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Quiver Capacity

EricS said:
@Allegheny Tom if I try traditional archery again there will definitely be a judo in my quiver. Maybe a couple. The reason I have never given traditional archery a fair shake is my first arrow of the day almost always stunk. I’m probably going to try a fixed crawl and just shoot whatever point on distance I can get it to work out on. Speaking of stump shooting a blunt tipped flu-flu is about as much fun as a couple people can have with a bow challenging each other as they walk through the woods.
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Judo aren't just for trad guys.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
Judo aren't just for trad guys.
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Very true but traditional gear isn’t as tough on arrow shafts when you hit the base of a tree shooting at squirrels. I don’t think I’ve ever broke a carbon arrow with a recurve. Lost some but never just had them split or break. I’ve broken quite a few with compounds.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
I carry 4 broadhead tipped arrows and 1 judo tip. I've used all 4 broadheads one time. I spine hit a buck and he went down in a thick tangle of brush with his vitals 99% obstructed. I tried 2 shots from the tree and got deflections. I climbed down, walked over to him and still had trouble finding an opening with a proper angle at his vitals. Not exactly a text book kill but it was over quickly.
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I had a situation like that once too.

Then this year where I do my doe management hunting I shot 2 does at one time. I was a bit high so I think I only caught 1 lung on both. They didn't run off, they were just both hanging around all woozy. So I shot them both again. I carry 4 arrows and used them all that sit lol.
 
Back in the olden days before compounds, I was hunting an alfalfa field. I was standing just in the woods when a buck walked the field within range. I was shooting instinctively uphill at this buck. He jumped the string and the arrow stuck in the alfalfa up the hill. Darned if he didn’t turn around and walk right back looking toward the arrow. I shot again, same result. He turned around again, looking uphill walking by me. Shot number three, same result. Time for a fourth shot. By this time I really wanted to get this buck. He had a great rack for my area and would have been a remarkable recurve deer. Well, you know how instinctive shooting goes and I apparently looked at the rack a little extra as I was shooting. He didn’t jump the string that time and I shot him right in the base of the antlers! What a sight watching him run away with my arrow sticking way out from his head!
I heard it hit brush as soon as he left the field, but couldn’t find it. My other three arrows were in about a 2 foot group! I had and still use a 6-arrow hip quiver, although I usually carry four. That was the only time I shot more than one arrow.
 
I simply like shooting sh*t.

I carry three arrows with broadheads, and three with hex head blunts.

I always shoot all three of my hex head arrows every sit.

One of my simple joys in life is bringing home a big fat squirrel for dinner if the deer aren't moving...heck, even if the deer are moving. Fried squirrel is easily one of my favorites in the fall and winter.
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Ive lost track of doubles and triples. Shot 2 toms and a doe in the span of about 10 minutes one morning. I dropped my 4th arrow trying to nock it costing me a 2nd doe. I was out of ammo and turkey tags at that point. Could of easily got 1 more tom.

The saddle is a game changer on fall birds.
 
I spined a buck one year, he went down and got into a tangle of vines. I loosed 3 more arrows and never got one in him. I had to climb down and knock the dirt off one before I was able to put a killing shot on him. It was not pretty, but under those circumstances you do what you have to. I always carry four broadhead tipped arrows
 
I carry 5 in the quiver and wish I had more room. I hunt in hog country and i rarely go a hunt without seeing 1 or 30. I get plenty of live target practice. I switched over to cheap muzzy heads to cut my cost per shot down but leave 2 good broadheads in the quiver for deer.

I did have a buddy put 5 arrows in a Pope and young this season. To hear him tell the story is pretty funny. That deer looked like a tribe of Indians chased it down. He’s glad to have had all 5 arrows with him.
 
3 arrows in a Kwikee on my compound and 5 on my recurve May need the extras with it I like to shoot critters more with it other than deer
 
I watched a buddy once miss low, miss high, then drop an arrow before he finally used his fourth arrow to drill a doe at 35 yards. I still tease him about that to this day. I use a 3 arrow quiver, fully loaded and extremely rarely shot more than one arrow in 27 years of hunting. Looks like from the responses, the more arrows you bring the more you shoot.
 
DaWiz9578 said:
anyone know why quivers hold so many arrows?

has anyone had to get to their 4th arrow either for shot opportunity or malfunction of the first three?

the only time Ive used more than one arrow is target shooting.

just curious if anyone has burned through them all for any reason.
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I've carried only three arrows in 40+ years of bow hunting..and only had used a second arrow one time that I can remember
 
I only hunt deer with my bow. So I use an Alpine Archery SL-2 three arrow quiver. Capacity has never been an issue for me.
 
I used all 4 of my arrows a couple years ago when I was trad hunting. It was the first night out. I think it was opening day. I had a group of does come in. That was back when I you could kill two in our unit. Anyway I killed two of them with three arrows. I think I ended up shooting one twice for some reason I can't remember. Either way I ended up using three arrows both were down within range. Half hour later I had a two bucks come in the bigger one around 140'' 9 point. He came in right on the trail the does were on. He would have been a chip shot but he got all spooky with the blood smell in the air and even went up to the one doe trying to figure out what was up with her before he came closer. I manged to shoot right over his back. I think he jumped the string but I may have just shot high. He didn't have a clue what happened and just ran a little ways and stopped. I think the reason he never just bolted was because the yearling were still around giving a sense of security. He hung out a while around 50 yards and then meandered by on the other side around 30 yards. May have been to far for my trad bow but all I could do was watch him with an empty quiver. I always took 5 arrows with me after that when trad hunting don't know that I ever used more than one again on deer. I usually carry 3 broadhead arrows and one judo on my compound and doubled on does one other time. So I guess I would have been down to one.
 
I typically take 3 with broad heads and 1 with a judo point. Unfortunately I've been known to miss and be lucky enough for a follow up or hit a little high and need to follow that shot up.
 
dglos said:
I typically take 3 with broad heads and 1 with a judo point. Unfortunately I've been known to miss and be lucky enough for a follow up or hit a little high and need to follow that shot up.
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Any of you guys that know enough to carry a Judo get a "like" from me.

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DaWiz9578 said:
I'm sold on adding judos to take a couple spots in the quiver

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Judos aren't just for shooting. Use it to lightly rake spots for your steps on your final approach to your stand. You can sound like turkeys scratching or squirrels in the leaves. Much less disturbing than the hard crunch of a human foot on a full bed of leaves. Even raking the very top layer away still sounds a lot less like a 200 pound human walking. I use a judo arrow on almost every approach. And each time I do, my entry gets better and better.
 
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