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Title: How many arrows do you take?
Post by: DoubleJ on August 24, 2010, 02:54:10 PM: When going out in the field, how many arrows do you take and how many are left back at camp?
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Post by: vandeman17 on August 24, 2010, 02:58:24 PM: I fill my quiver with 6 arrows but I am not too sure why to tell ya the truth. Part of it is that I practice with my quiver full so I try to keep it consistent as possible. I usually have one that has a game getter head on it too so that I can shoot a grouse if one of them *censored*s doesn't scare the crap out of me before I spot it. :chuckle:
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Post by: micahash1 on August 24, 2010, 02:58:55 PM: I usually take four (3 with broadheads and 1 with a Judo tip :chuckle:)
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Post by: LCG on August 24, 2010, 03:06:51 PM: Quote from: micahash1 on August 24, 2010, 02:58:55 PM
I usually take four (3 with broadheads and 1 with a Judo tip :chuckle:)
:yeah:
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Post by: h2ofowlr on August 24, 2010, 03:13:10 PM: Quote from: micahash1 on August 24, 2010, 02:58:55 PM
I usually take four (3 with broadheads and 1 with a Judo tip :chuckle:)
This is the same set up I run as well. I would prefer to make the first shot count so you don't make a lot of work for yourself or loose an animal.
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Post by: wabearhunter on August 24, 2010, 03:23:52 PM: i think i'll take 5. 3 broadheads and 2 field points.
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Post by: rasbo on August 24, 2010, 03:45:21 PM: 4,one for the animal I shoot,the other 3 are in case of an emergency,I can fire 3 warning shots
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Post by: JCClement on August 24, 2010, 03:47:31 PM: Three broadheads, Two field points
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Post by: dlaw on August 24, 2010, 03:50:34 PM: 5 all broadheads. In for 9 days...at the most.
Just curious, why take field tips?
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Post by: bowtech721 on August 24, 2010, 03:52:14 PM: I usually have 5 in my quiver all the time so that is what i hunt with... either 4 broad heads and one small game or 5 broadheads if i dont remember to grab the other
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Post by: boneaddict on August 24, 2010, 04:06:22 PM: 4-6.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on August 24, 2010, 04:08:52 PM: Quote from: LCG on August 24, 2010, 03:06:51 PM
Quote from: micahash1 on August 24, 2010, 02:58:55 PM
I usually take four (3 with broadheads and 1 with a Judo tip :chuckle:)
:yeah:

:yeah:
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Post by: Whitenuckles on August 24, 2010, 04:09:38 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on August 24, 2010, 04:08:52 PM
Quote from: LCG on August 24, 2010, 03:06:51 PM
Quote from: micahash1 on August 24, 2010, 02:58:55 PM
I usually take four (3 with broadheads and 1 with a Judo tip :chuckle:)
:yeah:

:yeah:
:yeah:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on August 24, 2010, 04:16:05 PM: I take 4 broadheads and 1 grouse arrow when in the field. I will have 14 wac'ems and 12 slick trick ready for hunting season. :chuckle:
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Post by: Thefisherman83 on August 24, 2010, 04:18:44 PM: 3 Terminal T's for me. :hello:
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Post by: Ray on August 24, 2010, 04:19:48 PM: I don't leave arrows at camp. That's like leaving my spare tire at home. LOL

Anyway I carry 6-7. Sometimes a judo.
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Post by: Holg3107 on August 24, 2010, 04:22:45 PM: 4, all with slick trick broadheads.
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Post by: hughjorgan on August 24, 2010, 04:29:41 PM: 4 in my quiver, 3 broadheads and 1 blunt. Have another dozen arrows and broadheads back at camp.
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on August 24, 2010, 04:30:27 PM: 8 on me all broadheads, I am hunting elk or deer so no reason to have field tip or judo points for me.

Camp I leave 2 dozen, all with broadheads ready to go.
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Post by: wabearhunter on August 24, 2010, 04:37:32 PM: Quote from: dlaw on August 24, 2010, 03:50:34 PM
5 all broadheads. In for 9 days...at the most.
Just curious, why take field tips?

field tips for if i see a grouse i can get em. i know judo tips would be a lot better but i don't have any and won't be able to get any right now.
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Post by: KillerMiller on August 24, 2010, 04:40:23 PM: I only carry 4.
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Post by: blubomber89 on August 24, 2010, 04:44:03 PM: I usually carry 5 arrows. 4 broadheads and a Judo tip. Just remember it is good to practice with what you are going to be using in the field. The weight of your bow and quiver may make you shoot differently so keep that in mind.
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Post by: Lowedog on August 24, 2010, 04:48:51 PM: Quote from: BLKBEARKLR on August 24, 2010, 04:30:27 PM
8 on me all broadheads, I am hunting elk or deer so no reason to have field tip or judo points for me.

Camp I leave 2 dozen, all with broadheads ready to go.

:yike:
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Post by: GUscottie on August 24, 2010, 05:30:34 PM: 6 broadheads ready to go
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Post by: Quackwhacker on August 24, 2010, 05:42:25 PM: 4 with broadheads and 1 blunt for grouse!
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on August 24, 2010, 05:45:01 PM: I will be taking 5 total. 4 broadheads, might take a blunt for birds. Saw at least 100 grouse in the high country last year.
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Post by: boonerboy on August 24, 2010, 06:17:16 PM: 3 broadheads and a blunt. havent ever needed any more than that....oops, maybe I shouldn't say that. :P
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Post by: alanger on August 24, 2010, 06:23:21 PM: 4 broadheads 1 blunt
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 24, 2010, 06:37:47 PM: Ok... So in the fog of the hunt, how many of you have wacked a large game animal with that blunt?
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Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on August 24, 2010, 06:54:09 PM: 6 with broadheads and 2 with judo ......
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Post by: adam.WI on August 24, 2010, 07:00:14 PM: 4
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Post by: Jason on August 24, 2010, 07:24:44 PM: 5 with broadheads 1 with a bludgeon
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Post by: Elkslayer on August 24, 2010, 08:26:18 PM: Six for me, 4 broadheads, 1 judo point and 1 blunt!
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Post by: halflife65 on August 24, 2010, 08:49:42 PM: 5 - 4 broadheads and 1 Judo.

I usually have an arrow case back at camp with 5 to 10 arrows and extra broadheads unless it's a quick hunt behind my house and then I usually don't bother.
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Post by: Marion on August 24, 2010, 09:44:10 PM: I take five thunder heads, knowing that I'm hunting big game, if I miss the first shot, I won't get the second!
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Post by: elkbuster on August 24, 2010, 09:48:09 PM: 3 with broadheads. Can't see carrying all that extra weight. The lighter the better. It really only takes 1 arrow. :chuckle:
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Post by: letmhunt on August 24, 2010, 09:52:24 PM: 1
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Post by: danceswitharrows on August 24, 2010, 10:14:17 PM: 6 all broadheads :)
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Post by: toe-jam on August 25, 2010, 09:27:18 AM: 4 broadheads 1 blunt
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Post by: pips4bucks on August 25, 2010, 10:57:38 AM: Quote from: vandeman17 on August 24, 2010, 02:58:24 PM
...if one of them *censored*s doesn't scare the crap out of me before I spot it. :chuckle:

:yeah: Happens too many times...

5 arrow quiver. 4 broadheads + 1 adder point for grouse, stumps, & annoying squirrels... ;) Extras back at camp
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 25, 2010, 11:07:21 AM: 4 broadhead arrows i judo or other type small game point.
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Post by: OUT4DUX on August 25, 2010, 12:37:55 PM: Quote from: ICEMAN on August 24, 2010, 06:37:47 PM
Ok... So in the fog of the hunt, how many of you have wacked a large game animal with that blunt?

I will be the first to bite: Once and I dont know who was more suprised at the lack of arrow penetration me or the deer! Let's just say I now carry a judo tip in my pack and if a grouse is dumb enough to hang around until I remove the broadhead and put on the judo it deserves to die plus I wont bonk any more deer.
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Post by: Gobble on August 25, 2010, 12:50:51 PM: 6
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Post by: rasbo on August 25, 2010, 12:52:12 PM: Quote from: OUT4DUX on August 25, 2010, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: ICEMAN on August 24, 2010, 06:37:47 PM
Ok... So in the fog of the hunt, how many of you have wacked a large game animal with that blunt?

I will be the first to bite: Once and I dont know who was more suprised at the lack of arrow penetration me or the deer! Let's just say I now carry a judo tip in my pack and if a grouse is dumb enough to hang around until I remove the broadhead and put on the judo it deserves to die plus I wont bonk any more deer.
that would be a mind blower to see the arrow fly a bounce off..WHAT THE
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Post by: PolarBear on August 25, 2010, 12:57:12 PM: 4 broadheads & 2 judo
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Post by: micahash1 on August 25, 2010, 01:07:06 PM: Quote from: ICEMAN on August 24, 2010, 06:37:47 PM
Ok... So in the fog of the hunt, how many of you have wacked a large game animal with that blunt?

My buddies usually do this at least once a year. Mostly on cows a bull every once in a while. (Mooowww Cows that is :chuckle:) You should see the looks they give you.
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Post by: superdown on August 25, 2010, 01:32:02 PM: Quote from: rasbo on August 25, 2010, 12:52:12 PM
Quote from: OUT4DUX on August 25, 2010, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: ICEMAN on August 24, 2010, 06:37:47 PM
Ok... So in the fog of the hunt, how many of you have wacked a large game animal with that blunt?

I will be the first to bite: Once and I dont know who was more suprised at the lack of arrow penetration me or the deer! Let's just say I now carry a judo tip in my pack and if a grouse is dumb enough to hang around until I remove the broadhead and put on the judo it deserves to die plus I wont bonk any more deer.
that would be a mind blower to see the arrow fly a bounce off..WHAT THE
This reminds of when i was a little kid and my dad jumps out of the truck after seeing a nice deer in a little clear cut grabs his BLR and closes the action THEN puts the clip in and dropped the hammer on an empty chamber that seemed almost as loud as a gun shot at that moment :chuckle: not quite the same but just as effective :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: sirchman on August 25, 2010, 01:55:49 PM: my quiver holds six, i am backpacking this year so it seems like a little much but o well
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Post by: huntindoc on August 25, 2010, 03:03:46 PM: Same as most- 4 broadheads, 1 judo. Another 6-8 broadheads and shafts at camp. Dumped the entire quiver off the bow on the side of a mountain in the dark. Never did find it. Expensive move...at $10 for the arrow and $13 for the Montec. What an idiot. So I carry at least another quiver full at camp, but 5 in the field.

By the way, has any body else tried to shoot those lousy noisy squirrels and have them be 9 ft away by the time your arrow gets there? Amazing how fast the vermin are. Quite humbling actually. Made me realize my arrow must be REALLY slow
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Post by: bowhunterforever on August 25, 2010, 05:11:47 PM: 4 broadheads (slick tricks) and 1 judo
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Post by: Snapshot on August 25, 2010, 05:24:12 PM: I'll carry five broadheads and one practice arrow. Five arrows fit in my quiver... I'll either use a piggy-backer to carry the practice arrow or add a solo stalker and move my number one into it and the practice arrow into the quiver. The arrow box with another half dozen broadhead-tipped arrows will be in the truck but it is several miles from camp and I don't visit it unless I need to replenish something.

Blunting cattle is flat wrong unless they are yours. Find some respect.

I know one man who used to carry a blunt but stopped doing so after, in the heat of the moment, he once grabbed it by mistake and bounced it off an elk's ribs.

By the way does everyone know that there is only one squirrel in the state, the Eastern Gray, that isn't protected by law?
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Post by: huntnnw on August 25, 2010, 07:53:39 PM: Always have 5. I have gotten multiple shots off at 2 elk.
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Post by: Ghost1941 on August 25, 2010, 08:21:00 PM: Six, four broadheads and two field points. Haven't archery hunted since I came to this state though...
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Post by: blackhorn on August 25, 2010, 08:55:09 PM: 1! I can only afford the one arrow :'(
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Post by: Fullabull on August 26, 2010, 12:16:08 PM: I take three hunting and one target with me on the hunt. My son and I use the same arrows so we have eighteen all together for the trip plus some others that we could switch to if needed. Only one time have I used all three arrows during a hunt and that was on the same bull. I missed clean over his back on the first but he didn't know what happened so the second one hit him clean in the chest but the light was going down so I couldn't see how good. He jumped and turned so I couldn't see the entry. I could tell he was getting week but he wasn't going down and he was next to a steep hill so I hit him again, he jumped about ten yards and dropped (before going down the hill) :)

If I miss with three shots, I need to check my bow!

Can't wait!!!!

Fulla
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Post by: Carnivore on August 26, 2010, 03:00:09 PM: My new quiver holds 5 so I'll also take 4 broadheads (montecs) and 1 field point for grouse or rabbit or whatever annoys me in the trees. My old quiver held 4 and I never ran out of arrows...except my field point arrow got lost or broken several times. I do remember times when beginning 20+ years ago emptying my quiver and still having an animal standing there looking at me. :bash:
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Post by: inmysights on August 26, 2010, 06:13:25 PM: 3 with montec 125s in the quiver. About 12 or so back at camp. Shot a broadhead at a grouse last year about 15 feet up a tree. Pinned the grouse there and spent about a half hour figuring out how to get the sumbeech down. And lost a broadhead in the process, not going that route again :DOH:
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Post by: hoyt5199 on August 27, 2010, 01:46:02 PM: I usally take 5, just in case I see some coyotes with in bow range
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Post by: spikehunter on August 27, 2010, 01:48:58 PM: I take NONE :chuckle: just 3 backup quick-loads for my muzzy
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Post by: Fishsmoker on August 27, 2010, 03:49:00 PM: I carry 7, 5 broadhead and 2 field points.
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Post by: Elk hunter4ever on August 28, 2010, 08:38:20 PM: I carry 8. 7 broadheads,1 judo for the thunder chickens. And about a dozen at camp for those pesky camp robbers, or in case I need more for the hunt.
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Post by: ratherhunt on August 28, 2010, 08:58:59 PM: 8 Broadheads
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Post by: coachcw on August 28, 2010, 09:29:21 PM: full quiver all broadheads . I heard of a guy puylling out a fitld point and sticking a elk .
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Post by: Angus on August 29, 2010, 04:55:05 PM: 5 in the quiver all with Thunderhead 125's, 6 in the rig as backups.
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Post by: WonkyWapiti on August 29, 2010, 07:03:04 PM: My quiver is full of 6 arrows with broadheas. I used to carry one with a field point for practicing throughout the week. I decided I didn't want to risk accidentally pulling that one out in the heat of the moment.
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Post by: SagebrushStalker on August 29, 2010, 08:21:08 PM: My quiver only holds 5, all broadheads. Wish I had a bigger quiver cause it usually takes me that many shots to get calibrated :chuckle:
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Post by: Digger on August 29, 2010, 08:21:29 PM: 4 slick tricks, 1 judo
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Post by: bigbull94 on August 29, 2010, 08:41:32 PM: I carry a back quiver with 10.I have them if needed,and where I go,there isn't any place to get more!!!I feel comfortable with 3-5,but it holds 10 easy,so why not!!! :IBCOOL:
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Post by: elkbuster on August 30, 2010, 10:20:19 AM: Quote from: OUT4DUX on August 25, 2010, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: ICEMAN on August 24, 2010, 06:37:47 PM
Ok... So in the fog of the hunt, how many of you have wacked a large game animal with that blunt?

I will be the first to bite: Once and I dont know who was more suprised at the lack of arrow penetration me or the deer! Let's just say I now carry a judo tip in my pack and if a grouse is dumb enough to hang around until I remove the broadhead and put on the judo it deserves to die plus I wont bonk any more deer.

Probably left a pretty good bruise!! :rolleyes:
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Post by: saylean on August 30, 2010, 10:56:43 AM: 4 broads, one judo. I usually have a few back at camp for practice shots, reloads.... ;)
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Post by: wabearhunter on August 30, 2010, 05:11:53 PM: 3. 2 broadheads, 1 small game point. broke the other 2 i had :archery_smiley: like somebody else said it takes only one arrow.