Seen some quivers i like......
- Thread starter Dave
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Hi Dave,
The problem is that these are primarily hunting quivers, designed so that arrows can be extracted without using much arm movement which would otherwise be seen as 'flagging' your position to the game being hunted. They also keep the fletchings dry in bad weather. That is why they are difficult to find in the UK - no bowhunting allowed. For e.g NFAS purposes they might be a bit irritating to use as well - you need to shoot your arrows that have been marked in shooting order. The only way you could do that with these quivers would be to mark your arrows at or towards the pile end, so that you could identify them individually. However at the target that marking would likely be embedded in the target, so arrows would need to be marked at both the pile and nock ends to make it useable. This again makes these quiver types less popular in the UK.
It might be possible to get this type of quiver made up by a crafter in the UK, or make one yourself - and that is what I would do if I wanted to use one. However if you cannot do that yourself it probably wouldn't be much cheaper than importing one from the States. I have bought items from 3 Rivers Archery, for example, that I simply could not get here, but of course I had to pay VAT etc on top of the US prices.
Cheers, Bob
The problem is that these are primarily hunting quivers, designed so that arrows can be extracted without using much arm movement which would otherwise be seen as 'flagging' your position to the game being hunted. They also keep the fletchings dry in bad weather. That is why they are difficult to find in the UK - no bowhunting allowed. For e.g NFAS purposes they might be a bit irritating to use as well - you need to shoot your arrows that have been marked in shooting order. The only way you could do that with these quivers would be to mark your arrows at or towards the pile end, so that you could identify them individually. However at the target that marking would likely be embedded in the target, so arrows would need to be marked at both the pile and nock ends to make it useable. This again makes these quiver types less popular in the UK.
It might be possible to get this type of quiver made up by a crafter in the UK, or make one yourself - and that is what I would do if I wanted to use one. However if you cannot do that yourself it probably wouldn't be much cheaper than importing one from the States. I have bought items from 3 Rivers Archery, for example, that I simply could not get here, but of course I had to pay VAT etc on top of the US prices.
Cheers, Bob
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Dreadhead
Bushcrafter through and through
I could build you a leather one, but as Bob said above, it's not going going to be cheap, but it would be UK made 
Can't say that I've ever seen a bowhunter with any of those. They look somewhat clumsy for hunting to me? Although the last two do look like they'd do a good job protecting both the arrows when thrown behind the truck seat as well as protecting the truck from the broadheads.
They allow the withdrawl of arrows with hardly any body movement, just the string hand to move around the hip/small of the back, rather than above the head for a back quiver, or arm/hand down to a belt quiver. They are quieter than other types as broadheads are stored stuck into in a foam base (like a bow quiver) so your arrows dont rattle against each other. That also keeps the broadheads clean and sharp. The fletchings -often feathers - are kept dry and clean for best arrow flight in bad weather. These are all apparently desirable features when hunting. I dont bow hunt but I know people who do (in Europe).
Me too, well not the expensive bit....I prefer to make my own to test, like this:
It is carrying six roving marks arrows (plastic nocks) plus six NFAS Primitive class arrows.
I'll have to take your word for it being easy to draw the arrows. Personally that's what I meant when I said it looked clumsy. I can't imagine it being easy (but I suppose bow mounted quivers have spoiled me. Likewise it's been decades since I saw a hunting arrow with natural fletching (usually a solid vane of plastic on aluminum or graphite shafts)
Might be OK to keep arrows organized for bow-fishing from a boat. A bow quiver is no good with the line reel on the bow.
Wearing shorts, I could hang that/those from my belt.
Wearing shorts, I could hang that/those from my belt.
I have the Arrow master quiver in two different sizes, safari tuff is the brand. Both great quivers. If I use them on a nfas shoot I turn the arrows upside down so I can see the colours of the bands. But as I only need the one arrow it's not a problem...........
We have been extraordinarily successful at bow-fishing. Our presumption is that Buffalo fish have heads harder than coconuts.
I have to shoot nearly straight down with a compound bow & solid aluminum arrows (Muzzy fish points) to tag those suckers.
They sun at the surface so the refractive index change means nothing at all.
It's bottom-backwards water skiing! You stand on the deck, score the fish and sit down while they tow the boat around the lake.
Get their attention with a 30" chunk of 2" gas pipe, clean them, wash out the boat and we go home.
Mostly 20-30lbs each in schools of a thousand so you have to plan ahead of time what to do with the meat.
I have to shoot nearly straight down with a compound bow & solid aluminum arrows (Muzzy fish points) to tag those suckers.
They sun at the surface so the refractive index change means nothing at all.
It's bottom-backwards water skiing! You stand on the deck, score the fish and sit down while they tow the boat around the lake.
Get their attention with a 30" chunk of 2" gas pipe, clean them, wash out the boat and we go home.
Mostly 20-30lbs each in schools of a thousand so you have to plan ahead of time what to do with the meat.
