2003 Deer Hunt - A Bowhunt In Progress

FINE-LINE Hunter Bowquiver

Most bowquivers these days are skimpy deals that hold your arrows and little else. My gripe with them is they are flimsy and so short that most of your arrow does not have any support. For one thing I can't lay my bow across my lap when I am on a trestand, it stresses the arrow shafts to do so and also makes my feathers rub and make noise. Another issue is that as bows have gotten shorter my nocks have moved closer and closer to the bottom limb of my bow and when I set my bow down in the woods I get dirt in my nocks about half the time. 

Years ago Jennings and Big Horn made longer bow quivers and they were my favorites. 
Enter FINE-LINE's Hunter Bowquiver. To cut to the chase and sum it up ... this is my all time favorite bow quiver.. 

It supports your arrows better than any other bowquiver made by anyone. It has the standard protective hood with foam for your broadheads to stick into. It holds 6 arrows. 

The opposite end of the bowquiver is where this quiver is totally different than all the others. It has a 'Nock Bar.' The arrows nocks slide into the 'Nock Bar' and are totally secured and protected by Fine-Line's exclusive 'Nock Bar'. Instead of holding the arrows in the middle the Hunter Bowquiver holds the arrows by the nocks. 

Here is what this Nock Bar means to me as a bowhunter. Since the arrow is gripped by the nock, rather than the middle, when you unsnap it you have it by the business end. What I like about this is there is .less movement of my arm and hand to nock an arrow. Less movement is always a good thing when you're bowhunting.

I always insert all the arrows so the cock feather is out. Then, when I draw the arrow I do not have to look at it to nock it on the bowstring. A definite plus. 

When you get the quiver adjusted to your arrows it fastens down tight with an allen wrench. That done, this quiver is dead QUIET.

And of course the Nock Bar adjusts to hold any length arrows. 

You can remove the quiver from your bow too, if you are one of the hunters who prefer to take it off in a treestand..

MORE ADVANTAGES ...
During wild turkey season, and sometimes deer season too, I hunt from a ground blind. One important issue in a ground blind is what to do with your bow. If you lay your bow on the ground it will roll and nose dive your broadhead into the ground or knock it off the arrow rest. If you lean it against the side of the blind it rolls and nose dives the broadhead through the side of the blind. I have bought several bow holders that push into the ground but they let my bow fall over artier several minutes. (There may be some that work, because I haven't tried them all.)

But this quiver is the answer. I adjust the Nock end it so it is slightly shorter than my bottom limb. Then I lean it against the side of the blind. With the support of the Nock Bar my bow stays put and is ready to shoot when something shows up. I love being able to do this. 

Plus, I have a couple of ladder stands that have side bars on them and can lean my bow against them and have it ready to shoot.

Also, there is no noise whatsoever to get your bow in hand, such as can happen with the metal stick in the ground holders (if they haven't already fallen over). Quiet is always a good thing.

COMMENTS ...
The Nock Bar takes a little practice. It is a no brainer to put the nocks in it because there are groves. You will have to practice taking the arrows out. I'm not talking a major deal here, like using a bowsight or a peep for the first time. Put the arrows in and take them all out a couple of times and nock each one on your bowstring. That done, you will be good to go.

The quiver comes with a cloth cover for the bar the holds the ends of the quiver. Personally I don't like it. Actually it doesn't hurt a thing, but I just don't like it. So I took the fabric off and on one quiver I painted it black and the other I covered the bar with camo tape. I like that better.

THE BOTTOM LINE
FINE-LINE's Sam Topel has re-invented the bowquiver. Simply put, he made it better and more useful.  I love it. It makes me a better bowhunter.