kyarchery

When shooting them with a shotgun I liked to hold them down while they expire to prevent damage to the bird in case I wanted to mount it. Going to try bow hunting this season.

The only reason I would do that with a bow is to have a close follow up shot if need.

With a shotgun the bird was always dead just flapping.

I would not like to be on the whooping end of a pissed off injured TOM!

moose1915

no one mentioned it, but if your arrow is still in it and you run up on it, the bird can kill you by flopping around!!

i had a friend catch a muzzy to the shin once because it was lodged in a still very much alive turkey, he bled ALOT...lucky to get out of the woods!
moose

BGfisher

Hey Moose, good point. Can't be too careful. Catch up to em and beat em with your bow.

vc1111

I've yet to get one with the bow but I will try to get to the bird as soon as possible with safety being first and foremost.

If you haven't hunted for turkeys yet, don't. It is a bad thing, a disease that will fester in your psyche every spring for all the rest of your born days. Run away. Save your sanity while you still can.

Mossy_Oak_Bounty_Hunter

pansies, if you sneak up on them and gank them with a knife they dont run off. you dont need a gun/bow