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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: term on January 27, 2015, 08:01:00 AM
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Just a informal Survey. I have some shoulder problems (like a lot of us). However I do like hunting with bow quiver on. The issue is, a quiver full of heavy arrow starts to bother my shoulder after a few arrows. Any thoughts you may have would be great. Term
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It would be like shooting two different bows to me.
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I practice,shoot 3 D with my quivers on and hunt with my quivers on. :archer:
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If I am going to hunt that year with a bow quiver that's the way I practice. Also I always use my hunting weight bows. What is the use of practice if it is not what you are going to hunt with? To me every bow shoots different so it wood be counter productive to shoot a bow with a different trajectory, then expect to be ready to hunt with a different bow.
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I shoot without a quiver during the summer till a month or so before deer season then I put my quiver on and stays on through deer season and turkey season.
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I don't like to hunt with a quiver attached while in a treestand. I keep a quiver attached to my bow while walking to the tree stand but take it off while on stand. I do practice shooting with a quiver on just in case I need to shoot while walking to my stand. I sometimes still hunt and leave the quiver on. I like to be ready for any situation.
Ron
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Practice like you plan to hunt. If holding your bow with a quiver on is difficult, either do some exercise to build those muscles, or take the quiver off and hunt with an alternative method.
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I have done both and find little to no difference with my shooting.
I know ideally you want to "practice like you play", but I have seen no notable difference.
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i go with what mood strikes me, i shoot equally bad either way
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I shoot most of the year without a quiver. Put on a bow quiver, Selway or Eagle's flite, a few weeks before season and practice with it. Not a problem.
Some folks feel that a bow quiver changes the tune/match of arrow to bow. I've never found that to be the case. Never have had to change anything, and my arrows always impact the same with and without the quiver. I do use relatively small, 4-arrow quivers though.
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I have done it for years. Shoot without it, throw it on for season and don't notice any difference. If anything, I shoot better with quiver on. I use an EFA quiver.
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Practice like you plan to hunt.
This! :)
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big diffrence to me.. even with the lightest bowquiver my bows still tune diffrent with and without a quiver, its enough to make a diffrence in my opinion. some quivers like the old deltas, are really heavy loaded.. I really like the convience of a bow quiver but dislike the added weight overall as well as the weight hanging off the side of the bow, also without a bowquiver i have less mass moving when preparing for a hunting shot, so i use a cat quiver of one sort or the other. all little things i guess but, ive found a bare bow to work alot better for me, so i dont switch quivers on and off.
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Leave the quiver on the bow but take out the arrows.
I hunt, stump, 3D, practice with my bow quiver on. The quiver never comes off my bow.
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When I first put a bowquiver on my longbow years ago, I noticed I was shooting left a few inches. Couple weeks of practice and I was back on.
Now I hunt all season with a Small fry Boa, but take it off during the summer for all around shooting and then put it back on for season.
I can take it off and on without any problems shooting and use same arrows all the time.
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My paper punching arrows are about 125 grains lighter than my hunting arrows. I shoot without a quiver and with the lighter arrows until a few weeks before season. At that time the quiver goes on the bow and my targets take a beating from nothing but broadheads for a month.
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anyone use a back quiver for hunting? I debating it now, though it's a long ways off, I want to be practicing how I hunt come late spring
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Originally posted by Pat B:
It would be like shooting two different bows to me.
The same for me. I can imagine doing that. I will from time to time shoot a bow of mine without the quiver but it is rare.
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I always shoot with my quiver on that way during archery season it's not something to get used to being on there
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I like shooting both ways and shoot a lot of different bows... but come late July the bow quiver stays on the bow i pan to hunt with & stays on it through the season.
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Never liked shooting with a quiver on. Dont hunt with one on. Never hunted or shot with quiver on my wheel bows either. Not because I can't mainly BC the quiver hanging on side kicks my ADD in and I feel like I get distracted by the quiver of arrows hanging there...
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Originally posted by Pat B:
It would be like shooting two different bows to me.
I set them up the way I'm going to hunt with them. I have 2 longbows that I shoot with quivers on. They were fairly light and needed the added mass weight. The rest of my bows get shot without quivers. I use a GFA side quiver with them.
Bill
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I practice without my quiver attached until September and then practice with it attached throughout the season. Never noticed a difference. :campfire:
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I leave my bow quiver on all the time.
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Bow quiver 100% of the time. I agree with practice how I'll hunt.
Plus, I stump shoot in some high density Bear and Cougar areas so it's nice having broad heads, just in case. Heck, last year at the archery range there were multiple bear sightings.
My bow shoots very differently with and without a quiver.
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I'd like to thank everyone for their help and for sharing their opinion. I spend 95% of my hunting time in a tree and have hunted the last few years with a tube style quiver attached to my pac. In cold weather when I have a lot of clothes in my pac I start to feel like a turtle walking through the woods. The quiver hangs on the low limbs ect. After reading everyone's opinion I think I'm going to try shooting a couple of months without bow quiver. Then mid summer when shooting is good slip it on for a few days and see how it affects me. Can always go back to tube if need be. Thanks again. Term
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Depends on the bow. Haven't noticed much difference with heavy mass risers with side mount or limb bolt mount. A strap on quiver, that is another story.
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If your on the upper or lower end of your ideal spine adding a quiver full,of arrows or taking it off can effect arrow impact
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That said I go back and fourth between a bow quiver and an arrowmaster side quiver. I'm wishy washy. When using a climber tree stand I perfer a bow quiver actually in a treestand I like a bow,quiver. But,certain treestands I have the quiver actually causes clearance problems when stalking'or still hunting I like the side quiver. I do,like the feel of a naked longbow but I'm a tough more,accurate,with the bow quiver. I could get a deflex bracket for bow quiver to eliminate the clearance,problems in the stands but I dont,like the idea of adding more hardware to the bow , there is no perfect quiver.
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There is a lot of variation in bows and quivers. Some lightweight bows will shoot better with a quiver. Some heavier quivers can change how the bow shoots. I only use lightweight quivers so it doesn't matter much whether it's on or off the bow. It's always a good idea though to practice before the season for how you are going to hunt.
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I leave mine on year round as that is how I hunt. If I didn't do a lot of stand hunting I'd definitely find a back quiver I liked. If I hunted mostly fixed stands I'd rig up a way to hang one but Much of my stand hunting is from my climber
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Always have quiver on longbow. I like the added weight it gives when shooting.
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I tend to shoot with a quiver on if I am going to hunt with it. I don't like a bow quiver on my light mass bows. It changes the feel of the bow so much. With the heavy mass bows I don't notice any real difference with quiver on or off. So I tend to wait until a week or so before season to use the quiver on the bow during practice.
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I've started using a Safari Tuff Duiker quiver and hang it up when I'm setting. I like it pretty well so far.