Hunting with a back quiver?

[Stump73]

For those of you who hunt or have hunted with a back quiver full of arrows with broadheads. Do you just put the arrows in with the broadheads on loose? Where they rattle around and hit each other or do put a sheath on each one so they won't dull each other up? Or do you put some kind of foam in there to keep them separated?

[Longrifleman]

Back quivers have been too noisy for me. I have one with a cover that slides over to protect the feathers and somewhat stabilizes the arrows, but I still had a single arrow holder from Alaska Bowhunting Supply that I used to keep one arrow at the ready. Found it was too difficult for me to move quietly with one, so I went to a Thunder horn Boa  strap on quiver for hunting. Keeps the arrows nice &quiet and also helps quiet down my recurve. I now use the back quiver only for practice and 3D.

[ChuckC]

I have a 1.5" piece of foam glued in the bottom of mine.  I poke em in lightly and don't worry.  The feathers still make noise, but sometimes I feel like a back quiver kinda guy.
ChuckC

[moleman]

The old quiver that i made some 30 yrs ago, plus or minus, is so worn in that it collapses and forms so well around the shafts that its quiet as a whisper.
I feel that one of the biggest mistakes made when buying or making a back quiver for hunting, is using materials that are far to stiff, that do not allow for compression against the shafts.

[Phrogdrvr]

It's not exactly what you picture when you think trad equipment, but I like the Cat Quiver made but Rancho Safari.  It keeps the fletching and the broadheads protected, and allows easy access to the arrows from a variety of positions.  It is relatively quiet also, although mine started squeaking from one of the straps this season, but I fixed that with a bit of wool material between the strap and the connecting point.

Tom

[sweeney3]

Put about an inch or two inches of birdseed or rice in the bottom of the quiver.  It doesn't dull the heads to speak of and prevents them bumping into each other.  As far as the arrows themselves rattling is concerned, I have no trouble.  If you are moving very slowly, it's not a problem.  If you are moving too quickly, you have bigger problems than arrow shaft rattle.

[Ben Maher]

I have a few really well made back quivers in the Hill style .. they collapse well and are quiet as a church mouse farting ...
I have a small layer of old carpet across the bottom of mine .
Note I also use Safarituff Arrowmasters and Bower Side Stalkers a lot but I love my back quiver first and foremost I reckon .. I can carry a bunch of blunts and B'heads ... for a day afield where hunting is just as important as stumping there is no substitute !

Dave Mitchell wrote a really good article in TBM a while back on back quivers . check that out ... Dave is not only well versed in his equipment choice but writes really well ... he is also naturally more handsome than most as like me he is Hill longbow totin' left hander

[David Mitchell]

True dat!  

[Ben Maher]

word .....

[Sam McMichael]

I believe that if your arrows are rattling in your quiver, you are probably moving too fast. I don't do much spot and stalk, so my hard leather back quivers don't cause much noise problem, because I take them off and lay them down beside me. My softer latigo leather quiver collapses against my back and is pretty much noiseless, kinda the way Ben Maher descibed it above. Either way, I keep each broadhead individually sheathed to help protect the edge.

[David Mitchell]

I do what Ben said also.  Again I will point out the simple fact that IF your arrows rattle around, you are wearing a quiver that is not made of proper leather to compress gently around your arrows, or it isn't well broken in yet.  No need for oats, rice, fleece, or any other filler if the quiver is made correctly, leans at somewhat of an angle, and collapses around the shafts.  Quivers that have a double strap arrangement and ride straight up will most likely rattle.

[David Mitchell]

Ben, say what?  "word......"  Didn't understand my West Virginia hillbilly phrase?

[Ben Maher]

David ... i was just trying to join in the vernaculaar of todays youngsters ...  gathered from watching episodes of "COPS" .....

Fail huh ?            

[30coupe]

Originally posted by Ben Maher:
I have a few really well made back quivers in the Hill style .. they collapse well and are quiet as a church mouse farting ...
I have a small layer of old carpet across the bottom of mine .

Yup, that works for me too. I made my own back quiver of supple leather and it collapses to hold my arrows nice and tight. Once it a while you'll brush the feathers against something and cause some noise, but I did that with bow quivers too. If you use a single strap so you can rotate the quiver down under your arm it is easy to slip through heavy brush. I get my bow tangled with brush between the string and limb more than any trouble with the quiver.

As Ben said, I also like carrying a bunch of blunts along with plenty of broadheads. I generally use Zwickey Deltas and have no problem with them dulling in the quiver or rattling either for that matter.

[deaddoc4444]

MY Hill quiver   is  close to 40 yrs old . NICE and soft and it  will from around the arrows and keep it quiet . I have  tried a few different types of stuff in the bottom of the quiver    but finally ended up with some folded up tanned soft buckskin . I can replace it every few years . Its fine if it gets wet !  Not so nice to get bird seed or rice wet in the bottom of your quiver .
 As for broad heads "dulling " in the quiver?  I have NOT ever had that problem.  Been carrying them lose in there for many years and they do not DULL   for me .   If they are rubbing against  the leather , that's pretty much like stropping them and if they dull  against one another I have not seen it, and  that's pretty much like working them on a "steel" any way.    I have  cut my self a few times  taking out a broad head that I THOUGHT might not be as sharp ,and found out it   was just as sharp as  when it went in .