I use a bow quiver during deer season. It's just one less hassle up in a tree or while carrying a stand on your back. I rarely use one once the season is over. A takedown recurve is heavy enough, I'll use a back or hip quiver throughout the off season.

I can't say a quiver makes me more or less accurate but I do have to get used to the switch.

I struggled with a few bows when I used a GN strap on quiver, primarily longbows. In fact, I sold a few longbows because of it and later learned it was the quiver    

i find that I shoot just A LITTLE bit better with the quiver on. I do take it off occasionally, especially if I'm hunting on the ground. I don't know about the rest of you, but I find that my bow quivers actually quiet the bows a little.

Nothing prettier than a nice bow quiver filled with a matched set of arrows.  However, as those before have said, some folks and some bows are effected and some aren't.  I don't use a bow quiver just because there is more to catch the eye of the animal I'm hunting at the moment of the shot.

Good Luck,

Jerry

A longbow is made to "move out of the way" on the shot. A quiver slows this natural motion and until your "computer" makes the adjustment, it will affect your shot.

A recurve on the other hand, has more mass and is centershot. It doesn't have that suttle movement away so doesn't affect the shot much if at all.

I don't know about the hybrids and anything learned on a compuund certainly doesn't apply.

Definately, I like the added weight.  It helps stabilize my bow arm, and it doesn't affect my shooting on my BW PSA V Recurve.

IMO  if you intend to hunt with a bow quiver do all of  your practice  and 3Ds with it on  your bow.  It may not affect point of impacted but it definitely affects how the bow feels in your hands
as you shoot it. And changing things from practice to the real deal is never good.  IMO

Lots of good comments, thanks. I remember reading Fred Asbell talking about quivers and how he was always changing things around. Sometimes on the bow sometimes not. I see from an earlier post here, most have more than one quiver, some a dozen or so. I'm thinking I'll try a 3 or 4 arrow bow quiver to see if I like it. Some situations I want more arrows than that, but others maybe OK with just a few. I've also found the bow quiver to feel good sometimes. Others not so good. I agree, practice with the hunt setup.

Depends on the bow, some it helps with vibration and some it seems to throw off the balance. Either way if you are going to use a bow quiver practice with it with full just like you are hunting.

in 15 yrs of shootin ive never wanted to use a bow quiver untill now.last season i had such a hard time hunting with a back quiver, i have decided it was time to try something new. this is my kanati bow quiver the extra mass really help in qieting the bow some. it also took some adjustment in my shooting , but im getting used to it john dill of aneewakee archery makes an awesome quiver y'all should check them out

I realy dont care for for bow quivers, but I like them better than having one more thing hanging on my back or around my neck.

I put EFA quivers on my Shrews, hardly know they're there. Bows a little quieter and the tad more weight is nice. They're on there to stay!

Great quivers Don!

My Hill style bows are prooving to be more finicky, I think Biggie is right about the "longbows move out of the way on the shot" thing.

Eric

Great lookin rig there Rudy! I'll see you  at Sissipahaw!

Eric, you're right. The 3 and 4 arrow EFA bow quivers were made for bows like the shrew, banchees, beelers and other high performance lightweight bows. The 3 arrow quiver weighs only 3.2 ounzes. That's about 1/3 the weight of most other quivers. Our 3 and 4 arrow standard quivers are guaranteed not to change how the bow shoots.

We also make larger 4 arrow and 5 arrow quivers. Even though they are lighter weight then most of the competition, they could have some effect on some lighter weight bows.

Sure a bow quiver will change the way your bow handles.  If it is just the weight/mass of the arrows on the side of your bow. But it can be good and bad as you have read here.  What ever you choose, just make sure you practice w/ it before hunting season.  Do so enough that you get use to it in every situation.  A recipe for disaster is to strap one to your favorite stick and head out on opening day.

I have an EFA 4 arrow quiver that I use on my Kanati longbow. It has no affect on the shot. The EFA is so light weight, I hardly notice it, even with arrows in it. I had a Thunderhorn Linx on it and it was too heavy to suit me on that bow. It works real nice on my Dryad Orion though. The Orion has a bit more mass to begin with, so the quiver doesn't seem to be over powering it.

If I'm hunting out of a pop-up blind, I prefer a detachable quiver or a side quiver. It is handier to be able to set the bow down without the nocks sticking in the dirt. From a tree stand or still hunting, I much prefer a bow quiver.

Strap on bow quivers do absorb some vibration, and therefore quiet the bow. I don't think they affect the energy imparted on the arrow, though they do dampen vibration after the arrow leaves the string. I'm not so sure bolt on quivers do much to quiet the bow, at least the ones I've had didn't seem to.

Good question and lots of great answers.