Hey all,
What type of heads do you use or would you recommend for geese?
I've never done it but I hope to this winter. I plan on using a big two blade maybe with a grasshopper behind it.
heard of a couple of guys down here in Texsa usin those big turkey type blades with good results with those floo floo arras .
A large simmons head is the best for Turkeys, geese, swans. Notch a "v" into the tip - small v is OK. Other than that use 3 or 4 blade heads - bigger the better. Friends - don't use those grasshoppers on geese - if you make a superficial hit you want the arrow to flop out. If you make a vital - center punch hit with the heads described here you will recover your bird - even if they fly off - put binoculars on them immediately - they drop within a couple hundred yards.
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I just use a regular broadhead and flu-flus. Two bladed Stinger in my case. I am not an expert on this and have only done it a handful of times but that's what worked for me.
Note - I don't hunt with a dog when doing this. If I did I would be concerned about the dog getting cut by the broadhead on a partial pass-thru shot. Perhaps installing an adder would fix that.
Never thought of that Dave, good point.
I meant Corey. I thought the grasshoppers would help recovery. I can see how they might be problematic.
yes of course - no problem there - we still like to see set ups that will keep the arrow IN on turkey hunts. Many of the goose hunting opportunities today are modern flocks - many not even migratory - these things are going back to golf course - school yards - you name it. On our swan hunts I was always a little on edge too - since those birds would return to Mattamuskeet NWR - very popular with bird watcher type people - fortunately we never sent one back carrying an arrow - using equipment described earlier - Good Hunting<>< <------------<<<<<