I've always used bow quivers for many, many years but last summer I experimented with shooting my recurve bare and found that I really liked shooting this way. I typically use a back quiver for target shooting but did not want to hunt with one. So, I got a Cat Mini after a glowing recommendation from a friend. I hated it. It slides, swings or flops around on your back as you move about. It slides around to your front if you bend over to go under brush or pick something up. I use high profile 5.5" fletchings and the hood only holds 3 or 4 arrows without smashing he fletching together. Further, when you withdraw an arrow from the quiver, the fletchings scrape together making noise. The broadheads in the cup are semi exposed creating a potentially dangerous situation, especially in the event of a fall. Removing an arrow creates as much or more motion than removing an arrow from a bow quiver. You must slide the quiver around to your front side to replace an arrow. The fact that all of your arrows must be the same length is an issue that keeps coming up. A small variance in arrow length such as using different broadheads causes the arrows to fit either too tight or too loose. In theory, the Cat appeared to be a very cool quiver but it is not for me. The only advantages a Cat quiver has over a bow quiver is that you can shoot 'bare bow' and that the fletchings are protected in the hood. Personally, I would rather have my broadheads protected than the fletchings. The center-of-the-back Cat quivers would definitely be more stable and would eliminate the sliding issue but I think replacing arrows would create an annoyance. I really wanted to like the Cat but it just seemed like another piece of "gear" to manage while my bow quiver was always along for the ride.
Topic: Opinions on Cat Quiver Please.... (Read 1600 times)
