Longbows & ATV's

[wislnwings]

Question for those of you who use ATV's, what do you do with your bow?  I don't own an ATV or plan on getting one since my legs and feet work just fine.  While working at our lease today I was looking at one of the member's ATV.  He had a set of bow/gun holders on the front rack and I looked at them and laughed thinking that if I put my longbow in a set of those I'd wind up with it wrapped around a tree.  It would stick a foot or more off each side of the bike.

[xtrema312]

I don't carry a bow or gun on mine, but I do carry a lot of other stuff like limb trimmers, shovels, stick ladders..............  What I do is put a pair of gun holders on the front rack closer to the handle bars, and a pair on the back closer to the seat.  I put them out to the far edge left and right.  They will take most shorter stuff across a rack.  For long stuff I turn the holder around 90 deg. and run stuff front to back.  It will lay under the handle bars and outside my leg that way.  I do that a lot with my long pole trimmer and that runs about 60-64" I think.

[mrjsl]

I see you are in Louisiana. I bet a longbow would make a great spiderweb catcher, and if you've been on an ATV around here, you know what I mean.

[wislnwings]

I know exactly what you mean.

[STEVE R.]

That is why they make take down bows. I built a rack on the top of my atv to carry my canoe, and it also makes a fine place to put my longbow.

[stabow]

I have a very long and thick gun case that I use for my muzzleloaders I just un-string my bow slide it into the case and strap it down on the back rack facing forward works great......stabow

[First White Falcon]

Long bow or recurve will work!

 

[sendero25]

The horizontal gun rack.
If the trail gets too narrow, I pick the bow up and hold it alongside or vertical and drive one handed.  That happens very seldom, where I hunt I use the atv to get through the really wet stuff, after that, I walk (wade) LOL
John
 
 

[STEVE R.]

Good idea falcon. You could almost put onr clamp on the front fender and one on the back.