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GlisGlis:
I plan to make one too and go for the cheapest solution
I'll make an otzi style using a pant leg fabric as container
not the noblest solution but it should work

steve b.:
Ippus, do you plan on having a pack on when you stalk?  I made a quiver for my pack that works well and cost me nothing.  You could do the strap thing with it too and use it on the side.

Ippus:
Still debating on that part, steve. A small one, if anything. I don't want anything gumming up the works while I'm trying to move quietly.

steve b.:
I know all about that debate.  I've killed all my animals, and had many close calls, with a modern recurve with a bow quiver.  I think that is the best trad setup.  When I switched to primitive I first tried those smaller bow quivers with the rubber strap that wraps around the limbs.  They can work but I had all sorts of heartache with them holding the arrows too close to the bow or the quiver coming loose.
Years later I came to the conclusion that the arrowmaster type, from Safari Tuff, is probably the best bet.  It can be strapped to the pack and used like that or used on its own.  I've heard they are a little flimsy and I know guys who modify them to work better.
Before buying one I decided to make my own and test it on a spring bear hunt backpack hunt.  I knew I'd have my pack and frame with me at all times.  If it worked I'd hunt deer/elk with it later in the year.  It actually worked really well.

You generally won't need to access arrows on a stalk since you have one at the ready.  If you do need another its probably because you already shot and the animal is aware, though possibly in range.  So you just need that second arrow fast, not so much quietly.
I just took a plastic tube and cut out an opening that arrows could be grapped behind the point and pulled down and out.  I took a long fleece camo bow sock, slid it over the tube and then shoved the remaining length of sock down into the tube from the top opening.  So the tube was fleeced inside and out.  With foam in the bottom for the blades to rest in I could put like 5 arrows and pull them out with virtually no sound. 

One thing I don't like about bow quivers is that sometimes the arrow fletching is bright colored and the animals easily detect that movement.  I like the feathers covered and I like that the tube protects them and its all waterproof.

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Ippus:
That sounds like a really interesting option, Steve. Do you have pics or a build-along or anything so I can get a better handle one how you did it?

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