Just a informal Survey. I have some shoulder problems (like a lot of us). However I do like hunting with bow quiver on. The issue is, a quiver full of heavy arrow starts to bother my shoulder after a few arrows. Any thoughts you may have would be great.  Term

It would be like shooting two different bows to me.

I  practice,shoot 3 D with my quivers on and hunt with my quivers on.  

If I am going to hunt that year with a bow quiver that's the way I practice. Also I always use my hunting weight bows. What is the use of practice if it is not what you are going to hunt with? To me every bow shoots different so it wood be counter productive to shoot a bow with a different trajectory, then expect to be ready to hunt with a different bow.

I shoot without a quiver during the summer till a month or so before deer season then I put my quiver on and stays on through deer season and turkey season.

I don't like to hunt with a quiver attached while in a treestand. I keep a quiver attached to my bow while walking to the tree stand but take it off while on stand. I do practice shooting with a quiver on just in case I need to shoot while walking to my stand. I sometimes still hunt and leave the quiver on. I like to be ready for any situation.

Ron

Practice like you plan to hunt.  If holding your bow with a quiver on is difficult, either do some exercise to build those muscles, or take the quiver off and hunt with an alternative method.

I have done both and find little to no difference with my shooting.  

I know ideally you want to "practice like you play", but I have seen no notable difference.

i go with what mood strikes me, i shoot equally bad either way

I shoot most of the year without a quiver.  Put on a bow quiver, Selway or Eagle's flite, a few weeks before season and practice with it.  Not a problem.

Some folks feel that a bow quiver changes the tune/match of arrow to bow.  I've never found that to be the case.  Never have had to change anything, and my arrows always impact the same with and without the quiver.  I do use relatively small, 4-arrow quivers though.

I have done it for years. Shoot without it, throw it on for season and don't notice any difference. If anything, I shoot better with quiver on. I use an EFA quiver.

QuotePractice like you plan to hunt.

This!  

big diffrence to me.. even with the lightest bowquiver my bows still tune diffrent with and without a quiver, its enough to make a diffrence in my opinion. some quivers like the old deltas,  are really heavy loaded..  I really like the convience of a bow quiver but dislike the added weight overall as well as the weight hanging off the side of the bow, also without a bowquiver i have less mass moving when preparing for a hunting shot, so i use a cat quiver of one sort or the other.  all little things i guess but, ive found a bare bow to work alot better for me, so i dont switch quivers on and off.

Leave the quiver on the bow but take out the arrows.

I hunt, stump, 3D, practice with my bow quiver on. The quiver never comes off my bow.

When I first put a bowquiver on my longbow years ago, I noticed I was shooting left a few inches. Couple weeks of practice and I was back on.
Now I hunt all season with a Small fry Boa, but take it off during the summer for all around shooting and then put it back on for season.
I can take it off and on without any problems shooting and use same arrows all the time.

My paper punching arrows are about 125 grains lighter than my hunting arrows. I shoot without a quiver and with the lighter arrows until a few weeks before season. At that time the quiver goes on the bow and my targets take a beating from  nothing but broadheads for a month.

anyone use a back quiver for hunting? I debating it now, though it's a long ways off, I want to be practicing how I hunt come late spring

QuoteOriginally posted by Pat B:
It would be like shooting two different bows to me.

The same for me. I can imagine doing that. I will from time to time shoot a bow of mine without the quiver but it is rare.

I always shoot with my quiver on that way during archery season it's not something to get used to being on there

I like shooting both ways and shoot a lot of different bows... but come late July the bow quiver stays on the bow i pan to hunt with & stays on it through the season.