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Post by BuckMaster on Mar 14, 2007 8:26:11 GMT -5
This year I want to bowhunt my turkey. I think The Deer Hunter and I will have a good set-up for that. Is there anything I should know about doing it with a bow? Last year I shot mine with The Deer Hunters 3 1/2" Benelli (What a freakin Kick that thing has) my bird just dropped dead. What usually happens when you shoot one with a bow? Do they run or just flop around?
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Post by BIG FOX on Mar 14, 2007 8:40:11 GMT -5
probably depends on the shot placement. i still need to see one while out hunting. let alone get one with a gun.... maybe i will try to get one with a gun before i attempt to get one with a bow.
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Post by BuckMaster on Mar 14, 2007 8:55:11 GMT -5
I cant wait to get out there this year....Still not to sure about the bow thing, might have to flip a coin.
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Post by jlwade on Mar 14, 2007 9:56:21 GMT -5
how about crossbows are they legal for turkeys?
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Post by Rommel on Mar 14, 2007 10:11:24 GMT -5
As far as bow hunting them , I don't have any personal expierience but from some of the video that I've seen they had a string mechanism attached to the bow and after the shot they ran right to the bird and jumped on it to contain it. I'll go back and check some of my viedos and see if I can get a better idea for you. I think the string attachment was in case they had to track the bird?? not real sure though.
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Post by BuckMaster on Mar 14, 2007 10:14:17 GMT -5
Kind of like Turkey-Bowfishing!
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Post by Rommel on Mar 14, 2007 10:15:26 GMT -5
I just checked the regs. on the crossbow and it states that crossbows can be used for hunting deer only unless you have the special crossbow permit then you can use it for all game that is legal with a vertical bow.
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Post by Rommel on Mar 14, 2007 10:17:40 GMT -5
I guess it would be like turkey fishin!
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Post by BIG FOX on Mar 14, 2007 10:40:25 GMT -5
they have those special arrows that have like a couple hundred feet or yards of really fine thread in the shaft and when you shoot it releases the twine as the animal runs off. makes for easy tracking i guess but have never seen it in person... kind of neat though... turkey bowfishing would be sweet. that way if you don't kill it the first shot you could just reel it in to you to finish the job... probably puts up one hell of a fight in the air...
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Post by BuckMaster on Mar 14, 2007 12:45:32 GMT -5
Here's my first Turkey from last year. This time I will know how to display a turkey in a trophy photo. The deer hunter and I didn't really know what we were doing but we both got turkeys!!!!
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Post by osprey on Mar 14, 2007 15:30:08 GMT -5
Gio, I've heard of choking the chicken, but never the turkey! ;D This is the way, spread 'em out in the sun and show off the tail spread! As for what happens at the shot, here's what I've seen. If you make a bad hit they fly off and you never find 'em. Small target zone. When hit in the right spot they go a few steps and fall over, or fly a bit and fall out dead, or run a ways and cartwheel. They leave a VERY SPARSE bloodtrail, tracking sucks and is nearly impossible on turkeys, so get them close and get a good shot. I've taken 3 Merriams with bow, gonna try and get an eastern with an arrow this year, all my others have been with shotgun around here. Although I'm also thinking muzzleloader - I've got a 10 gauge side by blackpowder shotgun I'd love to unload on one.
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Post by BuckMaster on Mar 14, 2007 15:46:57 GMT -5
Yeah...I don't know what the hell I was thinking I was so excited about my first turkey Question: Is it possible to call in a group of turkey...kill one..then go back the next day and try to call the same group for another? ?
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Post by osprey on Mar 14, 2007 16:01:25 GMT -5
Anything is possible, especially with turkeys! I've seen lots of video where they've killed 2 or 3 out of the same bunch on the same day. A few seasons ago I had a wild morning. Set up on roosted birds, calling softly to them at daybreak. Before sunrise I had a coon coming to me, at each call he'd zero in. At 10 feet I waved my arms. He kept coming. At 5 feet I shot him - he'll never eat another turkey or turkey egg- and the turkeys kept gobbling, even to the blast. Killed a jake not 15 minutes later and never moved from that spot, dead coon was still laying in the leaves. After I killed the jake another bird still gobbled 100 yards away, pretty sure if you could kill two in one day I'd have been done.
Realistically though, the second day I'd change the setup a bit, maybe move 100 yards or more one way or the other, there's always a chance they could be spooky, too.
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Post by BuckMaster on Mar 14, 2007 19:13:40 GMT -5
Those pesky coons Thanks
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Mar 14, 2007 20:37:54 GMT -5
I 've heard with a bow you shoot them broadside so the arrow pins the wings together and they can't fly off. I get up and run to a hit bird as well. In case there just stunned and regain there composure and run off. Choking your turkey, I can't stop laughing!
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