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Title: How many arrows
Post by: recurvericky on August 31, 2011, 09:26:00 PM

How many arrows to you take with you on an elk hunt?

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: cyred4d on August 31, 2011, 09:29:00 PM

Depends on if you are packing in a ways or not, but for me I would want around 8 at a minimum.

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: Outwest on August 31, 2011, 10:01:00 PM

5 if I am hunting from the house daily.
12 if I am on pack in hunt. ( horses and mules. )
If I were backpacking in I would take 6 and a couple extra broadheads.

John

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: bayoulongbowman on September 01, 2011, 12:02:00 AM

18....

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: Bjorn on September 01, 2011, 12:24:00 AM

Adam and I had 30 arrows with us but we only used 1 each.   :thumbsup:    :archer:

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on September 01, 2011, 12:27:00 AM

I take a dozen tuned arrows to camp.  I carried 6 with broadheads, and two with hammer heads last year.  I am dropping it to two broadhead arrows and one hammer head this year.  I have never taken more than two shots in one day.  Plus I hunt within two miles of a road in most cases so I can always get back to more arrows if I need to.

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: jamesh76 on September 01, 2011, 09:21:00 AM

12

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: amar911 on September 01, 2011, 09:23:00 AM

Dozen.

Allan

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: ScottinPA on September 01, 2011, 09:40:00 AM

15 for each bow.

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: KentuckyTJ on September 01, 2011, 10:16:00 AM

When I went to CO. I wished I had more. There were grouse everywhere that would let you get close and you could shoot at. I had one judo point and needed a couple more. Then there is the CYA factor if you happened to damage a bunch of them at once, better have some more back at camp in a safe spot.

Don't forget to buy a small game license also.

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: Charlie Lamb on September 01, 2011, 01:12:00 PM

I'm with Tom! If you carry only 2 there'll come a day when you wish you had 3.

We are archers after all and just how hard is it to pack extra arrows.

Besides, if you kill a bull with one arrow and you only have one or two spares in your quiver people are gonna think you missed 4 or 5 times.
   ;)

Title: Re: How many arrows
Post by: Orion on September 01, 2011, 02:12:00 PM

I'll take 8-10 hunting arrows on a hunt, but only 4 in my quiver.  Will have another half-doen or so practice arrows for shooting around camp.