Was wondering how many out there use arrow holders while hunting and what's your favorite kind?

no

While I was resistant to the idea I've found they are almost a necessity for my stand hunting.  I stand up and sit down and move around and the holder keeps the arrow on the shelf.  I just use the stick-on version from 3 Rivers.  I usually have to trim the part that sticks on the bow to clear the grip.  Others put them on at more of an angle so no trimming is necessary.

Just received (2) Solo Stalkers as part of a trade. They actually tie onto the limbs for immediate & handy arrow retrieval. Too set in my backquiver ways to use them.

Been wrestling with the idea for awhile now. I've used them in the distant past and they are very useful, but I just don't like the looks of them on my bow. I may still decide to use one again anyway, though! I have one with the metal piece, with the holes in it, connected to a rubber gripper thing.

I use them for stand hunting.  Have for more than 40 years.  Favorite is a Sta-jac.  Sitting in a tree stand all day, particularly in windy weather, they're indespensible.

Tipit (or Whip?)posted a pic of the best one I have ever seen/used.  A toothpick and a rubberband.....

Thanks Doc/Whip/ whomever, that was the nuts!  

BobW, Close...it was a match stick & rubber band.  I use it on my selfbows to keep it all natural.  Just keep a few in my pack...Doc

 

 

thats pretty slick tippit i may have to try that

This is my set up on my DAS bow. An old Saunders Silver Star rest and the arrow holder is called a Sta Jac arrow cinch. I believe you can still get them from some of the trad suppliers and I sometimes find them on the auction site. Game Tracker made one called Magic Finger and I found a source that had two of them....exactly the same as the Sta Jac.

i've got one hanging up in my shop that I'm planning on using (Kwik lok).  I guarantee you (in the past) I've averaged dropping one arrow/hunt out of a treestand.

I keep my bow on a hook when I hunt.  It's a necessity (IMO).  If I hate it, I'll re-group.  If someone has a better mousetrap, please share your plans.

Not me

Kwik lok...I love them!

Got away from them for a while for no reason except that I just never got around to buying and installing oneon my Kwik Styks...but I have recently.

Over the last few years I've spent some very windy days in a treesatand and have had to stay on my toes so the arrow didn't fall. But a few have gotten away! Not anymore....

So simple, no worries, just flips off when you start your draw....

My Silvertip has had the same one on it since 1986...

no, don't use one.

Cool tippit    ...Van

I do not use one but I do get tired of keeping my finger on the arrow all the time.
I sometimes will hang my bow on a nearby branch while I dig out a snack or a drink or something and I have had the arrow fall off and sail to the ground.
I used the match and rubber band years ago and it does work, I may have to go back to it this year.

I like the Kwik-Lok. The StayJac looks good too though. I tried the cheaper Aro Holder from 3Rivers. Don't waste your money on that one. It was too stiff in warm weather and unusable in our cold North Iowa deer season. The Kwik-Lok stays pliable and pops right off as you draw. I, too, like to hang my bow when in a tree stand.

Use one all the time. Kinda like having an extra hand and no worry about having the arrow get away accidently... I really like the StaJac, though I've used the Kwik Loc as well.

Tip... once had a buck approach my stand so I got the bow in position and started my draw as he entered my window of opportunity.

The arrow nock came off the string before the StaJac released and for a moment the arrow was kind of balanced on the rest.
Killed him anyway, but with a much longer shot... he spooked away at the flinch I made grabbing the arrow.

I now pull back the string until the StaJac releases and wait for the coming shot.

QuoteOriginally posted by Charlie Lamb:


Tip... once had a buck approach my stand so I got the bow in position and started my draw as he entered my window of opportunity.

The arrow nock came off the string before the StaJac released and for a moment the arrow was kind of balanced on the rest.

I now pull back the string until the StaJac releases and wait for the coming shot.

I had the same thing happen with the KwikLok, except the arrow didn't balance    :mad:  Apparently deer are not fond of the sound of an arrow clattering off the steps of a ladder stand because by the time I realized what had happened and sort of regained my composure, the arrow was sticking in the ground and the deer was nowhere to be seen.

Now I do what you do, grab the nock and give a slight pull until the arrow holder lets go, then get ready to shoot.

If I had one 3 years ago in NM it would have been a different story for a 200+'' muledeer.Hard lesson to learn but they are one of those must have tools in my book.