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Title: How Many Arrows
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on September 16, 2007, 09:54:00 PM
How many arrows do You carry in the field when hunting Big Game & what kind of quiver?
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on September 16, 2007, 09:56:00 PM
I take 3 Arrow's with me when I go hunting.. I just made up 4 sets of 3 arrows all different finishes. I'll post pic's later. I also have a med back quiver I got from Cabela's
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: MW on September 16, 2007, 10:03:00 PM
Tough question.

I have been taking one of Mike's pocket quivers.  It will hold four arrows tipped with 2 blade Zwickies.  

Two are razor sharp for big game and two are "target" dull for small game.

It seems to work for me now but I am always changing.
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Post by: Ian johnson on September 16, 2007, 10:08:00 PM
I will carry 3 sitka spruce arrows tipped with 125gr eskimos and one tipped with a judo, all in my catquiver
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Post by: mountaindog on September 16, 2007, 10:19:00 PM
i use a bow quiver and usually carry at least 4-6 arrows... 4 boadheads and 2 judos..
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Adam Keiper on September 16, 2007, 10:49:00 PM
I get nervous with less than 5.  (Don't make me tell you why, LOL!)  I like 7 or 8 or even 9 broadhead arrows, and often another couple of blunts or so.

I figure it's just as easy to carry a bunch of arrows as it is to carry even 2 or 3, so I'd rather be overprepared on the majority of my hunts (or at just adequately prepared on some...)
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Longbowz on September 16, 2007, 11:18:00 PM
5 broadheads and 1 judo tipped flu flu for the blue grouse I see when elk hunting.  Getting a grouse for dinner in camp really makes for a great day!
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: woodchucker on September 16, 2007, 11:24:00 PM
I usualy have about a dozen arrows in my backquiver when I'm hunting   :archer:
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Post by: 30coupe on September 17, 2007, 12:44:00 AM
I use both a bow quiver (on my Kota) and a side quiver (with my Mahaska), so it depends on the bow.

Usually 6 arrows because that's what my bow quiver holds. One or two judo/blunts and four broadheads. I can't imagine shooting more than four broadheads in a day, but stumps, squirrels, rabbits, etc. mean I might need more than one judo.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: dino on September 17, 2007, 12:52:00 AM
I carry 4 in a GN bow quiver with one hex blunt.  Always figured in I couldn't do it in 4 arrows I should just go home :0)  dino
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: mike g on September 17, 2007, 01:07:00 AM
I carry 6 arrows....
4 Broadheads and 2 Ace Hexheads.
I carry the Arrows in a Bohning bow Q I made into a GFA style side Q.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Oliverstacy on September 17, 2007, 01:25:00 AM
I have a Thunderhorn 6 arrow boa that just feels great on the bow.  I have been shooting it on the bow since I got it in June for fathers day.

Love my kids, makes me smile everytime I use it.

Josh
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: NDTerminator on September 17, 2007, 05:36:00 AM
Depends on the situation & conditions but usually a side quiver filled purely for convienience-sake. That means usually 6-8 arrows; one judo and the balance broadheads.  I particularly like the side quiver for treestand hunting.

For spot & stalk I like a bow quiver.  I have both a Thunderhorn limb bolt and a Selway quick detach model. Five broadheads + a judo in these...
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: paleFace on September 17, 2007, 07:42:00 AM
i carry 6, 4 with broadheads 2 with judos. never have liked a bowquiver for some reason. use a O.L. Stalker made by Art Vincent.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Jason Lester on September 17, 2007, 08:12:00 AM
Depends on the bow I take. on a recurve I have a bow quiver usualy 4 in it but I end up flinging at squirrels etc when I do that. The selfbow I take 2. I use a handmade solo stalker type quiver or a back quiver I made.
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Post by: archenemy on September 17, 2007, 08:41:00 AM
5 arrows in a bow quiver.
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 17, 2007, 08:44:00 AM
3 broadheads, 1 blunt, 3 squirrel arrows, 1 flu flu. Jawge
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Post by: Roy from Pa on September 17, 2007, 08:46:00 AM
3 broadheads and a couple field tips for practice from the tree.
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Post by: Rico on September 17, 2007, 08:57:00 AM
4 broadheads and a judo,plus a file and steel
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Post by: D. Key on September 17, 2007, 08:57:00 AM
Four; 3 B.H and 1 Judo.
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Post by: Ron LaClair on September 17, 2007, 09:14:00 AM
In 51 years of bowhunting there was only one time I needed more than 3 broadheads. That was in 1962 when it took 5 shots and 4 hits to kill a deer. I'm a better shot today    :D   so I only carry 4 arrows, 3 broadheads and a Hex Head, either on the bow or a side Stalker quiver.  http://www.shrewbows.com/

  (http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/ShrewCustomQuiver2.JPG)
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: TexasBubba on September 17, 2007, 11:25:00 AM
I'm the same as Ron 3 broadheads and 1 hex head.
When I hunt from the tree I carry the bow quiver and then take it off in the tree.  HUnting froim the ground I carry a side quiver.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Legolas on September 17, 2007, 06:31:00 PM
OK You drop one getting set up out of the treestand

You miss the deer and it stays around

You hit it the second shot but it runs away and later you trail it and it is bedded down and needs a put away shot...

that is four.
But if you climb down and retrieve the one that dropped and the one that missed you could get away with a minimum of 3 arrows.


Paul
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Frank V on September 17, 2007, 08:31:00 PM
I usually carry 6 broadheads & one Ace Hex Blunt in a bowquiver converted to a GFA style quiver. Frank
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: mrkbsm on September 17, 2007, 09:23:00 PM
3 or 4 broadheads, and 1 or 2 flu flus in a modified back quiver (I added a rail at the top and foam in the bottom so they don't clank around).
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: longstick on September 17, 2007, 09:31:00 PM
4 in a selway for me
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on September 17, 2007, 11:22:00 PM
Depends.  Right now deer aren't open yet but squirrels and groundhogs, etc. are so I'm carrying two broadheads and four ace hex heads.   As soon as deer season starts here, that ratio will flip for me.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Gordy on September 17, 2007, 11:40:00 PM
BOA quiver. 3 Sharpened broadheads, 1 practice broadhead for squirrel or coon and 2 hex heads for in case of grouse.  ;)      :thumbsup:
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Charlie Lamb on September 18, 2007, 12:06:00 AM
MW... hey dude! Might want to reconsider on that pocket quiver!!!!! Those things aren't made for broadheads and could be a nasty accident waiting to happen.

Please think about that for a while and make another choice.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: BamBooBender on September 18, 2007, 01:23:00 AM
It depends on where I am at. If I am just gonna hunt on my place I carry one,If I drive to another place about four, and if I was to travel (dream on) I'd prolly bring about two dozen.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: McGeeM on September 18, 2007, 10:32:00 AM
I carry four broadheaded arrows and one judo or hex blunt. I shot tapered cedar shafts, but the judo and hexblunts are parallel ash shafts. They are a little tougher when shooting at stumps and small game.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: jbb on September 18, 2007, 04:27:00 PM
4 broadheads + 2 blunts or judos
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Post by: Grant Young on September 18, 2007, 04:45:00 PM
I carry five in an old green Bear quiver on my TD-one of them is usually a judo. I carry four in Bear leathertops on my Super K and Saxon Kadiak-all broadheads then.            Grant
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: bluemoose on September 18, 2007, 04:57:00 PM
I try to carry 3 broadheads and 1 or 2 blunts in a bow quiver.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Dave Worden on September 18, 2007, 07:31:00 PM
I carry two for deer, two for turkeys, and at least one small game/blunt/  The small game one has been used to scare a skunk off before he entered my ground blind, to scare the bejesus out of chattering red squirrels, and even on occasion, to take a shot at a rabbit or squirrel.  When the seasons overlap, you've got to be ready for anything!
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: bear1336 on September 19, 2007, 07:27:00 AM
4 broadheads and 1 blunt in a GN bow quiver.
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Post by: MikeC on September 19, 2007, 02:45:00 PM
Three broadheads, if I ever need more than that I'm giving up.
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Post by: ironrhino on September 19, 2007, 03:13:00 PM
i only had two yesterday... I needed three.
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Post by: MWhitehair on September 19, 2007, 03:32:00 PM
4 Broadheads and a blunt/Judo/Hex ride in my Selway...
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: hs6181 on September 19, 2007, 04:08:00 PM
3 with razorheads

2 in a homemade hipquiver
1 in my hand
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Flesner on September 19, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
A side quiver full of squirrel arrows and a couple arrows with stone broadheads in case a dang deer gets too close.
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Recurve50LBS on September 19, 2007, 04:49:00 PM
I'm using a Cat 2 quiver. It holds 6 arrows because I like to shoot mutiple times at my deer.   :banghead:
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Mudd on September 19, 2007, 06:09:00 PM
Great Northern strap on or a beautiful side quiver made by Gray Buffalo. 3 arrows because that's all I have that match up with my osage recurve selfbow.
God bless,Mudd


fyi... I absolutely hate building arrows...lol
Title: Re: How Many Arrows
Post by: Shawn Leonard on September 19, 2007, 06:16:00 PM
I voted four as that is what I carry deer hunting, I carry a lot more small game hunting. 1 judo and 3 broadheads. I like my boa quiver as well. Shawn