I have indeed lost a few arrows from having the quiver mounted on my hip, but only in Alaska. I've never lost one hunting elk, deer, or antelope, but black bears and Sitka black tail where the vegetation is so thick, I have lost some. I agree in that regard.
I have issues with wind and a side mount quiver here in the Rockies. So, I shot a hip quiver for a few years until the brush claimed an Iron Will tipped arrow from the quiver while hunting. A couple years back, I discovered the Quivalizer, and love it! I can tune it to perfect balance, steady shooting, easy carry. Probably not a good choice for stand or blind hunters, but perfect for open country and timber spot and stock. Makes my Lift feel and shoot like a Title!
One thing I started doing and I definitely noticed improvement is flipping my quiver upside down. Since you tend to have more weight in the front of the arrow it shifts the weight towards the bottom of the bow rather than having it top heavy. I definitely noticed less movement when I did that.
One thing to consider is that your stabs are set up to shoot without the quiver. One of my observations is that quivers made for a certain bow typically shoot better. Hoyt and Mathews make the best quivers in my opinion. Tight spot quivers SUCK to shoot on the bow.
When I shoot my hunting bow its quiver on minus one arrow, the one I'm shooting. Ive tried hip quivers a few different times over the years, love the way the bow feels without it but the bow mount quiver is just too convenient. With the integrated options for the Mathews bow, you get the clearance to mount Mathews ultra low profile, light weight 2 piece. All that combined was a huge game changer as far as the bow feeling good with a bow mounted quiver. Play around a little with the stabilizers and its money.
I have a Lift 33 with a Mathews two piece quiver and I found you have to adjust your bars and weights and tune your bow with a quiver on. Once you do that, it’s the same as shooting without. I always leave 5 arrows in when I practice to simulate that first shot in a hunting situation too. The only downside to it in all honesty is shooting in windy conditions.
Great advice, we always tell people to practice how they hunt and for sure leaving the arrows in your quiver is a great way to simulate hunting conditions!
I have hunted with a hip quiver and never had a problem with it hanging up in brush and I really feel like I shoot better with it off. If you watch a lot of pro shooters that hunt they usually take there quiver off before they shoot or have a hip quiver. Levi Morgan/ Chris Bee. That being said quivers are made very nice and compact as well as tight to the bow. Definitely better options made today than 10 years ago.
I practice and hunt with a low pro quiver on my Mathews V3 and Lift. Shoots great for me. I also practice with it off just in case I’m in real windy conditions hunting and need to take it off. But prefer quiver on. Hip quiver seems like it would get hung up in the bush.
It's awesome to hear that the low pro quiver works well for you on the Mathews V3 and Lift! Staying adaptable in windy conditions is a smart move, and I totally get the preference for keeping that quiver on!
Just an observation - If you need to raise the bow over your head to draw you're over-bowed. Drop your draw weight until you can draw without waving your bow at game like a flag.
I practice, compete and hunt with a full quiver on my bow. A hip quiver would be noisy and get hung up (where I hunt). As always, do what works best for you!
wouldn't you just need to adjust the backbar weight or pitch out degree to offset the weight of quiver and arrows so that you don't have to manipulate with the grip which would put more torque on bow when shooting?
Hi there, if I decided to go with the quiver in the future I'd tune the bow with it on including all the arrows in it. In doing that, you're correct I would likely end up making some adjustments to the angle and possibly the weight on the bars. I think I just wanted to test it for things like sounds, wind, weight, and how well it aimed.
Just thinking maybe you havent been shooting much lately? because you normally have way better results in other videos. When I have a good day on my home range I see very very little difference in my hits with or without my four arrow quiver. Naturally, about any breeze will effect my hold ability more with the quiver on. I have customized it where it can be removed and mounted on my hip in like 30 seconds. That is an awesome piece of country where that range is. Where is this. Club name? Cool video
Hi there, you're correct I haven't been shooting all that much in the last few months. Probably only a handful in my basement everyday. The weather is a little colder, kids are busier, work is hectic, and all that to say I've been lazy in regards to getting enough arrows down range to be in good shooter shape. I also just put that Dialed sight on and only shot enough arrows to get a generic sight tape..I definitely have some work to do. Overall, I just wanted to get an idea on how it might aim, what it sounded like, and to see if I thought I was giving up some accuracy. The club name is ATS QUEO, located here in Cedar City, UT
I used to shoot a hip quiver. Once while hiking slowly, I noticed my shadow and saw that with every step, the fletchings of my arrows were moving back and forth like a white flag. I decided no more of that. It was a whole lot of extra unnecessary movement!
For calling this Gohunt “Labs”, this wasn’t very experimental. Sample size of one? This data is only true for the one day you shot. You clearly were more tired for the second round. Also, why not score 10,9,8,etc? That would give a more accurate picture to how good/bad shots are. This could have been so much more with very little effort.
I practice and hunt with it on. Quiver on my hip will just end up getting hung up in brush, potentially losing an arrow.
I have indeed lost a few arrows from having the quiver mounted on my hip, but only in Alaska. I've never lost one hunting elk, deer, or antelope, but black bears and Sitka black tail where the vegetation is so thick, I have lost some. I agree in that regard.
Great video Trail. Really enjoy and appreciate your content and commitment to putting out content that’s relevant to us everyday hunters.
Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate you!
I have issues with wind and a side mount quiver here in the Rockies. So, I shot a hip quiver for a few years until the brush claimed an Iron Will tipped arrow from the quiver while hunting. A couple years back, I discovered the Quivalizer, and love it! I can tune it to perfect balance, steady shooting, easy carry. Probably not a good choice for stand or blind hunters, but perfect for open country and timber spot and stock. Makes my Lift feel and shoot like a Title!
At 4:40 ..... I can't believe you shot with your buddy standing there!
One thing I started doing and I definitely noticed improvement is flipping my quiver upside down. Since you tend to have more weight in the front of the arrow it shifts the weight towards the bottom of the bow rather than having it top heavy. I definitely noticed less movement when I did that.
Try a quivalizer. Bump your nock point up 1/16-1/8" or time your top cable sooner if your pin wants to dip.
One thing to consider is that your stabs are set up to shoot without the quiver.
One of my observations is that quivers made for a certain bow typically shoot better. Hoyt and Mathews make the best quivers in my opinion. Tight spot quivers SUCK to shoot on the bow.
When I shoot my hunting bow its quiver on minus one arrow, the one I'm shooting. Ive tried hip quivers a few different times over the years, love the way the bow feels without it but the bow mount quiver is just too convenient. With the integrated options for the Mathews bow, you get the clearance to mount Mathews ultra low profile, light weight 2 piece. All that combined was a huge game changer as far as the bow feeling good with a bow mounted quiver. Play around a little with the stabilizers and its money.
Once you get a quiverlizer you will never go back. Takes a few weeks to get used to it but I cannot hunt or shoot without mine now it is a godsend
I have a Lift 33 with a Mathews two piece quiver and I found you have to adjust your bars and weights and tune your bow with a quiver on. Once you do that, it’s the same as shooting without. I always leave 5 arrows in when I practice to simulate that first shot in a hunting situation too. The only downside to it in all honesty is shooting in windy conditions.
Great advice, we always tell people to practice how they hunt and for sure leaving the arrows in your quiver is a great way to simulate hunting conditions!
I have hunted with a hip quiver and never had a problem with it hanging up in brush and I really feel like I shoot better with it off. If you watch a lot of pro shooters that hunt they usually take there quiver off before they shoot or have a hip quiver. Levi Morgan/ Chris Bee. That being said quivers are made very nice and compact as well as tight to the bow. Definitely better options made today than 10 years ago.
You make some great points about quivers, different things work for different people!
Try a quivalizer Trail!
I practice and hunt with a low pro quiver on my Mathews V3 and Lift. Shoots great for me. I also practice with it off just in case I’m in real windy conditions hunting and need to take it off. But prefer quiver on. Hip quiver seems like it would get hung up in the bush.
It's awesome to hear that the low pro quiver works well for you on the Mathews V3 and Lift! Staying adaptable in windy conditions is a smart move, and I totally get the preference for keeping that quiver on!
Great video!
Side note;
How do you like the PROOF sight??
Just an observation - If you need to raise the bow over your head to draw you're over-bowed. Drop your draw weight until you can draw without waving your bow at game like a flag.
I practice, compete and hunt with a full quiver on my bow. A hip quiver would be noisy and get hung up (where I hunt). As always, do what works best for you!
Totally agree! Different strokes for different folks.
gohunt labs???? turn up
No side bar quiver on is my jam!!
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wouldn't you just need to adjust the backbar weight or pitch out degree to offset the weight of quiver and arrows so that you don't have to manipulate with the grip which would put more torque on bow when shooting?
Hi there, if I decided to go with the quiver in the future I'd tune the bow with it on including all the arrows in it. In doing that, you're correct I would likely end up making some adjustments to the angle and possibly the weight on the bars. I think I just wanted to test it for things like sounds, wind, weight, and how well it aimed.
I just shoot all summer with a quiver. Tight spot and I shoot fine
2 arrows heavy vs light both with good FOC penetration test
Love that idea, you got it!
Just thinking maybe you havent been shooting much lately? because you normally have way better results in other videos. When I have a good day on my home range I see very very little difference in my hits with or without my four arrow quiver. Naturally, about any breeze will effect my hold ability more with the quiver on. I have customized it where it can be removed and mounted on my hip in like 30 seconds. That is an awesome piece of country where that range is. Where is this. Club name? Cool video
Hi there, you're correct I haven't been shooting all that much in the last few months. Probably only a handful in my basement everyday. The weather is a little colder, kids are busier, work is hectic, and all that to say I've been lazy in regards to getting enough arrows down range to be in good shooter shape. I also just put that Dialed sight on and only shot enough arrows to get a generic sight tape..I definitely have some work to do. Overall, I just wanted to get an idea on how it might aim, what it sounded like, and to see if I thought I was giving up some accuracy. The club name is ATS QUEO, located here in Cedar City, UT
I used to shoot a hip quiver. Once while hiking slowly, I noticed my shadow and saw that with every step, the fletchings of my arrows were moving back and forth like a white flag. I decided no more of that. It was a whole lot of extra unnecessary movement!
That's and interesting observation that I haven't put a ton of thought into🤔Thanks for the feedback!
You live in cedar city but work in Las Vegas? That’s a crazy commute.
Hi there, I do live in Cedar and I commute to Las Vegas one day a week but most days I work from home :)
Try recurve
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For calling this Gohunt “Labs”, this wasn’t very experimental. Sample size of one? This data is only true for the one day you shot. You clearly were more tired for the second round. Also, why not score 10,9,8,etc? That would give a more accurate picture to how good/bad shots are.
This could have been so much more with very little effort.