Bowhunting Turkey 101--novice questions
01-26-2008, 09:45 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Bowhunting Turkey 101--novice questions
ORIGINAL: Hunter_59
One thing I might add here is the broadhead. You may want to try the Gobbler Guillotine! This is a very large broadhead intended for turkeys. Shooting a turkey with a bow is very difficult due to the size of the vitals. They are tough birds and unless the shot is perfect you may lose him. My son shot a jake last fall and made a "perfect" shot. In fact the arrow went right through the vitals but for some reason didn't put him down. We ended up searching and finally finding that bird over 200 yds. from the stand location. The Guillotine, I believe, is a much better broadhead for turkeys.
One thing I might add here is the broadhead. You may want to try the Gobbler Guillotine! This is a very large broadhead intended for turkeys. Shooting a turkey with a bow is very difficult due to the size of the vitals. They are tough birds and unless the shot is perfect you may lose him. My son shot a jake last fall and made a "perfect" shot. In fact the arrow went right through the vitals but for some reason didn't put him down. We ended up searching and finally finding that bird over 200 yds. from the stand location. The Guillotine, I believe, is a much better broadhead for turkeys.
01-26-2008, 09:47 AM
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RE: Bowhunting Turkey 101--novice questions
As far as broadheads go....
The guillitine is a good one but I dont think you can take body shots with it (I could be wrong). Magnus just came out with a head called the "bullhead" Looks similiar to the guillitine but you can take body shots with it and it is a huge cutting diameter.
Read enough info and sooner or later you will come across the idea of not shooting a sharp broadhead for turkeys, reason being that you want to arrow to stay in the turkey making it harder for them to fly away. WELL DONT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE! Use a sharp head, like you should for every animal.If you use your regular deer head, I would suggest putting on an "adder point"behind the broadhead. It is basically a barbed collar and when your broadhead hits, this "adder point" creates drag giving you a greater chance of your head staying in the bird. You can find these on Cabelas website.
The rest of the advice given so far is excellent. As was stated, less is more, the biggest mistake people make is overcalling. Your the woman in this game, you play hard to get!
The guillitine is a good one but I dont think you can take body shots with it (I could be wrong). Magnus just came out with a head called the "bullhead" Looks similiar to the guillitine but you can take body shots with it and it is a huge cutting diameter.
Read enough info and sooner or later you will come across the idea of not shooting a sharp broadhead for turkeys, reason being that you want to arrow to stay in the turkey making it harder for them to fly away. WELL DONT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE! Use a sharp head, like you should for every animal.If you use your regular deer head, I would suggest putting on an "adder point"behind the broadhead. It is basically a barbed collar and when your broadhead hits, this "adder point" creates drag giving you a greater chance of your head staying in the bird. You can find these on Cabelas website.
The rest of the advice given so far is excellent. As was stated, less is more, the biggest mistake people make is overcalling. Your the woman in this game, you play hard to get!
01-26-2008, 10:48 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Bowhunting Turkey 101--novice questions
THANK YOU all for going out of your way to help me out. I will keep this stuff as I prepare for the spring gobbler season.....I like the distance thing Greg, that type of stuff will help me out. I feel comfortable up to about 30 yards with my current bow. I will try it out. Probably going to be hunting behind some lay downs as I only have one ground blind and I cannot shoot real well out of it. This is going to be alot of fun! Again, thank you all for taking your time to give me great advice.
shadow
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01-26-2008, 02:25 PM
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RE: Bowhunting Turkey 101--novice questions
ORIGINAL: virginiashadow
THANK YOU all for going out of your way to help me out. I will keep this stuff as I prepare for the spring gobbler season.....I like the distance thing Greg, that type of stuff will help me out. I feel comfortable up to about 30 yards with my current bow. I will try it out. Probably going to be hunting behind some lay downs as I only have one ground blind and I cannot shoot real well out of it. This is going to be alot of fun! Again, thank you all for taking your time to give me great advice.
shadow
THANK YOU all for going out of your way to help me out. I will keep this stuff as I prepare for the spring gobbler season.....I like the distance thing Greg, that type of stuff will help me out. I feel comfortable up to about 30 yards with my current bow. I will try it out. Probably going to be hunting behind some lay downs as I only have one ground blind and I cannot shoot real well out of it. This is going to be alot of fun! Again, thank you all for taking your time to give me great advice.
shadow
I put two sets at 5 and 1 at 15.
