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There are a lot of people who like to hunt. Those people like to spend time in the woods, pitting their skills against the animal, seeing who will win. There are people who like to make it even more challenging. They choose to use a crossbow to hunt. Using a crossbow to hunt means that the hunter has to get closer to the prey than a hunter using a gun does. Bow hunting is a greater challenge to a hunter's skills. Marksmanship and tracking are 2 skills that a bow hunter has to have to be successful. But, you can't just go out with a bow and start hunting, you need to make sure that you have the right equipment. You need to have a crossbow, arrows with the right tips and a crossbow quiver.
There are people who don't think that having a crossbow quiver is that important. They think that they can just carry their bolts around loose in a bag. However, that is a recipe for disaster. Best case scenario, all you do is lose your bolts. Worst case is that you get hurt because an arrowhead ends up stuck in you. Not only does using a quiver keep you safe, it also keeps your arrows from getting damaged. Damaged arrows don't fly straight, causing you to have to do more work to track down a wounded animal.
There are two kinds of crossbow arrow quivers. There are ones that you can mount on your crossbow or ones that you can wear on your hip. The ones that you put on your crossbow are either the permanently mounted style or the quick detach style. Both styles have their advantages and disadvantages. The hip style is generally used by marksmen and target shooters. Since it is worn on the hip and strapped down to the thigh it doesn't move around a lot. However, it isn't as practical in the woods as a bow mounted crossbow quiver is. The hip quiver can get caught on the underbrush and make noise.
