How many broadhead tipped arrows….

[Wapititalk1]

does it take to kill an elk? The last time I checked it was only one :chuckle:. I personally had very few occasions where more than one broadhead tipped arrow was shot at said wapiti. This year, recently, I replaced my 5 arrow quiver with a carbon 3 arrow unit. My overall hunting bow weight dropped like it was on a starvation diet (definite +) and I know from experience I’ll have ample projectiles at the ready for a days hunt. Has anybody else “just said no” to the larger capacity, heavier quivers attached to their wheel bows?

 

[Brodie1660]

I’m only carrying three arrows as well. I figure if I have to sling more than three, it's been a rough day….

 

[Wapititalk1]

Sound wisdom sir.. indeed.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Really depends on how you hunt. I've lost 2 in a day shooting grouse.

 

[MallardSX2]

I carry 5.

 

[Fogalo]

I carry five, am considering going to seven. I had to put four in a mule deer once. I spined him the first shot when he ducked the arrow. Then got close and put three more in him. I probably could have saved the last two shots but I felt bad and am a firm believer that if he’s still moving I’m still shooting.

If you have multiple tags like a deer and an elk tag, three arrows is a recipe to see the biggest animal you’ve ever seen. You’d kill your elk with three and a 250 inch mule deer will causally feed in front of you at 20 yards.

I’m a big believer that overkill is underrated. Also little bit more weight on the bow adds some stability.

 

[fatlander]

Six. I once double lunged a bull 3 times. Were the extra two arrows necessary? No. Did I regret making sure I kept shooting until he was dead, in sight? No.


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[spike camp]

Id never carry less than 5, for elk.

 

[Beendare]

I like more arrows as I shoot throughout the day to stay sharp on hunts. I shoot grouse and typically loose a couple arrows per hunt (or more- grin) Plus, I shoot one arrow at first light pretty much every hunt day.

Not just staying sharp, but finding a problem before you take a shot on a big critter- which is the exact wrong time to find out-oops, all for nothing.

I think of it as a system; inexpensive Carbon arrow shaft and BH. 2 blade heads that are easy to spin check and touch up razor sharp. I carry a small flat fine diamond stone that weighs nothing. I don't do the one and done....I have arrows that have killed 3 critters; clean, touch up and good as new.

I rotate the multiple kill arrows into the grouse spot and thats where they don't last long.

 

[JJ.]

Alpine 7 arrow quiver is one of my all time favorites.

Once, in an evening climber hunt, I shot all 7, climbed down, collected and washed the blood off them in a mud hole, climbed back up and shot them some more.

In the swine infested south, big capacity quivers nice.

 

[fulldraw1972]

I prefer 5 arrows no matter what I am hunting. 2 arrows with mechanicals, 2 arrows with a fixed blades head and 1 arrow with a field tip.
I have only had 1 elk that took more than one arrow. It was a bull in Wyoming.

 

[mulveymo]

Lots of other places to cut weight without reducing the most important component of an archery hunt. I carry 5.

 

[Buglebrush]

Five minimum. I can shoot deer, elk, bears, lions, wolves, and coyotes in September on the same hunt. Have also taken bad falls that broke several arrows. Then there's multi day backpack hunts. No brainer to carry at least five.

 

[velvet muley]

Definitely 5, I too can kill multiple critters in September, plus I'm always shooting shit mid day or whenever I see grouse. It's fun!

3 is enough until that one time shit hits the fan and then it's not.

 

[CMF]

Has anybody else “just said no” to the larger capacity, heavier quivers attached to their wheel bows?

Nope.

Besides your bow, an arrow, or lack of is the only thing certain to end a hunt.

My first whitetail took three, two misses and a hit. My first bull elk, I shot 4, 2 hits, and 2 somewhere down the mountain. I've gotten two arrows off at deer on more than one occasion.

I'm also an opportunist, I like to have a bear tag or whatever else is open season in my pocket. I'll shoot grouse on an elk hunt. We get hog opportunities in MS, coyote opportunities pretty much anywhere.

Six arrows are pretty much the minimum, even if I only have one tag. My sheep hunt last year, I only carried six, but nothing else was open. I still lost an arrow on two different trips hiking through brush with my bow on my pack.

3 is enough until that one time shit hits the fan and then it's not.

Exactly!

 

[anonymous22]

I carry 4 arrow quiver but I will say this…it’s not about shooting at one animal. It could be a failed stalk and 2 or 3 missed shots on a single hunt.

It’s not always from being horrible too. There’s a reason why archery success statics out west suck so bad. It’s hard and all it takes is a branch to be in the way on a tight lane, or for them to duck the string for you slower shooting arrow guys. It happens.

I’ve had arrows get lost. I’ve had them break in the quiver during the drive. I’ve carried 3 for big game and 2 for grouse, with the little fist. I’ve gone on week long hunts and have things not go my way 4-5 times on different stalks. It happens when you’re being honest outside of the internet bs of “every stalk is perfect and I always get to 15 yards of an animal” non sense.

 

[Half Nocked]

I carry 5 because I like wasting money and shooting at grouse and sometimes noisy squirrels. I keep telling myself to be better, but my inner child refuses to listen

 

[HairyScandinavian]

I used to only carry 3 until I spined an Aoudad after a lonnnnng stalk and he kept sliding down a canyon into the water when he'd kick. I missed high on the 2nd shot into the water (I was on a cliff above him) and the 3rd shot hit but shooting at his belly as he was flipped away from me and angled steeply down it hit a bit low and only clipped heart so took a bit and I had to stand there with no arrows watching him slide further under with every kick. I had to pull him from about 5' deep. Yes I could have shot better and usually do but sometimes we have some crazy situations that aren't fully predictable.

 

[Beendare]

I have a buddy that shot 4 arrows into a bull elk he had spiked on the first shot.

I've seen bulls shot 3x twice.

A guide buddy told me of a hunter that shot a huge Bull elk. He took 2 more shots while it was moving- both misses. The bull then stopped broadside but he had ran out of bullets- only brought 3. They lost the bull. Bring enough bullets.

 

[CAElkhunter]

There will be a time when you wish you had a fourth arrow if you only carry 3.
not worth the minimal weight savings.