turkey with a bow

[bankwalker]

yeah they are $40 for 3 of them...and you can buy replacable blades for them.

i got a set of them in the mail. and they shoot good out of my recurve.

[bowhuntin]

USE DULL BROADHEADS!!! Do not take you deer/elk broadheads turkey hunting, they'll pass throught w/out any 'blunt force truama' and the bird will fly into the next county to die. 

There is a better alternative than using dull broadheads. I was reading a magazine today about bowhunting turkeys and found that Muzzy and Zwickey make a couple products that will remedy your problem of a pass through. They fit behind your broadhead and will stop your arrow from penetrating. The muzzy grasshopper and the zwickey scorpion. I never knew these products existed and will save you from having to dull a good broadhead.

[jackelope]

same concept as the small game adders we mentioned earlier.

http://www.cabelas.com/information/Archery/AdderPoints.html

[bowhuntin]

I must have missed that post

[bankwalker]

i do have some small game heads that should work good on turkeys...

i forget the name of them though. they are a fieldpoint with some little spring things that stick out of them.

[jackelope]

judo points...and you'd still have to hit them in the head.

use the broadheads and shoot them in the body. once you kill one, you'll learn a lot more about them and what they do when they come into the calls and stuff, then next year, or your 2nd tag, take the guillotine and try them if you still think you wanna try it. their head never sits still, keep that in mind.

[DeKuma]

anyone thought of these?  Wondering how they might work in place of dulling a broadhead.

http://g5outdoors.com/#sec_montecpreseason

[huntnphool]

Oh for crying out loud guys, your not really worried about ruining blades on a broadhead are you? They can be replaced without killing your life savings. I would venture to guess that your not killing more than 2 birds a year with your bow, and even if your broadhead went through your first bird and stuck in the ground, is it really not going to go all the way through your second bird with dull blades? If it wont, maybe you need to increase your upper body strength and crank down your bow a bit Even if it costs you $10.00 to replace, just add it to the cost of your hunt. You should be far more worried about the additional cost of fuel on your hunt than three broadhead blades

[DeKuma]

I am not at all worried about it, or the fuel, since I will be on my property over there anyway.  I just posted the question since there was so much conversation about it and dulling your blades.
To me, a slick trick and some judo springs or small game adder seems about perfect.....

[huntnphool]

I hear ya, and some of these guys are going for head shots too, they must be very very good shots compared to me, I'm happy to hit an elk at 40 yards

To me, a slick trick and some judo springs or small game adder seems about perfect.....

[bowhuntin]

same concept as the small game adders we mentioned earlier.

http://www.cabelas.com/information/Archery/AdderPoints.html

I have used the actual montec G5 broadhead, they fly great, but check out jackelope's link to that product that will save you from dulling a good broadhead.

[DeKuma]

same concept as the small game adders we mentioned earlier.

http://www.cabelas.com/information/Archery/AdderPoints.html

I have used the actual montec G5 broadhead, they fly great, but check out jackelope's link to that product that will save you from dulling a good broadhead.

I hear ya on those.  I originally asked about those in the beginning, Jackelope posted the link from there.  That is what I believe I will use.

[jackelope]

Oh for crying out loud guys....

i've never heard of a problem using sharp broadheads before, but a lot of folks know better than me. 

[bowhuntin]

Oh for crying out loud guys, your not really worried about ruining blades on a broadhead are you? They can be replaced without killing your life savings. I would venture to guess that your not killing more than 2 birds a year with your bow, and even if your broadhead went through your first bird and stuck in the ground, is it really not going to go all the way through your second bird with dull blades? If it wont, maybe you need to increase your upper body strength and crank down your bow a bit Even if it costs you $10.00 to replace, just add it to the cost of your hunt. You should be far more worried about the additional cost of fuel on your hunt than three broadhead blades

Who ever started the whole dull broadhead issue I don't believe is worried about the cost of the broadhead, but the gobbler flying away. The theory that the if the arrow is sticking out of the bird not completely passing through will make it hard for it to fly away. I never have tried turkey with a bow, but it sure would suck if you made clean fatal shot on the bird and it flew away and you never recovered that. IMO I think it sounds like using a game adder or a similar product would be a good idea.

[andrew_12gauge]

what about a muzzy 100 with practice blades on it instead of the real thing, because i have those montec practice heads and they are pretty sharp for a practice head, but when i was shooting muzzys the practice blades were more like a piece of sheet metal not sharp at all, seems like youd be less likely to pass through