Quiver advice from spot and stalk hunters

[AngelDeVille]

Great ideas guys!

I do have a Selway, Great Northern, and a Kanati Quiver for my long bow.
The Selway is too huge and bulky for my liking,

The Great Northern is lighter but it's the non adjustable model called the "longbow" but it's too short to fit my longbow.

My favorite by far is the 4 arrow Kanati, but it still feels like the bow wants to twist out of my hand when carrying it.

The edge bow quiver looks nice but I don't think I'll gain much over the Kanati I already have.

Shedrock! Who makes that two arrow in your first post?  I think that might do the trick?

I like the Jack's "Stealth" for a backup, but I'd be worried about fletching damage or arrow loss in heavy brush.

The safari tuff looks like it protects the arrows well, but damn it's ugly! and I think it will clash with my Blue flannel shirt and blue jeans, and hunting mocs.....

[AngelDeVille]

[eminart]

I'm new to this traditional stuff too, but I've never liked bow quivers. I used to put them on my hunting compounds, but just to transport my arrows. I took them off once I got in my stand.

With a bow quiver, every time you take an arrow out, or add an arrow, you're changing the weight and balance of your bow. It seems like that would be even more magnified with these lightweight traditional bows.

[TxAg]

ttt

[pdk25]

eminart, when I was practicing for my buffalo hunt i practiced with the quiver loaded except one arrow was missing from the quiver (from the slot that I pull the first arrow from).  This would be the exact setup as for my actual first shot hunting.  I didn't notice any significant difference in accuracy, although I had an aluminum ilf riser, so there was already some weight there.  This is the first year really using a bow quiver.  There are just too many advantages when you are doing spot and stalk hunting for me to do otherwise.  Stand hunting is another ballgame, for sure, but my totem style efa quiver can easily be removed on the stand if I wanted to.  I have no dog in this fight, however, so use whatever is best.  I know the sidequivers were very cumbersome when trying to belly crawl up on a group of hogs and and when using a back quiver on top of a daypack/hydration pack you get hung up on brush that you duck under.  Your milage may vary.

[SL]

yep
Its hard to beat a bow quiver when you have ground to cover.
SL

[Green]

I'd like to hear from some of the folks who own and have hunted with the Absorkee Quiver from Far West Leather if possible.

[Terry Green]

Bow quiver with fletch cover is by far my choice when stalking. Once u move bow through brush you have alteady moved the arrows.....quiver acts as a blind when held up breaking up outline.....easy access to 2nd arrow with less movement an sound AND you can do so while keeping eye on game.

If u dont like the weight....there's lots of choices.  Get a lighter one an just take 3 arrows.

I shoot the same whether the bow quiver has 5 arrows in the quiver 4,3,2,1 or none.  If anyone does shoot different with one arrow missing....the bow quiver may not be installed properly .....not off the limbs and into the fade outs....or you may have form issues.  Good form and proper alignment don't know how many arrows are in your quiver.

[khardrunner]

EFA makes some really lightweight ones, lighter than GN. I have a 4 arrow and hardly notice it.

[rastaman]

i use a kanati 4 arrow bow quiver with a piggyback holder to carry a blunt.  i'm like Terry in that i can't tell any difference in my shooting whether the quiver is fully loaded or not.  i carry a simmons rotoquiver sometimes but for spot and stalk, a bow quiver is the simplest, easiest quiver that works for me.

[Terry Green]

Bow quiver with fletch cover is by far my choice when stalking. Once u move bow through brush you have alteady moved the arrows.....quiver acts as a blind when held up breaking up outline.....easy access to 2nd arrow with less movement an sound AND you can do so while keeping eye on game.

If u dont like the weight....there's lots of choices.  Get a lighter one an just take 3 arrows.

I shoot the same whether the bow quiver has 5 arrows in the quiver 4,3,2,1 or none.  If anyone does shoot different with one arrow missing....the bow quiver may not be installed properly .....not off the limbs and into the fade outs....or you may have form issues.  Good form and proper alignment don't know how many arrows are in your quiver.

[huntnmuleys]

selway 2 piece bow quiver for me.  ive shot with a loaded bow quiver for so many years now i cant imagine shooting without one...

[Terry Green]

Yeah Randy ....I remember the 6 shots at hogs my on my 1ST trip to Ray's ......

Shot a small pig with full quiver....next shot a bruiser with full quiver.....10 seconds later, in a matter of 10 seconds i sent 3 killing arrows into another nice hog, the last arrow with the hog fleeing, leaving only one arrow left in my quiver......later that afterrnoon, with full quiver again, Ray shoots one and it comes flying by me and i sent an arrow into that one also.

Not knocking other quvers, cause i use other types for other situations, just trying to answer the OP,s question for spot and stalk choice.

[AngelDeVille]

For practice I have shot the arrows from the bow quiver and have noticed no difference as the quiver gets lighter.

So it sounds like I need to toughen up and quit whining about my bow quiver!

I have a GN 4 arrow longbow and a rawhide Selway 5 arrow longbow slider available for trade for a Safari Tuff arrowmaster

How do those piggy back mount? It looked like they mount to another arrow? Do they render and arrow useless?  
I would like to take a judo point with me.

[Terry Green]

Im not sure what u r asking in your last paragraph.

[Ron LaClair]

How do those piggy back mount? It looked like they mount to another arrow? Do they render and arrow useless? I would like to take a judo point with me.  

Here's the piggy back on the Edge quiver by Eagles Flight, the extra gripper mounts off the totem.

 

[Terry Green]

If Ron got it.....judos can piggyback but don't have to piggyback.....they can go under the hood also.

[AngelDeVille]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Im not sure what u r asking in your last paragraph.

My Kanati quiver is a two piece, and it looks like the piggy backs attach to a shaft. So if I used the piggy back I would have to use one of my arrows to mount it, defeating the reason for adding the piggy back.

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
If Ron got it.....judos can piggyback but don't have to piggyback.....they can go under the hood also.

I carry a judo most times but I've never used a piggyback.

[toddster]

safari tuff arrowmaster is what I use when stalking turkeys in spring and fall.  can carry camel on back, and no weight on bow.