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Author Topic: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?  (Read 474 times)

Offline Naphtali

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What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« on: August 08, 2007, 11:33:00 AM »
I want to try wing-shooting birds. I have no idea how to carry several arrows with large-diameter wire bird points.

I use a bow quiver. These large points will not fit. And these points appear too large to fit back or side quivers.

Do I take one arrow and use it until I lose it?
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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2007, 12:30:00 PM »
Can you put them in your bow-quiver upside down? I've done thqt with a back quiver hunting pheasants in upstate N.Y. Had to switch to broadheads finally.
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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2007, 12:34:00 PM »
I've been looking at 3Rivers catalog -- Snaro 3-inch and 6-inch Bird Points. I am doubtful these points will clear my lower limb upside down.
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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2007, 12:44:00 PM »
Lance, Eagle's Flight Archery makes a "MiniClip" quiver which should work. It consists of two arrow grippers for blunts, bird points, or judo points. It works for 3" points, but 6" points would not work well.

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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2007, 12:45:00 PM »
I was wondering the same thing. I bought a hip quiver, and was planning on carrying the bird points upside down in the quiver. Only draw back would be the wait-a-minute branches and stuff "stealing" arrows....let me know what you come up with.
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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2007, 11:44:00 AM »
Okay, I found a solution, but that solution is unacceptable for me.

 Keystone    offers the Gobbler Guillotine Bird Point AND the Guillotine Quiver. What makes this bird point worthwhile is the special quiver. What makes this solution unacceptable is the quiver's cost -- $119.95.

Has anyone else found any solution, one having a reasonable cost?
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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2007, 05:34:00 PM »
Could you just carry them in a plains style quiver, bird point out? Only other thing I can think of is to make a "special duty" quiver with two sets of arrow grippers and no hood.
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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2007, 05:43:00 PM »
We think the same, Jamie. Gripper-only [quiver] support would work for the Snaro Bird Points because the "point" is essentially coiled wire, analogous to a fly swatter.

The Gobbler Guillotine would be unsuited. Its point includes long sharpened propeller-like blades.

I wish I could deduce what the GG's manufacturer was thinking when he decided to amortize his quiver injection molding die costs in half-a-dozen quiver sales. This is not shooting oneself in the foot; it's amputation with a blunt axe.
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2007, 05:45:00 PM »
If you're going after pheasants, those snaro will wound more than they will kill, unless you hit head neck area.  I've never been that good.

I like a modified flu-flu, with a 3 blade Bodkin head, dulled down along the edges.  Still sharp enough to penetrate a pheasant, but the flu-flu fletching will keep it from going into the next county.  Those will fit in any quiver.

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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2007, 09:01:00 PM »
I happen to have about a dozen OLD bodkins too. I was worried about using Bhs because of my hard charging brit....could always get her a kevlar vest.  :D  
I have heard good things about the GG for turkeys..I can imagine the trouble that comes carrying a few GG tipped arrows around though.
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: What are convenient ways to carry "bird-point" arrows?
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2007, 09:18:00 PM »
Jamie....the Gobbler Guillotine is another head that is pretty useless unless you hit head or neck.  Look at it carefully.

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