Back quivers and broadheads

Slickhead · March 10, 2014, 01:51:00 PM

Im thinking of taking a more traditional route to traditional hunting next season
More plaids, more ground set ups and possibly using a back quiver.
Do you use any protection between your BH and the quiver.
Foam,etc?

TOEJAMMER · March 10, 2014, 02:12:00 PM

A piece of sheepskin, old carpet or foam works well. If the quiver is made correctly, it will collapse in the center which will keep the arrows from moving around when you are walking etc. That will also protect the broadheads to an estent but I still have sheepskin in the bottom of all of mine.

TOEJAMMER · March 10, 2014, 02:13:00 PM

That should be "extent". Lazy fingers.

rraming · March 10, 2014, 02:18:00 PM

I put a piece of sheepskin I got at Tandy in the bottom of a quiver.
I have seen broadhead covers but they seem like a lot of work.

Caughtandhobble · March 10, 2014, 02:36:00 PM

I cut a piece of yoga foam about an inch thick, cut to size and place it on the bottom of my back quiver. The yoga foam blocks are great for replacing bow quiver foam as well.

Gordon Jabben · March 10, 2014, 07:42:00 PM

I really don't think you need anything.

JEFF B · March 10, 2014, 08:52:00 PM

naw ya don't need anything in the bottom of ya quiver if ya have a well made quiver

Blackhawk · March 11, 2014, 12:35:00 AM

Leather broadhead "booties" are easy and simple to make, but I still use a side quiver which I find to be "traditional" and a lot more practical.

March 11, 2014, 01:39:00 AM

I don't use anything, but I do have one standard when I am hunting with aluminum arrows. If I am moving fast enough that my arrows are making noise, I am not hunting.

Frank V · March 11, 2014, 06:00:00 PM

I don't use anything in my quiver either.
If I were to use something it'd probably be a piece of foam cut to fit the bottom of my quiver.

Alexander Traditional · March 11, 2014, 06:07:00 PM

I use a side quiver. It has some foam material in the bottom,but other than that I don't use anything.

ChuckC · March 11, 2014, 06:27:00 PM

I have some foam at the bottom of mine and lightly stick the broadheads into it.

Toe, just FYI, along the top of each post are several icons including a paper and pencil kinda thingie. If you hit that (on your post), it will let you edit your post, so you can correct any errors right in the post.

ChuckC

March 12, 2014, 02:46:00 PM

I read that Hill at one time put oats in his quiver, so I tried it. While we were walking to the hunting area, we took a couple of practice shots. My arrow jumped under a nasty tangle. I did not tell my buddy about the oats, but when I bent over to get my arrow they all poured out. My buddy's knees gave out and he laughed until he couldn't breathe. We did not see a single deer or turkey that day. Schulz says when people asked him how he keeps his broad heads sharp in a back quiver, he says "with a file". I now use that same answer.

two4hooking · March 12, 2014, 02:47:00 PM

You don't need anything in a properly designed and broken in quiver to hold arrows fast, keep them from rattling, or dulling broadheads. The quiver should collapse on the shafts holding them fast.

The latest Stick and String emag article has a good piece on hunting and breaking in a backquiver.

I keep a piece of carpet cut to shape in the bottom just to dull the thud of arrows when I put them in the quiver....but that is not for any other reason.

March 12, 2014, 02:56:00 PM

Louis Armbruster showed me how to break a back quiver in by treating them on the inside with Neats Glove oil, it works very nice. Do not use Boot oil for a stiff quiver, not same stuff.

TOEJAMMER · March 12, 2014, 02:59:00 PM

Chuck, Thanks. I think I tried all the icons except that one. I finally decided to quit before I really fouled things up.

Frank V · March 12, 2014, 06:13:00 PM

Don't give up play with the system.
The icon with the pencil in the lower right corner is the one that allows you to edit a post.

Go for it.

Tajue17 · March 13, 2014, 05:13:00 AM

not sure if someone mentioned this but with a back quiver I find broadheads like Grizzlys & Stos that have a straight line across the back of the broadhead don't remove easily because of those sharp corners,, or they scrape all the way out of the quiver and seems like its mauling the inside of the quiver up a bit.. eskimo & journyman type with the angled back come out a lot better.

you could always round off the backs with a file too but figured I'd throw it out there.

Lone Ranger · March 13, 2014, 09:49:00 AM

I would not think it would be an issue to haul around most any 2 bladed head in my otter back quiver, but I would think that any 3 or 4 blade head would present problems?

L.R.

two4hooking · March 13, 2014, 02:28:00 PM