How many broadhead tipped arrows….

[bz_711]

I really like 5 arrows. Yes - majority of kills have been 1 arrow...BUT...my '24 bull (my biggest yet) I pulled off 3 shots in under a minute, all hitting vitals. I would not have liked having an empty quiver at that moment.
3 was enough...but I also prepare for the "what if's" like for falling/breaking any arrows during hunt.

Plus...zombie apocalypse...more the better

 

[Beendare]

(7 arrow quiver) I've been on hog depredation hunts and hunts in target rich environment in Australia and Hawaii where I had to go pull arrows out of a critter to take another shot. Fun times.

 

[T-Rex]

I just switched to the new Black Gold 4 arrow quiver from the 5 arrow, I'm not sure if I like the idea of only 4 arrows yet, you guys have me double guessing my judgement

 

[DC93]

Currently carry 4 broad heads and one arrow for small game in the quiver on backpack hunts. Have been contemplating carrying extra arrows and a broad head case in my pack this year

 

[mavinwa2]

I too switched to a 3-arrow quiver couple years ago.
Since always hunting with my quiver attached, carbon quiver & 3 BH arrows dropped a good number of ounces from my bow. The change improved my hold, pin float on target, which improved my arrow grouping at ranges over 50 yards.

However, I carried another 3 BH arrows in a black ABS tube, plumbing tube with a removeable cap installed on one end, the other end tube cap sealed. Foam inserted at each end of the tube kept the arrow from rattling, making noise. The tube of extra BH arrows was carried on my pack, just in case.
5 years and 4 elk later, never had to go into the tube for an extra arrow. Make the 1st shot count, perhaps a 2nd shot if needed to the vitals, I never needed a 3rd....knock on wood.

 

[Toneloc]

lol on the post about being over due for a rodeo. That was exactly my boys 1st Elk hunt this past fall. Going into the hunt he had killed a pile of critters for a 15 yr old…he also has won IBO worlds and placed 2nd in the triple crown 2 years in a row. I say this to say the kid practices a ton and can shoot lights out under pressure, but stuff happens in the woods….it also led to classic over confidence.

We did a drop camp and one of the 1st things we did was get his quiver loaded up. I was telling him minimum 4 arrows with broad heads….he says, Dad why would I ever need 4 arrows? I let him make his own decision and he loaded 3 with a judo as a 4th.

Fast forward to 1st morning….8 yds frontal looks like a perfect hit….but post shot autopsy showed it was slight quartering (Broadhead was poking against hide on far side between 2 ribs). We had good blood right away that never let up but the track just kept getting longer and longer. At 800 yds we caught up to him. No shot opportunity at first, but able to get to around 50 yds as he tucked into the timber. Boy had a small window between 2 trees and was pretty sure it was his ass end, but told him get another arrow in him. He threaded the needle and put one through just forward of the flanks. The bull took a few steps into the open and bedded behind a fallen log. Not much room for error again and boy put a 3rd one lower corner lungs. Bull still was alive! Boy reaches for last arrow and it’s the judo… Told him this why you need 4 arrows!

Camp was only 0.5 mile at that point so I dropped my pack and ran for more arrows and heads. Soon as I left the bull got up, poured blood from 3rd shot and re bedded and expired not long after.

Moral of the story ….Elk are darn tough critters. If everything goes right, 1 arrow is enough….but you can’t count on everything going right all the time. Crazy stuff happens in the woods…I don’t care how good you think you are, even the best will have bad stuff happen if you hunt long enough.

 

[CMF]

Have been contemplating carrying extra arrows and a broad head case in my pack this year

I didn't like the arrows sticking higher out the top of my pack. I was worried they'd get hung on brush or my pack would fall over and the arrows would catch and break.
I ended up just zip tying the extra arrows to the quiver and keeping heads in my pack.

 

[GrandFir]

One time I had a bull making a bee-line for my position and I was fighting to get my arrow out of the quiver because a judo got stuck with a broad head. Since then I’ve only carried 5 arrows with 4 broadheads

 

[bipock]

I carry 3, but that's me.

When I was elk hunting last year, the guys I was hunting with each carried 5 and had extra tips and arrows. I thought that was crazy. The one guy that got his elk took 3 arrows - first at 55 yards (solid hit), second at 65 yards (another solid hit), 3rd one at 75 through the neck and dropped it. He also had a bear tag, which I guess if he had the chance on a bear the same evening, he had 2 more to use.

 

[ElkNut1]

When elk hunting with a longbow 3 arrows, no grouser.

Compound 4 arrows, no grouser. Haven't ran out on either weapon.

ElkNut/Paul

 

[Scoot]

4 elk arrows and one for grouse. Ran outta elk arrows one time. Shot a bull a little back from ideal and the follow up opportunity came at 67 yards. Bullseyed him 3 more times from there and he finally dropped a minute after the last shot. Unbelievably tough animal!

 

[trophyhill]

I used to carry 4 in an Octane Bantum quiver. Love that quiver. Unfortunately it wouldn’t work on my latest and greatest bow so I got a 5 arrow quiver now. As far as arrows go though, I’d rather have it and not need it. Kinda like carrying a sidearm