Bowhunting Turkeys?

[NYDiamond-shooter]

I just picked up some new broadheads on ebay. Rocket hammerheads. 2 inch cutting diameter and they are the "over the top" blade deployment. They wont penetrate as well as my rage. From what I have heard you want the broadhead to stick in the bird and cause more initail shock to knock it down. I think these heads should do the trick. Plus they were only $8.40 shipped to my door. Brand new in package. Pretty good deal. I cant wait to use them come may. Harecreek and I have decided to go after them with our bows early instead of waiting. Try and take advantage of the good calling opportunities in the early season. We will throw a few gun hunts in there once in a while, but we are determined to knock one down with a bow. OH and If we do. We are going to video it too. High expectations I know..... But its worth a try.

[Limbhanger]

Tried it once, had a huge longbeard it tight and couldn't get drawn, no blind. Next morning I killed with a shotgun. The ol tom was one of my largest. Haven't tried it since. I have let the arrows fly in the fall a couple of times.

[Harecreek10]

We're going to be doing some intense scouting in April so hopefully our efforts pay off. I will be videoing NY Diamond and myself in our efforts to arrow one. With any luck Ill be posting some videos here in a few weeks.

[VenaticOutdoors]

NY_Diamond - yea you definitely want to try and get that broadhead to stick in. Since we are affiliated with Muzzy, we'll be using a grasshopper attachment to prevent a pass through and create optimal damage. We have a few guys solely dedicated to carrying a bow this year which is very exciting. I think you have the right strategy though, starting with the bow. If the season is anything like last year, the birds will only be hot for the first couple weeks so you need to take advantage of a time when they will easily come in to the call. If I had to make a suggestion, I would suggest using a blind and a decoy. And...if you get it on video I would love to see it.

[NYDiamond-shooter]

Venatic,
We both have blinds and many decoys between the 2 of us, so we will always be using them while bowhunting, and We will have the camera with us at all times so I hope to get some good footage!!

[VenaticOutdoors]

That's pretty exciting - good luck!

[John Lorenzo]

I have a buddy that hunts them only with a bow all over the country and his advice is to have a tom decoy with a fan tail that you can raise and lower, he said when they are coming in he pulls a string and the tail goes up and the gobbler goes nuts and never even looks his way, says it's so easy it should be illegal, he uses no blind just camo and makes a nice smooth draw, also I believe he positions the decoy so it's facing him this helps keep the incoming gobbler between him and the decoy and it generally will be looking at the decoy from the front putting it's butt towards the hunter offering a perfect up the poop shoot shot.

[mikeymjr23]

That sounds like a pretty good set-up your buddy has there John.

[hunterdeneugene]

I see Cabelas has these on sale....
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...233&hasJS=true

[cwilliams]

I Just might have to try the Gobbler Guillotine one of these years.