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Title: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 18, 2008, 11:14:00 AM
Just wondering what people wingshoot or would like to wingshoot with their bows.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 18, 2008, 11:57:00 AM
For those shooting pheasants, have they been on hunting club properties?
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: 5deer on November 18, 2008, 12:01:00 PM
what about crows   :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: Bill Tell on November 18, 2008, 12:34:00 PM
What about grouse?
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 18, 2008, 01:08:00 PM
Didn't mean to exclude those shooting at crows or grouse but was just curious about the most common targets.  I wouldn't have guessed that people were trying to take grouse out of the air.  Crows are fun, hard to hit, but a little too smart.  I need dumber birds.  ;)  

Hunting for quail is a blast also.  They are small and so fast but I always get a lot more shooting when hunting them.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: reddogge on November 18, 2008, 01:31:00 PM
How about chukar partridges?
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 18, 2008, 02:50:00 PM
I have done chukars.  Most struggle with a shotgun let alone a bow.  The terrain is generally extremely steep and rugged.  Some places, shooting a flu flu would require going downhill 300 yards to pick up you arrow and then back up.  I love hunting them and they are a big enough challenge for me with a shotgun.  This year in idaho, bird counts are so low the after days and miles of hunting I got one shot with my bow.  When you have to work that hard to find them, I want a pattern with back up shots.  

If they are available, definately give them a try.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 18, 2008, 02:55:00 PM
I am surprised that more people don't go or wouldn't like to go for duck over pheasant.  Any reason why?
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 18, 2008, 09:30:00 PM
Go waterfowl hunters!  Ok, maybe they don't taste as good as pheasants.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: cajnhuntr on November 19, 2008, 10:20:00 AM
I have hunted geese in the past and I am preparing for some more action in the next few weeks. I have only taken a couple but I now have a disk thrower and I have been shooting regularly to get ready for the season and from last weeks scouting trip I am in for a lot of action.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: blueline on November 19, 2008, 10:34:00 AM
I did not see the any thing that flyes button!!!!
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: Blackhawk on November 19, 2008, 11:39:00 AM
Last season I hunted doves with a bow and discovered that hitting a 4 ounce target flying 40 mph is tough enough with a 12 ga.    :scared:  

Success for me was just "getting close".   :D  

Pheasants at a hunt club does sound like fun.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: Brian Krebs on November 19, 2008, 01:43:00 PM
if your going to retrieve the ducks and geese yourself; by hand; well... that is doable.

But if your shooting broadheads at them;and using dogs-- you better have more dogs than arrows.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: Brian Krebs on November 19, 2008, 01:44:00 PM
Oh and by the way; weight forward arrows can...sink.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 19, 2008, 03:06:00 PM
My Gold Tip traditionals 7595 with 125gr tips float well.  Now if they plunge into the water and stick into mud, that is a different story.
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: oxnam on November 20, 2008, 02:33:00 PM
Thanks for participating
Title: Re: Wingshooting What -- Poll
Post by: E. Texas HillBilly on November 20, 2008, 03:55:00 PM
I wing shoot... air...I would like to be able to shoot small flying mammals, but I miss...alot.
                           -Hillbilly