keeping broadheads sharp in backquiver

[Justin Falon]

How do you keep broadheads sharp in a backquiver?  How to keep arrows silent as well.  Thanks.

justin

[snag]

You can put a foam insert in the bottom. This will separate and hold the broadheads.

[trapperDave]

ditto. I took the foam out of the hood of an old compound bow quiver and stuffed it into the bottom of my backquiver

[Justin Falon]

Do you put something around the inside of the quiver where the shafts rest?  I know that some really nice quivers use a sherling lining.  I have an old Hill quiver.  Must be 25-30 years old.  All leather.

jf

[Pat B]

If softer leather is used the quiver will form to your back and help to keep the arrows quiet.     Pat

[snag]

I lined mine with part of a coyote pelt by gluing it to the leather with barge cement. It is just an added sound insulation.

[Tilbilly]

3 Rivers sells these or try making them. I slip these on three shafts, slide 'em at once into the quiver and go hunting. They slip off and stay in your quiver when you draw an arrow.
 

[Nate Steen .]

to quote Howard Hill and John Schulz....."with a file..."

all broadheads will dull somewhat while in any kind of quiver and they must be touched up as often as necessary.  I've never had a problem with 'dulling' broadheads in my backquivers.  I think it's something that is imagined to be a worse problem than it really is.  I put a piece of shag carpet in the bottom to grip the broadheads and rely on the flattening of the quiver to hold the arrows from moving around which keeps everything quiet.

[Daddy Bear]

Use a sharp modified Grizzly broadhead and you'll have little trouble keeping them sharp in a back quiver. These heads will easily stay sharp and are actually hard to make dull:)

Use a quality Hill style quiver that is well broken in, and then if you are making too much arrow noise, you are moving too fast.

[JDice]

A couple of inches of uncooked rice in a back quiver works very well. Obviously, there is a problem with it getting wet - so I carry a ziplock with enough to replace it as needed - and don't store a quiver with any rice in it. On the plus side it weighs practically nothing, makes no noise, holds arrows well, protects heads from contacting each other - while allowing easy insertion and removal.

[paradocs]

I never had a problem with broadheads dulling in a backquiver; they all still shaved at the end of a days' hunt.  I have gone to using the broadhead sheaths the past year or two for another reason....it quiets the draw from the quiver alot.  I use the big Ace Super Express, and I'd generally get a metallic "clink" when I drew an arrow from the quiver.  Now, I lace 4 of the sheaths together, load 'em, and place them in the quiver, along with a flu-flu and an arrow with an Ace Hex blunt...no more "clink".  As an aside, the big, soft feathers of the flu-flu also cushion and separate the arrows at the top....less feather rustling.  The broadhead arrows are a good 2" longer than the flu-flu and the blunt, so there's little chance of grabbing the wrong arrow at the moment of truth....at least, I haven't done it yet