how to deal with arrow rattle.

[josef2424]

I have been hunting with a back quiver for a while now but have always been cautious about leaning too far one way or the other due to arrow rattle. I dont like a bow quiver and i have been looking into the covered side quivers that keep the fletching out of the rain. So is there any special way anyone keeps their arrows from rattling or their broadheads from rubbing against each other in a quiver like that?

[JohnHV]

For a "hunting" back quiver I use leather broadhead booties that are tied together.  You can draw one of the arrows and the rest hold the booty in place in the bottom of your quiver.  To really quiet them down you can tie all but one arrow to the top of the quiver.

This method was written up in an article in Instinctive Archer Magazine some years ago.

Otherwise you can fill the bottom of your quiver with things like dry rice, beans, oats or foam to keep the broadheads from banging into one another.

Also, a back quiver that is properly broken in will collapse in the middle across the curve of your back and hold the arrows pretty well just by friction.

Hope that helps.

[Frank V]

The more straight up a back quiver hangs the more the arrows will rattle. I adjusted mine till it lays almost below my right shoulder & arrows don't rattle near as much as they did when I wore it more straight up. There is a covering such as machinests put on took bits to protect them. You melt it & dip the broadhead in it & it cools. That will protect broadheads too. I got mine from Bob Burton @ Whispering Wind Arrows. Frank