DIY Bow Quiver

DIY Bow Quiver

I figured if I was going to find the right piece of wood for a bow, make the bow, find the right piece of wood for the arrows, make the arrows, then I should make the quiver as well. Here is what I came up with. I know it will take a hunting season or two to determine it’s success, but we’ll start here.

I started with this.

DIY Leather Back Quiver

DIY Leather Back Quiver

 7 – 9 oz Veg-Tan Shoulders Leather

I added a piece of leather to create a removable separate compartment

It was meant to replace the canvas version, but the canvas only worked as a side quiver, so it will be dedicated for that role. This was made from the leg of a pair of Carhart’s. The other leg was badly ripped, and this leg was fine so it got recycled.

My Version of a Side Quiver

 

I’ve been hunting with this old quiver this bow season, trying to decide what style quiver I’ll hunt with when I’m dragging a self bow through the woods and fields chasing whitetail. This is one I made as a prototype out of an old quiver that I had laying around. It worked fairly well but it’s quit ugly and had a few shortcomings I wanted to fix. I planned to wait until after deer season, but it was raining to hard to bow hunt today, and I wasn’t about to waste a vacation day, so I decided to make myself a new one.

I wanted something That would hold six broadheads. The old one would hold six, but it was a little tight, so the new one is just a little bigger. I didn’t want it bulky either, so I tried for as small as the six arrows fit comfortably. A few field or blunts will fit easily as well.

Ever since I started making self bows, I’ve had problems deciding on a hunting quiver. In the past, I’ve always hunted with a quiver on my bow, but making the self bows had me liking the bow without one.

Also I almost always hunt with a day pack, so a back quiver never seemed to work.

With the back pack, a strap wasn’t the answer either, so I also wanted a belt clip. This meant having the split (or opening for arrow retrieval) on the top of the quiver like some designs would not have worked. I knew if I tried with a clip on a strap over a top opened quiver it would hang lower than I wanted. So I decided on this design.

I find this Leather Side Quiver great for walking through the brush. You can guide it with little effort. I’ve been in and out of standing corn, through brush and weeds, and over blow downs and it seems to work like a charm.

It’s also easy on and easy off.

Died with Fiebing’s Leather Dye

I like to still hunt and I always hunt from the ground. With my DIY Tree Seat **Improved Version** hanging off my day pack and this style quiver everything works together. I can walk and sit wherever I want, and easily retrieve an arrow while crouched behind a tree or bush. 

It also works well for target or 3D shooting.