Quiver ? on the bow ..or off opinions

[joe skipp]

A bow quiver is OK for recurves or hybrids...but its sacreligious to use one on a longbow....      :rolleyes:      

Somehow the image of Hill, Swinehardt and Shulz using a bowquiver...well...it just isn't right. Find a good backquiver or Catquiver to use...LOL

[Ben Maher]

i'm with Joe Skipp !!!
Mr Schulz with a bow quiver ... don't think so !

[Rob DiStefano]

a long 68" or 70" longbow with "D" braced limbs and a back quiver bristling with woodies - doth that not say "TRAD ARCHERY"?!?!?!?!?!?

indeedy!

but for me, it's just more practical to shorten the longbow to 62" (still retaining the "D" brace, of course), slip on a 5 arrow EFA bow quiver, and HUNT critters bigger than bunnies from on the ground and/or in the air.

to each their own, and to own their each.

[Rob DiStefano]

i've got a few back quivers - if yer in trad archery, ya gotta have at least one for nostalgia reasons.  every time i slip one on i realize why they're such a pain to use with broadheads.  what makes lots better sense to use, and works wonderfully for me, is the safari tuff side/back quiver ....

[Gray Buffalo]

This is a pic of my grandson with my hunting quiver. every thing you need on a day hunt

[Hatrick]

I have about every type of quiver there is. I used a bow quiver for probably 25 years. Then the last 10 years or so I've been shooting without a quiver attached to the bow and much prefer it that way. Contrary to others, I don't like the extra weight of a bow quiver and hate the "flagging" hanging from my bow while I'm manuvering it into position.


While hunting I'll mostly use a GFA style. I've got an old Catquiver but have never really given it a fair shake as far as taking it out hunting. For 3-D I'll use a hip quiver or back quiver.

I wouldn't object going back to a Kwikee Kuiver if I was stand hunting since I could remove it once on stand or in the blind. Hard to beat a bow quiver for carrying arrows.

No perfect quiver in my book and I like having choices.

[reddogge]

Safari Tuff when hunting on the ground.  Bowquiver when hunting out of a treestand.
Belt cruiser style hip quiver when roving or 3-D.

[sweeney3]

Lots of good stuff here.  I have gone back and forth on this one myself.  Consequently, I now have a Great Northern bow quiver (love it), an old Bear Snap on 8 arrow quiver (love it, on my Bear Kodiak Hunter), a leather back quiver (love it, for roaving in open country, targets, etc.  Hold lots of arrows), and a couple of others that didn't make the cut.  I don't like the way the GN quiver looks on my selfbow, but I like the way it works well enough to put up with it, and the bow still shoots fine.  When I practice, I leave the bow quivers in place with arrows and carry the back quiver for extra arrows and options (judo points, hex, field points, whatever).   Bottom line is that you'll just have to play around with it and figure out what you like best.  That the fun in archery!!

[straitera]

Attached bow quivers are no hindurance once you get used to shooting them; however, when its removed I can't hit shift sand at the beach. Rather not depend upon extra anything when hunting especially miles from nowhere. Min add max had.