Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: SactoBowman on December 13, 2011, 01:20:00 PM
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I going to my first trad 3D shoot I'm January and wondered how many arrows I should bring.
Also does anybody use small hip or pocket quivers or do you use only back quivers.
Thanks!
Bill
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Take three or four. I use a back quiver but most trad shooters I shoot with use either a pocket or side quiver. Some just use their back pockets.
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Oh. Some use bow quivers also.
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If I wear a back quiver I take 8 or 10, side quiver 6 or 8. 4 or 5 is plenty but I never want to run out of ammo......lol! Most times I shoot wood so I do break an arrow now and then. Take as many as you feel comfortable with!
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I generally take 3-4 arrows and I use my cedar ridge quiver. best quiver I've found for 3d shooting. (http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj282/longbowjake/DSC_0057.jpg)
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Usually 6
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I usually carry four in a side quiver. However, in winter, I often take six. The targets get hard and sometimes freeze around here. Also, glue holding the points on my woodies tends to get more brittle, and I sometimes lose a point or two in the targets. Temperature shouldn't be a problem in your area though.
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I usually bring a quiver full for all the obvious reasons.....LOL! :laughing:
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carry as many as you want, then bring the ones that are not broken or lost back home.
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Four in a bow quiver.
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I usually take at least 6 for the warm-up bale. Rarely takes more than one arrow to shoot a course, unless there's more than one target per stake.
'Course it varies with your shooting skill and how difficult the course is. Take what you think you will need--better to have too many than not enough. Besides, quivers look better full of arrows.
I usually use my Safari Tuff these days, but hip and bow and side quivers work. A back quiver is the worst for 3-D IMO--dump arrows every time you bend over to pull...at least that's what I did.
Chad
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This all depends on how good you shoot that bow of yours. I just take what arrows are in my bow quiver, but I've seen shooters break and loose 6-8 arrows after a day of shooting, especially if they are shooting woods.
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I take 1 dozen, 4 in my bow quiver and 8 in my side quiver. I never use all the 8 in my side quiver but i guess its just piece of mind for me that their there.
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I just grab my side quiver it usually has 6-10 woodies and I only shoot one bow.
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I usually take 4 good arrows and 2 stunt arrows...in a tube quiver that hooks onto belt. you might want to take a dozen since its your first time. I hardly ever lose an arrow but it does happen
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When I shot my first 3D last year, I took 9 arrows in my side quiver. After that, only 4 or 5. At least 1 throw away arrow is a good idea. Those steel plate shots are certain death to your arrow if you miss, unless you miss the whole target. :archer2:
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Usually take three plus old ones for novelty shoot like iron buck!
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I take 3-4 in my hip quiver.I leave a few in the truck just in case.
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6 arrows with field points and 1 with judo point. all in a side quiver.
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I generally take 4. Have never lost one, but have had a few end up broken or missing feathers, usually due to someones arrow hitting them.
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I carry a five gallon bucket full. That will usually get me through a 30 target shoot. :biglaugh:
Rob
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Originally posted by Rob W.:
I carry a five gallon bucket full. That will usually get me through a 30 target shoot. :biglaugh:
Rob
Now that's an honest man.......
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:archer: :biglaugh:
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6 arrows-pocket quiver--Bone
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Ok thanks guys. This will be my first trad 3D as well as my first time at this course. I think I'm bringing lots of arrows. :)
If anyone is in the Bay Area, it is the Winter Hunt shoot at Diablo Bowman on Jan. 8th.
Hope to see some TG'ers out there.
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I got a buddy that takes two and it never fails I have to put his extra in my quiver. He say's if he loses those he's packing it in for the day.
I usually just grab a handful and go and use my big jim's hip quiver. Gonna start using a back quiver.
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4 in my bow quiver and the rest of the dozen in my truck just in case. I had to go to my truck once cause I broke 3.
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How many arrows depends:
Just me......I take enough
Me and my two kids......a whole bunch more
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When I used to snap shoot..2 dozen. Now that I anchor and hold...3.
Hawk22, Art does incredible work. Great quiver.
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When I was back in S.C. or when I would go to Florida for the Tradional Bowhunters of Florida shoot I took 6 arrows on avg. The avg shot back there was around 15 yards some out to 30-35 yards.
Here in Ca. I take a dozen on avg because some of the shoots have boulders as a backstop and the others are set up for the wheel bows so I have a avg shot of around 35-40 yards and out to 80 yards we get a few steps up on the longer shots. You can lose a few arrows in the brush or they get hit by the wheel bow shooters. Have fun!
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4-6 for me.
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If its just a 1 day shoot 6 in my hip quiver.
a 3 or 4 days about 2 dz. You know those rocks
at Denton hill just love cedar. :banghead:
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Hey S.C. Hunter,
No worries about wheelie's at this shoot. Trad only and if I don't find woodies, I don't even have to worry about scoring. :)
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2-3 no more than 3...I have shot a tourney with just one arrow.
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My first trip out I took a dozen in a side quiver. Lost or broke 4 arrows. Now a days I take 6 in a side quiver and shoot the same arrow all day. (Unless there is an iron buck around :rolleyes: ).
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There are some amazing shots posting so far. :archer2: I take a dozen. Keep 6 in my back quiver and usually shoot 2 or 3 for a day shoot. I am considered a good shot in my area and still manage to lose or break an arrow now and then. Plus it is fun to shoot several at a target from different ranges at fun shoots.
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i bring lots and leave with few
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I fill up the old back quiver. That way when I lose or break a couple other guys don't look at me and think that I lost or broke a couple. :thumbsup:
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I bring all the ones I plan to lose!
Matt
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I carry about 6 on the course, but have a dozen or two in my truck.
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3 to 5 arrows and a bare shaft.
Often shoot the bare shaft in pouring down rain.
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I have found, (in my case), that the more arrows I carry,the less I bear down and concentrate.....at my very first 3D I carried a dozen and only came out with one......now I only carry four in my EFA bow quiver....still , I do break or lose one on occasion.... :archer2:
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Most shoots make errant arrow retrieval easy. That being said, some are not so forgiving. Ask someone that has attended that shoot before.
Usually I carry 4.
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Allways take a couple extra,total of three.
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Depends on the shoot. Some shoots have 5 pop-up targets at one shooting stake. I've gone to a shoot that had a walk-the-trail as part of the shoot, so we had to shoot 5 or 6 shots before pulling. Also, most shoots have shots at 30 yards or farther so that you may have to wait to after the shoot to find an arrow that missed. I usually take 8 to 10 arrows for large shoots and maybe 5 for 28 target shoots.
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i always take my bow quiver exactly full. i want 3d shoots to be practice for hunting, so i take the arrow from the same spot as i would if i were hunting, and the rest of the quiver is full. keeping it real!!
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5-9 depending on where I'm going, if I took three, I'd run out, if I take 9, I come back with 9
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Originally posted by LBR:
I usually take at least 6 for the warm-up bale. Rarely takes more than one arrow to shoot a course, unless there's more than one target per stake.
'Course it varies with your shooting skill and how difficult the course is. Take what you think you will need--better to have too many than not enough.
Chad
I follow the same approach. I usually bring six arrows for the warm-up range. At the start of the shoot, I pick one arrow (usually the one with the best fletching) and put it by itself in the top tube of my hip quiver. Unless there are more than one target per stake, that's the arrow I shoot for the entire course. I suppose that's just an old habit from years ago. I usually have a second arrow by itself in my second tube, with two each in tubes three and four.
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4
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6 to 12 I like looks of full back quiver