![]() The quiver used to slide around on my back a lot, because it only has one strap, but I've recently started threading my waist belt through the strap, and this holds it in place quite well, so I pretty much always know where the arrows are going to be when I reach back.Target quivers, however, offer more storage pockets and clips for accessories and tools. I can just reach up, pull the arrow, bring it down right on top of my bow, draw, and loose. ![]() It also helped that I tied knots in the wrapping on my fletching to serve as an index (similar to the ones built into modern plastic nocks), so I don't even have to look down when I nock an arrow. I've discovered my speed shooting has improved immeasurably, because the motion is much faster and more natural. Mind you, there are several things I did on it that, looking back, I would do differently if I were to make another one like it, but I had a hip quiver before this one, and overall I much prefer the action of drawing from my back quiver. It pretty closely matches my feelings about back quivers. I know some people who wouldn't trade their hip quivers for the world, and others who will never shoot with anything but a back quiver. Still, as has been pointed out numerous times, it's really all about personal preference. But like Southwind said, I figure if I were doing something like this I'd already have one arrow nocked, or at least in hand and ready to nock, or otherwise stuck in the ground in easy reach. I've never hunted or done anything of that nature, and I'm sure everyone is right about the motion being much more conspicuous. That being said, the above really only applies to target shooting (or, I suppose, shooting at a whole bunch of enemies who already know you're there). I can just reach up, draw, bring the arrow down right on top of my bow, draw, and loose. Southwind wrote:I prefer a back quiver and here's why: Everyone seems to figure out their own way of dealing with this problem. They can and will mess with your cloak. Laying in ambush, or hunting from a blind (which is the same thing), I'd stick my arrows in the ground or otherwise have them out and ready for quick, stealthy access. After that, chances are my cover would be blown anyway. ![]() But if I were wearing a back quiver and needing to be stealthy, I'd have one arrow already nocked, and maybe one more held in my bow hand. ![]() It's less stealthy to grab an arrow from a back quiver than from a side quiver. ![]() But once you get that down, your hand doesn't have to go nearly as far, since it's already somewhere near your shoulder after your release. Granted, it takes some practice before your hand learns where to go to grab the arrow from a back quiver, since you can't see what you're doing. A back quiver can let you reload faster than a side/hip quiver. There's some controversy about this, but I've found that it's reasonably easy to get through brush with a back quiver, you just have to turn sideways so that the fletching travels right behind your head. Hip quivers do this, at least the ones that hang at an angle from a single suspension point on the belt, and it's annoying. Back quivers are quieter, in my experience, because they don't bang against your leg when you walk or run. ![]()
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