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anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« on: April 16, 2011, 01:23:21 AM »
I personally would like to harvest all three sub species if turkeys in our state! and was wonderin if and how others have faired at attempting to harvest these birds with a bow!?
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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2011, 04:42:12 AM »
I hunt turkeys with a bow and do pretty well....but I only hunt the eastside of the state

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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2011, 09:13:08 AM »
I only hunt (everything) with a Recurve bow, Eastern Turkeys still elude me, but when I get my Eastern I will plan on going east for the "easy ones"  :chuckle:
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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2011, 09:40:31 AM »
Here is my first Rio Grand gobbler I shot back in 1991 and since then I taken 11 gobblers with my bow ... In 2005  I shot a merriams that officially weighed 25 lbs 7oz and had it weighed in Chewalah at the hardware store ,they signed my score sheet for being a witness and I believe it will be the new state record for weight ..actually never weighed that rio but you can see it was no little turkey neither...bow hunting is getting alot more popular now they have these pop up blinds but I still love cuttin and running with my shotgun.. nothen cooler than hiking your butt off a couple miles from the road and getting one to gobble at you .. your heart beats fast and nothen like it ..

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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2011, 09:48:42 AM »
Here is my 25 lb 7 oz Merriam ...Stevens county .. I never hunt the first week .. If you want to seriosly hunt turkeys wait till the end of April  middle of May when hens are nesting and then you can kill turkeys and most guys tagged out or quit by then ...

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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2011, 10:01:42 AM »
MAN KIDS GROW FAST ..Check out my older son on the right he is in both pictures sitting on my right side ... I post one more picture from last year ..  not trying to be a show off but just sharing 30yrs of turkey hunting adventures !!!!

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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2011, 02:32:59 AM »
bowhunter your the man! i think these pics are great  i also have 2 boys one 5 one 7 and this will be there first year in the field with me hunting turkeys i wil post some pics once i harvest somt thanks to all who posted !
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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2011, 12:24:50 PM »
Thanks , I am used to negitive input .. But we breath turkey hunting .. Everyone needs to carry a scale to weigh ther birds because most of the birds up north weigh (mature birds )weigh between 18 to 21 lbs ... when I shot that bird with my bow in 2005 I immediately took it to chewalah and had it weighed so there was no dreaming.. this is the biggest bird I ever taken in Washington ... he was the longest bird I ever seen and had a thick beard...





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Re: anyone hunt turkeys with a bow?
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2011, 04:24:40 PM »
Which arrow heads are you guys using on Turkeys?  Any I should stay away from?

 


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