How many arrow's do you take with you ? ( poll )

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How many arrows do you take with you deer hunting ?

1 (very confident)
0
No votes
2
0
No votes
3
47
37%
4
45
35%
5 ( you never know )
35
28%
 
Total votes: 127
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Re: How many arrow's do you take with you ? ( poll )

Unread postby jonsimoneau » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:09 am

On my recurve or longbow I like a bow quiver. I carry three broadhead arrows and one arrow with a blunt. I keep my quiver full because the extra mass weight aids in good shooting. I have never needed more than 3 broadhead arrows, but after hearing some of these stories, I might invest in a bigger quiver just to be safe!


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Unread postby whitetail007 » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:34 am

3 for me.
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Unread postby UPbowhunter » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:53 am

3 some times less.

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Unread postby BGHUNTER » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:30 am

Usually 3 or 4 and I have run out or wounded a doe and had to dig one out of the ground and clean it off to chase deer down and finish it off.
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Unread postby Dewey » Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:50 am

The only time I ever needed more than 2 arrows was to finish off a bear. Good thing he was done on the 3rd arrow because my adrenaline was maxed out! :shock:

My problem is the more arrows I carry the better the chance I will lose one someplace walking out of the marsh in the nasty stuff. Never fails and happened more times than I care to admit! :doh: With the price of carbon arrows and broad heads it stings a bit when losing them. It's a bad feeling when you get back to your vehicle and your missing arrows or worse yet the whole quiver is missing! Been there and done that a few times!

Carrying 3 arrows is plenty for me.

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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:46 am

I carry as many as the quiver holds. My xbow only holds 3, so I usually cock it and carry a dirt arrow. I ran out 2x in the last 3 yrs with it. Once chasing fall turkeys, ended up pulling an errant arrow out of a tree and still chasing them.

Once I hit a buck and thought I missed. A while later I catch movement down in the woods. When I realized it was him and he was hit I started crawling at him, actually but scooched through some tall grass. Hit him in the foot on the follow up and stuck in a maple behind him, took my last one and fast walked up to him and shot him, went back grabbed the one out of the maple and by time I got back to him he was done.
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Re: How many arrow's do you take with you ? ( poll )

Unread postby rizzo999 » Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:29 pm

Uncle Lou wrote:
Once I hit a buck and thought I missed. A while later I catch movement down in the woods. When I realized it was him and he was hit I started crawling at him, actually but scooched through some tall grass. Hit him in the foot on the follow up and stuck in a maple behind him, took my last one and fast walked up to him and shot him, went back grabbed the one out of the maple and by time I got back to him he was done.



I would have loved to have witnessed that hunt! I carry a full quiver, if I have that many arrows at that time.
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Unread postby muddy » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:22 pm

I learned this fall that 5 may not be enough... :-)

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Unread postby whitetail007 » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:32 pm

muddy wrote:I learned this fall that 5 may not be enough... :-)

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Unread postby Zap » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:40 pm

7.
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Unread postby PEAKRUT » Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:52 pm

I usually bring 3.
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Unread postby UntouchableNess » Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:57 am

I take a full quiver: 5. Only emptied it once, back in 1991. :oops:
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Re: How many arrow's do you take with you ? ( poll )

Unread postby Bucky » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:28 am

5

Once I had shot and killed 2 yotes and missed a 3rd. A whole pack just kept circling after I dusted the alpha female/male. When I got outta the tree I didn't stick around long! :lol:

I have shot multiple baldies in a sit too :mrgreen: Never know when you gonna need some follow up arrows as well. Best to go fully loaded!
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Re: How many arrow's do you take with you ? ( poll )

Unread postby kurt » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:38 am

5 that's what the quiver holds. have used as many as 3
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Unread postby Dewey » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:40 am

muddy wrote:I learned this fall that 5 may not be enough... :-)

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