What’s the minimum number of arrows you’d go into a season with?

[Reporchie]

Currently have 6 of the now discontinued Easton Injexion’s. Feels right on the edge of what I’m comfortable entering a season with, especially considering I can’t just go buy more if I break a few right before the season opens.

 

[fatlander]

I carry six in the woods with me everyday. A dozen would be the minimum I’d have on hand at any time.


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[BTH]

What happens if you accidentally miss a few targets a week before season, then miss an animal? (Speaking from experience here, but I emptied my whole quiver on a pack of coyotes) you’d be in town adjusting after that instead of hunting.
Buy a dozen and use those 6 for 3D and summer shooting, then adjust closer to fall; or sell them in the classifieds?! I shot a bull 4 times in my younger years, so I like a dozen just in case.


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[Eastonsgrandpa]

Currently have 6 of the now discontinued Easton Injexion’s. Feels right on the edge of what I’m comfortable entering a season with, especially considering I can’t just go buy more if I break a few right before the season opens.

Based on my recent success, I could easily just save weight and bring zero arrows. Or even a bow.

 

[rugerhoyt]

I just redid my whole arrow setup. Dozen are hunting only. Other dozen are target. If I break a hunt arrow I pull from target group to always have a dozen ready to roll.


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[mtnbound]

Currently have 6 of the now discontinued Easton Injexion’s. Feels right on the edge of what I’m comfortable entering a season with, especially considering I can’t just go buy more if I break a few right before the season opens.

Typically, I buy 2 dozen at a time and build half for the year to shoot, and any that get messed up, I break into the second dozen before the season.

 

[ajf243]

It's been a while, but i always started with 18-24 arrows. I brought 12 to camp and had 6 in my leg quiver when hunting.
The 12 I brought to camp were the best shooing. I used dedicated arrows for practice and always lost a few every year too.
If all I had was 6 and couldn't get anymore I'd either be shooting less before the season, or looking at an alternative arrow if possible.

 

[PAguy25]

Does anyone use their best target arrows to go hunting with? Would like to run practice/live split but don't know if unshot ones fly the same without testing them

 

[Dennis]

A dozen hunting arrows seems to be about right to me. Been on several hunts where guys returned to camp with empty quivers.

 

[Wapack]

I probably wouldn’t make it a day into season before I busted those six arrows shooting at grouse.

 

[blackveltbowhunter]

I would not be comfortable this far away from season or in the season with that number AND the potential difficulty of sourcing shafts. I consider a dozen the minimum for anything beyond an evening hunt. 6 in the quiver and 6 more with broadheads and ready to go at the truck. I typically start the season with 24 built and cased ready to go. 18 for the primary bow follow me around, and 6 stashed with a backup bow.

 

[mighteywhitehunter]

I wont start with less than 18. I typically build a full set of 24 for whatever bow I have, once that gets low I will re-evaluate and build another set or pick up enough new arrows to bring me back to at least 18. It only takes a couple of arrows slapping together or a poor shot on a target to be down arrows. I prefer not to scramble to build arrows right before season... it causes undue stress.

 

[journeyman713]

Currently have 6 of the now discontinued Easton Injexion’s. Feels right on the edge of what I’m comfortable entering a season with, especially considering I can’t just go buy more if I break a few right before the season opens.

It depends on where you're at. If you're all dialed in equipment wise, and need minimal practice, 6 arrows is plenty for the year to get a whitetail or two.
I harvest 1-2 whitetails every year, have a 3 arrow quiver and never needed the third arrow, the second arrow has only been used a few times, one of them netted a second deer at the same sitting.
If you plan on a lot of practicing, and shoot the series at the same spot, it won't be long before they get damaged from clanking into each other.

 

[5MilesBack]

My quiver holds five, and I keep an extra in the truck.

A few years ago I shot a bull with an arrow, then used that same arrow the next year on my bull moose, and then used it again a month later on my ram.

 

[bipock]

I run 24 arrows year round. Some get shot, some don't, but I try my best to rotate through them. I shoot groups of 3-4 during the early to mid summer and then singles all of August. I haven't seen enough variation between arrow flights for me to feel like I have to shoot all 24 arrows and find the ones that fly the straightest.

For hunting, I take 4 with BHs into elk woods, with 3-4 more at camp with extra broadheads. For deer, it's the ones in the quiver (generally 3).

 

[jmez]

I always have a dozen ready to shoot and a dozen bare shafts on hand.

 

[clubberlang07]

I usually make a fresh dozen every 2 seasons, but depending on wanting to change things I might make more. I always have a dozen give or take a few ready to go though.

 

[BowhuntingBrune3]

I buy 2 dozen at a time. I personally shoot Victory RIPS. I buy a dozen .006 shafts for 3D and practice and a dozen .001 shafts for broadheads and hunting. I can then just buy the .006 as needed for 3D and only shoot the .001 ones at animals.

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

We have some preppers around here! I have gone through seasons with 6 total. I shoot a lot of 3D with my trad bows and a dozen arrows lasts well over a year, including hunting season. Ideally I build 6 for broadheads, and the other 6 are my target arrows. Compounds put a lot more energy into a system though. Arrows are more likely to break from general wear and tear without missing targets.

 

[Wirrex]

I once shot a single arrow through an entire TAC event (6 full courses). I’ve also emptied a quiver on a single deer.

If I were you I would have a spare dozen.