SO i am looking for info on arrow weight(carbon)and i dont want to get into a technical subject....just basic info...but what would be a good over all weight for turkey hunting...this is just a personal info thing......and i want to start window shopping for carbon shafts and arrow making stuff...IS THERE..any one here that is a hard core traditional turkey hunter...thanks john
I,ve taken a lot turkeys with bow. I just use the same setup from big game hunts. Turkeys are really not the difficult to get, just like any other animal, shot placement means more than anything else.
Taken about a dozen birds with a recurve -- 40-48#, arrows in the 500 grain range,Woodsman 3-blade and 4-blade Zwickeys.
I've been turkey hunting since the eighties and have used my regular deer hunting setup. Bows have ranged from 65# back then to 45# last year. Snuffers have been my primary broadheads with bullheads coming in second. Shot placement is critical! I have a string tracker on the snuffers and it's worked out well for when they fly after being shot. Shot placement is Critical!
I just use my regular whitetail setup as well. 45#@29" and 560 grain arrows. Definitely, don't need that heavy of an arrow, but that's where I am at with my setup and tuning.
I'm not much into turkey hunting but I've killed a dozen or so with my bow. I always used same equipment as deer setup. Hunting them from blinds my shots have always been close. One thing I really believe in is shooting them head on or tail on. Better odds of getting the vitals than broadside on, in my experience. My favorite shot is quartering on between the neck and "shoulder". They flip right over and don't go anywhere.
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Same set up you use for deer.
And in alignment with what Ryan says above regarding shot angles ......... Texas Heart Shot. Can't get any better!
Caught these guys looking into my basement window this afternoon.
I probably qualify as a 'die hard turkey hunter"; albeit NOT a die hard turkey killer. I often bill myself as the worlds worst turkey hunter with a bow. That said, I have scatched down a handful over the years. The best advice is to shoot close enough that you can hit a tennis ball all the time.
Turkeys are easy to kill with any sharp broadhead; it's hitting them in the right place that is hard. Any reasonably weighted arrow (IMHO 450 grains and up) works. I tend to change my broadheads from my normal hunting setup from a two blade Eskimo, Bear, or Magnus to something like a wider Simmons head for turkey (currently the two blade Landshark). I do like a string tracker for some insurance.
Good luck!