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Quiver on or quiver off?

For years and years I used a two piece so it was always on but now I have a 1 piece and I remove it once at height. I practice with it off whether I'm shooting from the ground or a tree. I like how my bow balances without the quiver on it.
 
Once sitting or hanging, always quiver off. If I want a quick follow up, then there are single arrow hangers you can buy or make for that. Maybe my bow is too loud, but I've never gotten a follow up unless the deer was spine shot.
 
raisins said:
Once sitting or hanging, always quiver off. If I want a quick follow up, then there are single arrow hangers you can buy or make for that. Maybe my bow is too loud, but I've never gotten a follow up unless the deer was spine shot.
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I got three shots once. Buck was chasing a doe and running off another buck. They looped by me 3 times. I stoped them each time but...adrenaline, unknown range, loss of witts, idk...I missed twice. Buck wasn't so lucky during round 3.

I remember there was a long pause after they had passed by the second time and I wasn't sure if I had hit the buck or if they ran off and I blew it. Then I heard them coming from the opposite direction from before. When he was close, I mouth grunted several times to stop him and he just kept running. Unthinkingly, I shouted "Stop you son of a ". And he did and that arrow tracked in perfectly and folded him. He bulldozed the leaves for about 20 yards with his face before he was still.

One of my favorite hunts (public land in MI, really a beautiful spot). Oh yeah, my quiver was off...and I only had 3 arrows. I bring 4 now.
 
I'm going to use a pack with molle on a side, going to attach the quiver to it instead of on the bow. With how the pack is hung, the different between reaching for another arrow was only the angle of my arm reaching out. I found the movements was reduced and was smoother. Instead of reaching for arrow, pulling arrow back, pushing arrow forward to place in rest. I just need to reach for arrow (which was closer to my pulling hand already), push arrow into rest. But this is all practice. I dont like having quiver on. I tried and found that during practice, my shot will drift with every arrow removed from quiver. So I practice with full quiver minus 1 arrow. Then I said what the point? Just go quiver less.
 
I take the quiver off in the tree. I'll bet you I can grab a second arrow for a follow up shot within a few milliseconds of the guys who leave their quivers on. That's a non-issue for leaving it on to me.
 
Plebe said:
Anyone try the Quivalizer stabilizer quiver?
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I have one of these and actually like it a lot but I took it off last year and I think I'm going to put it back on for this season. It is very light but what I like the most is you can use it as your stabilzer or you can put it on the side like a more traditional setup if you want. It is expensive but it comes with the extra side mount and is very well made. In addition, you can also rotate it to help get the best balance as possible.
 
Back when I was just starting out I couldn't afford a mobile tree stand and our homemade treestands were in locations that were better for gun season than early bow season so I used to still hunt a lot on my grandmothers farm where they had Enduro Motorcycle races every late September. It left a quiet walking trail all through her woods and many others. I used to like my quiver always mounted for quick follow up shots if needed. Now hunting mostly from an elevated position either saddle or stand, I find myself taking them off most of the time.

More recently in a completely other location but still several years ago now, I was going in late morning during the rut and it had snowed the night before. I was wearing a white snow cover up top and slowly walking up the hill along an old overgrown fence pasture that had brush cover along it as a means to hide my access up to my stand. This one property, although its private, you have to walk a good half to 3/4 mile up to the ridge to get to the decent hunting. As I was walking I noticed a doe in a swale about 100 yards from me then realized there was a seven point bedded with her. She got a little squirrely as I closed the distance but the wind was pretty good so she never spooked and finally stood up and started to feed off away from me. The buck; however, just stayed there bedded. I got to around 25 to 30 yards of him and looked with my binoculars around his vitals to make sure there weren't any branches or anything that could deflect my shot and seeing none, I drew and released. I misjudged the yardage by just a bit and the arrow hit the bedded buck in the fore leg just below his heart but deflected out and away to the front of the deer. I was using mechanicals at the time. At the shot though, he jumped up and ran right toward me, stopped and looked back toward where he was bedded. He didn't have a clue I was standing right there. His chest cavity was in front of me no more than five yards on the other side of the fence. It looked like the size of a barn door. I quickly grabbed another arrow from my bow mounted quiver and sent another shaft right into his chest. He sprang off and collapsed in the very same thick brush swale not even 15 yards from me. That was a very cool hunt and I was glad my quiver was right there.
 
I take the quiver off, especially if I'm in a spot where I need to hunt from the ground. I hang bow on the left side of the tree (right handed) and the quiver on the right.
 
Off to avoid unnecessary hang ups on limbs, ropes, clothes, etc.
 
I take it off once I'm at hunting height, but I always pop one loose from the quiver so it's ready to grab. I tried getting a second arrow once to shoot the buck that was trailing a doe and it heard the pop taking the arrow out. He walked backwards out of there.

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raisins said:
Once sitting or hanging, always quiver off. If I want a quick follow up, then there are single arrow hangers you can buy or make for that. Maybe my bow is too loud, but I've never gotten a follow up unless the deer was spine shot.
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When the wind is howling like it does up here in the fall, sound is third on the list.
 
Shot with a quiver off for years always a pain in the A$$! Now I shoot with a 5 arrow tight spot quiver on all the time. Way less fiddle factor and I can shoot just as accurately. I suggest trying one, really worth the money. No hood foam and adjustable grippers. Nice!!!
 
On for the walk in, off once I’m in the tree...practice both, but mainly quiver off...if you hunt with quiver on, your weight and balance can always fluctuate based on number of arrows in your quiver...if quiver is off, it’s a non factor.
 
I practice with it off. My bow hangs great from my hero hook on my DIY sys hauler if the quiver is off. Comes off with the flip of a lever, so off. Although in case I would get a shot walking in I have shot with it on with arrows in it. Does not make much difference from 20yds.
 
On the bow while elk hunting. (Almost always moving, except while sitting over a water hole, where it comes off).

Off the bow while deer hunting. (In a tree - either saddle or stand)

Pretty consistent. Moving it stays on the bow. Stationary it comes off.
 
Buckeyedownsouth said:
Just trying to gather everyone’s thoughts on this and seeing what’s your preferred method
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It’s always been quiver on for me. I have no argument either way but I tune my bow and practice the same way so it’s natural for me to hunt that way.
 
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