Quiver perferances

[wormbobskey]

I know a lot of guys like to use the traditional back quiver, but I find them very noisy and hard to draw arrows from without making a lot of noise and movement. I saw a lakota (spelling?) style quiver on a site and decided to copy it. My quiver is just over 21 inches long by 5 inches wide and an inch and a half thick. It has a single narrow strap that rides over my left shoulder and hanges under my right arm. This quiver is made of heavy cowhide with camo moleskin sewn over the leather. It is extremely quite and makes drawing arrows very easy with little movement. The good thing is I can wear this quiver like I mentioned or can wear it on my back like a traditional quiver. I also modified an older Bear quiver to wear on my belt. Its one of the tqo piece type of quiver that mounts on the side of a compound bow. I made a small wooden platform form the mounting bracket and attached a piece of leather to the other side. All I have to do is slide my belt between the wood and leather and I'm ready to hunt. The quiver can be removed from the bracket once I get in my stand or blind. Anyone else do any modifying of their equipement to get the most out of it? I guess I just like tinkering to much. Worm

[Empty Quiver]

I use a Cat Quiver mostly. In thick and low hanging brush it does hang up. If I'm packing in a stand on my back it gets bungeed on, as it also has all my possibles in the pack portion. No single quiver is ideal and I agree the Lakota style does have its merits. Have you seen the G. Fred Asbell style? looks like a snap on Quicky quiver with a 1' strap to throw over the shoulder Lakota style.

[wormbobskey]

If its the same one I'm thinking of, I have seen his quiver in Traditional Archery magazine and it looked like it woulkd work well in thick brush or where you didn't need the extra weight. The only thing that would bother me is maybe losing arrows from being knocked out of the quiver. I agree with you in that no single quiver is ideal. I actually cut my bow string in half with an older lakota quiver I had made. I didn't have a thick enough bottom in it and pushed one of my broadheads through the bottom. Luckily I was close enough to the house to get my back up string. I guess thats why I have several different quivers. I like the minimalist approach to hunting and the less I have to carry the better off I feel. Bow, arrows, drag rope, skinning knife and grunt tube and I'm good to go.

[Jacko]

I have hunted with this quiver off and on since the mid 90's , you wear it over the shoulder with the fletching facing backwards usually and have the option of removing arrows through the hole in the body of the quiver - very handy if game has you pegged and you need to get an arrow out without game seeing any movement . I thought I was pretty clever coming up with this design until a couple of weeks after I finished it I saw a very similar design in a US Traditional Archery publication http://www.3riversarchery.com/Quivers+Side_c14_s74_p0_thumb.html sells them . I also have the hunting bag type with a bow quiver attached to it .

I am pretty fond of the Great Northern bowquivers as well . Depends which bow I'm hunting with whether or not I hunt with the bowquiver . They are unequaled for pushing through heavy cover .

The second photo is of a home made bow quiver I attached to a leather belt bag , a failed experiment - too awkward in cover when hunting when attached to a belt but works OK when slung over the shoulder on a strap .

regards Jacko

[mjh]

I've gone through more quivers than I actually use!  It's hard to find a one size fits all.  I use a basket back quiver for field, 3D, roving type shooting.  I mainly use a selway hip quiver for hunting.  In  moderate brush it is no problem, in heavy brush I tend to take it off and/or carry or slip if futher to my backside.  Have a leather side stalker type quiver I have used a bit and looking at a safari tuff side quiver too. I like some features of the side quiver but am used to using the selway.  Only quiver I really don't like is a bow quiver.  Don't like the extra weight on the bow and depending upon flecth color I think the exposed flectch along with movement can alert game.

[theoldarcher]

I use the Great Northern strap-on quivers for longbows and recurves.  Mostly, when I hunt around home (MI), I am going to stands on trails between feeding and beding areas, so once on stand, the quiver is easy to take off and put on when leaving.  Out west while hunting elk I use the GN strap-on and just leave it attached to the bow.  I know some folks say it throws off your shooting, but on or off doesn't seem to make much difference for me--I kill animals both ways.

I have a weakness for quivers, though, so you will find several back quivers, some side quivers, and several more pocket quivers in my collection.  Why so many???  I have no idea!!   

Arch

[Savage .250]

For me it`s a matter of where I`m going  hunt. If it`s out of a tree stand,I`m going to hang it so anything is good for me. If I`m going to be walking around then I like a back type. 

[wormbobskey]

I've been wanting to try a catquiver as they look like they would be great for ground hunting which is my prefered method of hunting. I still use my treestands, but never give up an oppertunity to still hunt to and from my stand or when scouting out a new area if the season is in. Of course I'm a cheap sob and thats why I make a lot of my own equipement. Cost has always been a big deterant to buying a catquiver. I always place a bid or two on ebay whenever I see them listed.

[qweeksdraw]

I kinda made my own cat quiver. any kind of bow mount quiver but I have it attached to a daypack- and it has extra gloves,hand warmer, ratlin horns, deer calls, knife,monocular,extra string,cell ph,a must- saved my butt twice. flashlite,gps,but most of all,a ziplock with toilet paper. two reasons 1 for layin down back track of hit deer.and when nature calls workes better than leaves. the pac rides at my side and the quiver rides low in the middle of my back. works great, try it.



Cold beer- dead deer. taste good!

[wormbobskey]

I started to make my own cat quiver type of quiver, but haven't finished it yet. Its one of those things that will get done when its to cold to hunt or when its storming out. Always having something to do keeps me from going stur crazy.

[theoldarcher]

I found a very nice piece of Osage, and I will be working on it this winter to make a GF Asbell type quiver.  I have in old strap on bow quiver that used velcro and nylon straps for attachment to the bow.  I plan on finishing a strip of Osage, removing the hood and shaft holder from the old quiver body, paint them to match the Osage, and mount to the strip of Osage with brass hardware.  I have a strip of elk hide I will use for a shoulder strap.  Don't know if it will ever see the hunting woods, but it will be something to keep me occupied for some of the winter evenings.

Arch

[wormbobskey]

theoldarcher, maybe you could post some pictures of your project for us other bored archers looking for something to keep us occupied during the winter. I'm a trapper as well, but its still nice to see some of these homemade projects when I'm not out running my traps.