How many broadhead tipped arrows….

[Jaden Bales]

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

This. This is really the problem for me, too!

 

[ckleeves]

Only the most elite of bowhunters are familiar with the term “quivered out”. IYKYK. I’m not at the top level where I do it frequently but I have felt that rush when you nock up that arrow that causes the final extinction of the quiver. 10/10.

 

[theoutdoorsman]

I carry three with broadheads and one judo point for grouse, but also pack a spare head in my bag in case I need to convert my grouse arrow into an elk arrow.

 

[Wheels]

I carry 4. Drives me nuts that a 5-7 arrow quiver will not realistically fit their advertised number with fixed heads unless you have a PHD in physics to get them all in the hood.

 

[blackveltbowhunter]

I carry 6. 5 of them are for the 1 percent scenarios. Elk absorb arrows really good and often give second or third shots even after taking direct hits if they arent otherwise spooked. My last OK corral was 2022, I misjudged the yardage and combined with a little string jumping I hit my biggest blacktail to date in the spine. I sailed 3 over his back at 20 yards before realizing I had never re zeroed my slider.

 

[Live_weighT34]

For a compound set up it’s 4 or 5 for me. The other one or two arrows in the quiver have judo heads on em for grouse.

I have slid and fell in steep country or in the mud after a monsoon and snapped nocks and the carbon off the back of at least two arrows at a time in the past.

 

[Hunthigh1]

Respectfully, if you haven’t had a rodeo that burned up more than 2 or 3 arrows yet, then you are over due for it. Saving weight by packing 3 arrows is nearly reckless imo. Maybe I just suck, but I’ve mortally hit bucks and gotten several more arrows off as they moved away. I think a lot of folks don’t talk about the reality of how the kill went down with some of their archery hunts. I pack a 7 arrow quiver with 6 arrows loaded in it most of the time

I think the tight spot 7 is identical weight to the 5.

I shoot year round with my quiver loaded and have set the bow up to shoot/balance best with the configuration of 5 arrows loaded in the quiver.

If a buddy showed up to a hunt with 3 arrows I would be stressed.

 

[jdmaxwell]

Always 5 no matter what.

 

[JimTom]

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.

What's the reasoning on 2 mechanical and 2 with fixed blades? I typically see all of the same type rather than a mixed bag. Just curious on you're thoughts.

 

[TheTone]

I carry 5 or 6. Have had one bull take two arrows and another take three. All good fatal shots but if i can put another in I will every time

 

[HairyScandinavian]

What's the reasoning on 2 mechanical and 2 with fixed blades? I typically see all of the same type rather than a mixed bag. Just curious on you're thoughts.

I'm not him but I also carry mechanicals and fixed. My reasoning is if the wind is really kicked up I'll tend to reach for a mech, brush and twigs around or normal winds I'll reach for the fixed.

 

[JimTom]

I'm not him but I also carry mechanicals and fixed. My reasoning is if the wind is really kicked up I'll tend to reach for a mech, brush and twigs around or normal winds I'll reach for the fixed.

Gotcha. I can see that.

 

[fulldraw1972]

What's the reasoning on 2 mechanical and 2 with fixed blades? I typically see all of the same type rather than a mixed bag. Just curious on you’re thought.

Generally the first arrow I grab is a mechanical. But if I am in the thick stuff and I know the shots are going to be close I will grab a fixed head. I have spined a few animals over the years and I will grab a fixed head for the follow up shot as well.
Lastly no matter what I am hunting if I see a coyote I have to shoot. I generally shoot fixed heads at those.

I like the forgiveness a mechanical offers but I like the durability and ease of resharpening a COC fixed head offers.

 

[JimTom]

Generally the first arrow I grab is a mechanical. But if I am in the thick stuff and I know the shots are going to be close I will grab a fixed head. I have spined a few animals over the years and I will grab a fixed head for the follow up shot as well.
Lastly no matter what I am hunting if I see a coyote I have to shoot. I generally shoot fixed heads at those.

I like the forgiveness a mechanical offers but I like the durability and ease of resharpening a COC fixed head offers.

Gotta keep an arrow ready for those yotes!

 

[Alpineelk]

I've recently dropped to 4 arrows. Seems like a nice amount. Not quite confident enough for just 3. A year or 2 ago I had to finish off a antelope I hit bad and after a rushed follow up miss and another bad hit I was going through my arrows quickly and then it seems a guy would be willing for whatever it takes

 

[gretch6364]

I hunted with a 5 arrow TS for a decade…just switched to the 4 arrow TS.

I have lost arrows in the past…but never needed more than four in an animal.

I bought the extra gripper for it to keep them tight

 

[ozyclint]

6. 5 BH's, 1 blunt

 

[CMF]

I carry three with broadheads and one judo point for grouse, but also pack a spare head in my bag in case I need to convert my grouse arrow into an elk arrow.

I do the same thing

What's the reasoning on 2 mechanical and 2 with fixed blades? I typically see all of the same type rather than a mixed bag. Just curious on you're thoughts.

I usually have mixed. I'd prefer to shoot the fixed, but if it's real windy or I'm anticipating a long shot, I'll go for mech. I carried mostly mech on my sheep hunt cause I anticipated long shots and they aren't big animals. If I ever draw moose, bison, or oryx, I'll just carry fixed.


I've carried up to 8 arrows on a Mathews fixed 6-arrow quiver by zip-tying the extra 2 on.

 

[freezerfull]

Only packing 3 wouldn’t even cross my mind with all the variables that can come with bowhunting. Whether that’s arrow deflection from an unseen branch, animal jumping the string, burning an arrow on a grouse, etc.

Even more so when shooting deer. I’ve watch some insane movement of animals while the carbon is in the air. The full afterburner F16 sound of the vented Montec’s I used to run may have played into it though.

 

[ChrisA]

5 or 6 depending on quiver, 2 or 3 mechanical and 2 or 3 fixed. Can you imagine the anxiety of being down to your last arrow? It'll happen quicker if you start with 3.