which do you prefer

[kybownut]

Although I love bow mounted quivers on my recurves i do not like the looks or feel of them on a longbow I purchased recently. For mostly stalking and stillhunting which non mounted quiver do you prefer and why. THANKS

[STEVE R.]

I assume you are talking about a strap on quiver. If so, I prefer the great northern. It works well for me.

[Randy Koleno]

I use the Arrowmaster, easy to get the arrows in and out, has a pouch for possibles, quiet, and you can cover the fletchings in bad weather, or just if you want to.

 By the way, I will sometimes use a 3-arrow Eagles Flight on my longbows ( I have the old connection system) with no ill effects. Including Hill bows.

[Night Wing]

Just comes down to personal preference.

I don't care for bow quivers mounted on my bows. I have two take down recurves and they are heavy enough without a bow quiver full of arrows adding even more weight.

For this reason, I like a GFA type quiver. I can wear it like a back quiver or like a side quiver. Works great in heavy cover when I'm stalking the only animal I can stalk without spooking it, a javelina.

[Ben Woodring]

the side stalker is tough to beat..jack's traditional archery

[Terry Green]

Go with one of the lighter 3-4 arrow bow quivers or Safari Tuff Arrow Master would be my suggestion.

[hedgerowhuntr]

CAT Quiver I small easy on the back with just enough backpack storage and easy access to the arrows.

[Flying Dutchman]

I don't like strap-on quivers on my longbows. It just doesn't feel right. As if the bow is out of balance. Even a Thunderhorn Small Fry does not feel right.
However, I recently bought a 3-pce take-down recurve with quiver inserts. So I mounted a Thunderhorn Small Fry Sidewinder with the bolts. No problems with that, that feels good and natural.

[Zradix]

home made "Asbell type" side/back quiver.

[30coupe]

I made a Hill style back quiver last year. It's all I use now. I can carry lots of arrows, it conforms to my back so the arrows don't rattle around, I can pull it under my arm if I'm going through brush, it doesn't effect the balance of my bows, and the arrows don't work loose.

I have an Eagle's Flight 4 arrow quiver that doesn't effect the balance of my longbow, but most of the bow quivers I have tried cause noise from the fletches rubbing together at the shot unless you are really anal about getting them in the quiver just so. The limb bolt quiver I had on my Orion was guilty of that. Without the quiver, the Orion with the static recurve limbs is as quiet as any longbow I have shot. I like quiet bows, so hanging my quiver full of arrows next to me in the stand works for me.

[Longrifleman]

Thunderhorn Boa.

[jsweka]

The quest for the perfect quiver never ends...

This season I'm using a GFA quiver because I like how solid and quiet it holds my arrows.  Next year I'll probably be using something else.

[Bob B.]

Safari Tuff for me, it is so excellent and easily protect arrows in the thick stuff, low movement to get an arrow out of it.

Bob.

[m midd]

I use GFAs and catquivers..

[Rob W.]

Bow mate elite this year. I like it so far.

[pamike]

GFA's

[Prometheus]

I have a few, primarily of the back quiver persuasion, but I am very excited about a nice Cedar Swamp GFA I have coming my way.

[AkDan]

I like back quivers for roving/small game/target shooting.

I have a great northern I turned into a side quiver back in 00 I really like..its light weight great for traveling.

if I'm not with the great northern (usually a weight thing), my go to is a Jack bowyers Chief side stalker.  Its the perfect quiver for this though it takes some getting used too.  I have a plug in the open end to seperate the feathers, I cant remember if it was Jay or Dean who showed me that either way it works and works very well!  I dont like it for high use shooting, like target ranges/3d shoots as much.  Can be a pain to load with/without the plug...not terrible just different.   The back quiver really simplifies this.   I've used this quiver on everything from treestands for deer and bears to stalking everything alaska has to offer.  Wish I would have bought a 2nd one for backup!  

The gfa style quiver (something you can easily make on your own with an older bowquiver or bracket mounted quiver with a hole and some 550 cord) is a pretty slick idea.  A buddy showed me his back in the late 90's and I really liked it.   at the time I was using a bob lee signature so I had a bow mounted quiver on it...when I made the switch to longbows I gave that style of quiver a shot and really loved it.  I had a great northern longbow quiver and ran some 550 cord on it..works well and I can still use it as a bowquiver if I really want (remove the rubbers if you decide to sling it).   I also have some old plastic quivers that needed a hole or two drilled and some parachute cord run through them, they work well also.  


There is no perfect quiver but you'll find one or two that fit what you need more often than not.

[Prometheus]

I have a few, primarily of the back quiver persuasion, but I am very excited about a nice Cedar Swamp GFA I have coming my way.

[cahaba]

For stalk hunting stumpin,deer, squirrel and rabbit hunting I like my Hill backquiver. If I'm going to sit in a blind and have a long hike in  I like the SafariTuff. I can strap it to the right side of my pack and can easily load an arrow with my pack on. I only carry the pack if it's a dawn to dusk hunt.