Does the quiver matter?

[soccerftw123]

Maybe I should also get a second job

[MR5x5]

You hunt with a pack?  If so, make yourself a quiver out of PVC that lashes to the side of the pack.  Now that the quiver is off your bow, get a bow hook for your belt so you can carry it easily in a "ready" position.  Faster, quieter, less motion.... You'll never look back

[Jellymon]

It depends what you want out of your bow and how you hunt. If i hunted in nothing but treestands and blinds i would use a $30 quickie, but i dont, i hunt of foot and my quiver never comes off. I tried using a hip/backpack quiver before and hated it, caught on everything. I also cant stand how far from the bow standard sight mounted quivers are, and how much they want to cant your bow over. Im looking for the best most effortless sight picture/hold in my bow as possible and dont want to use a side bar. This leaves me with using a tight to the bow quiver like the tight spot, or certain good 2 piece quivers.
Thats the thing about the tight spot some people dont realize, its not how well it holds arrows (even though it does that very well) its how well your bow holds and balances at full draw. A good holding balanced bow will be more accurate. And to me accuracy is everything, and I will take any little bit I can. With a tight spot your not buying just an arrow holder, your buying a better balanced, better feeling setup. Which to me is worth every penny.

[blackveltbowhunter]

  I recently purchased a tight spot. I guess the lack of quiver options leads me to the conclusion that overall I am satisfied with a device that when I look at it I just have a hard time seeing a hundred bill and significant change tied up in. I like the way it sits on the bow, and the removable part is a nice feature although not real important to me. Its quiet for a single piece quiver as well.
The fact it offers no adjustment for arrow length, it carries an odd number of arrrows, seems like the attachment point could be prone to failure, ( no issue yet, we will see how hunting season goes ) and as mentioned before costs as much as a decent release requiring a myriad more moving parts and machining.   

I have never shot without a quiver. In the past I have always used quality 2 piece quivers. Mathews and fuse both have made qivers in the that were much more quiet and solid than the TS IMO. And fuse even held a full half dozen arrows! But as most good thiings they have come to an end and that left me looking for other options, any of the sight mounted quivers were out as I prefer NOT to remove my quiver and these affect balance.

[soccerftw123]

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[RadSav]

Quivers matter a lot to me.  I have two bows that I absolutely love shooting.  They sit in the corner during hunting season because I haven't yet been able to fixture a good quiver mount for them. 

The Bear Anarchy made a single hunting trip to Canada with a Tight Spot quiver on it.  When I got home I gave the quiver away and set the bow in the corner.  Only hunting it has done since then has been for alligator.  If the quiver mounts had been spaced properly for that long riser I expect it would have plenty of blood on it by now. Instead it is scheduled to be a decoration in Del's trophy room as soon as I find a bow box long enough for it.

The Martin Alien X is one of the best ergonomically designed bows in recent memory.  Super quiet, good speed, light weight and a perfect blend of stiffness and stability.  My first two arrows shot out of it at 50 yards resulted in a robinhood - with broadheads.  I probably shoot paper with it better than any other hunting bow I have here.  Yet it has never hunted outside of a blind.  All because it is dang near impossible to mount a good quiver on it.  Some day soon I plan on machining a new riser exactly like this one with a new Hoyt/Bowtech style cable guard, an old Hoyt style grip and a decent quiver mount.  Had we come out ahead on the Martin deal that would have been my first design priority.

Those two bows could very well challenge the Experience as my bow of choice in the field.  It's only because the manufacture didn't think it was important to make them NW two piece quiver adaptable they find themselves collecting dust in the corner.

Yes, the quiver does matter!!!  At least it does to me.

[huntnnw]

I own a tightspot.. All I care is does it hold my arrows firmly when walking thru heavy brush and does it remove fast and quiet. I have never let arrow go at animal with a quiver on my bow in 24 years of bow hunting

[Jonathan_S]

I have never let arrow go at animal with a quiver on my bow in 24 years of bow hunting

Interesting...I've only taken a few deer, an elk, coyote and turkey with my bow but have had a full quiver mounted to the bow every time.  I always forget to take it off when I am calling.

[huntnnw]

Quiver is always off in the stand ! It's extra weight to hold plus a quiver full of arrows makes your bow that much bigger when trying to move it to draw. Elk hunting when I set up I knock a arrow and quiver is laying next to me.

[huntnnw]

Road hunting it's damn near impossible to get your bow out the window with a quiver on

[idahohuntr]

Road hunting it's damn near impossible to get your bow out the window with a quiver on

That's why the shooter stands in the bed of the pickup

[huntnnw]

 

[BULLBLASTER]

Road hunting it's damn near impossible to get your bow out the window with a quiver on

I thought side view mirrors were meant to double as a bow holder.  I just rest my bow on there 

[huntnnw]

 

[JJD]

Quiver is always off in the stand ! It's extra weight to hold plus a quiver full of arrows makes your bow that much bigger when trying to move it to draw. Elk hunting when I set up I knock a arrow and quiver is laying next to me.

  I don't have anywhere near the experience that huntnnw does, but so far I have found the same.