyt on August 25, 2013, 11:38:00 PM
3 broadheads.
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Post by: DayTripper on August 25, 2013, 11:59:00 PM
4 broadheads and 2 field points.
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Post by: Terry Lightle on August 26, 2013, 06:52:00 AM
4 broadheads and a judo
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Post by: Fattony77 on August 26, 2013, 07:00:00 AM
4 arrow bow quiver, all 4 with broadheads, cuz squirrels are TOUGH!!!
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Post by: reddogge on August 26, 2013, 08:56:00 AM
My bow quiver has 3 BH and one judo. I spined a deer once and tried to shoot him from the tree stand while he flopped and spun around on the ground. Shot all of my arrows until I got him on the last arrow. I carried more arrows back then.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: David Mitchell on August 26, 2013, 09:52:00 AM
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Originally posted by Thumper Dunker:
14 seven broadheads and seven squirrel or rabbit arrows. You get more than one coyote coming in lots of times. And you never have enough ground squirrel arrows. Better to have too many than not enough.
There ya' go, a man ready for anything in season!  :biglaugh:
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Post by: Mike Vines on August 26, 2013, 09:55:00 AM
I just made 7 for Wyoming.  6 with Broadheads, and 1 with a judo.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: TxAg on August 26, 2013, 10:05:00 AM
A couple years ago I had 3 broadheads and 1 judo. I killed 3 pigs with the 3 broadheads and then shot another with the judo for practice. If I would've had 6 or 7 arrows I don't think it would've been enough. I was hunting over a feeder and the pigs were hungry that day. That being said, I still only carry 3 or 4.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: DaveT1963 on August 26, 2013, 10:26:00 AM
Three with sharp BHs one with a practice BH.  I usually always take a practice shot from my treestand before I exit.
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Post by: bretto on August 26, 2013, 07:39:00 PM
3 BH's and 1 Judo in the bow quiver for deer at home. 7-8 with BH's and a Judo if I have the Safari Tuff for longer hunts.

bretto
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: Car54 on August 26, 2013, 08:02:00 PM
Mine holds four, so I take four.
Title: Re: how many?
Post by: Deeter on August 27, 2013, 08:05:00 AM
I have always taken 4 arrows myself.  My grandaddy once told me, "If ya cant get the job done with what ya got, ya shouldnt be doin it."  So I have always put what he told me into use for alot of things I do.
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Post by: Stixbowdrew on August 27, 2013, 09:33:00 AM
4+ judo
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Post by: dirtguy on August 27, 2013, 10:29:00 AM
3 broad heads, one blunt
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Post by: hnt2mch on August 27, 2013, 04:30:00 PM
4 broadheads 2 judos
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Post by: Archer1991 on August 27, 2013, 07:39:00 PM
4 broadheads 1 judo 1 blunt
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Post by: Sam McMichael on August 28, 2013, 01:35:00 PM
I carry 6 broadheads plus I often have a couple extra arrows with field points.
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Post by: Ausable on August 28, 2013, 01:59:00 PM
3 bh and hex
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Post by: Matthew Bolton on August 28, 2013, 02:02:00 PM
Normally 3 broadheads and a blunt. Sometimes it's 4 broadheads. Just depends on the mood and bag limit of the place I'm hunting.
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Post by: JamesKerr on August 28, 2013, 02:02:00 PM
5 broadhead arrows and 1 field tip arrow for a practice shot.