Carrying a bow while hunting

[Bowtech Lefty]

How does everyone carry their bow (recurve/longbow/selfbow) while hunting? I am fairly new to trad and plan on venturing out on my first trad hunt soon and am looking for ideas/suggestions. I would like to keep my hands free walking to and from the stand so strapping it to my pack would be an idea. To be more specific, I am looking for ideas on carrying the bow to and from the stand, not spot and stalk hunting.

[n8vtxn1]

I carry mine strung as I'm walking in. Never know when a opportunity will present it's self.

[TxAg]

My longbow weighs about 1 pound. If it's dark, i have a headlamp so no real need for both hands free.

Trad bows are long....i think strapping it to your back would prove cumbersome.

[garfish]

I carry mine strung as I'm walking in. Never know when a opportunity will present it's self.

This. I also keep a judo arrow handy in case of squirrel or rabbit opportunity.

[Bowtech Lefty]

My longbow weighs about 1 pound. If it's dark, i have a headlamp so no real need for both hands free.

Trad bows are long....i think strapping it to your back would prove cumbersome.

Good point. With my recurve being 60" long, I guess it would be a little cumbersome as well as getting caught on brush and limbs while walking.

[edwardv]

Fully rigged with a quiver full of arrows, my bow weighs less than 2 pounds. I walk in with it strung. Much less cumbersome than strapped to my back.

I do the same with my compound. Yes... I admit I shoot training wheels too.

[dmaxshawn]

Day pack and hip quiver on waist belt. Bow in left hand ready to shoot. It's a half mile trek for me.


Shawn

[Restless]

If you had a takedown you could break it down but I think that you will find it easy to carry even in thick brush. it becomes a part of your arm pretty quick.

[bubinga]

Yep, strung in my hand.

[G Posik]

Yep, strung in my hand.

X2

Even when hunting elk in the mountains

Glenn

[chackworth3]

Day pack and hip quiver on waist belt. Bow in left hand ready to shoot. It's a half mile trek for me.


Shawn

This except in my other hand

[btn]

strung and in hand

[mysticguido]

If it isn't strung and ready... why even have it with you.... If you have to string it when you get to stand your doing a lot of movement. Hold the thing, It needs To feel You as much as You need to feel it...

[buddy.ortego]

I carry mine strung through the woods in my hand.

[The_Grizz]

Strung in hand. Sometimes, I tuck it under my arm.