My only experience with arrowing them is with my wheelies.Even shooting maxed out 70# limbs with huge mechanical heads and light arrows I could never prevent a pass-through.Though my best bird to date expired the quickest and was shot with a little Wasp Hammer.That being said this being my first Trad. season with 54-57# recurves and I'll just be shooting Zephyr tempest 2 blade.Long story short.I believe that would be adequate,but I would still go with the experienced fellows here and switch to no hindrances to penetration.


My 2cents,
Ethan

Thanks Blaster.  great info.

It will be hard to decide, but perhaps a bigger head would open a larger hole and allow the adder to enter better, but at that point the adder is not doing anything anyway and is really not needed. mmmmmmmmmmm  


Thanks for the info guys, tough to say, as I am getting about equal pros and cons.

Jake

It looks like it would thump him a good one. But i worry if you need to shoot him coming stright to you  would it get through the breast. I have been lucky to take several turkeys. Shot placement is the most important thing to look at. The quickest kill i ever made was with a WW on a 2018 out of a zipper bow. It zipped through him like he wasnt there. LOL

Adder points are meant to keep an arrow from passing thru a bird.  Some guys like to anchor the arrow to inhibit flight and follow up with a second arrow.  So if that's your goal, you're on the right track. I like as much arrow penetration as possible, so I wouldn't use them on turkey.  I do use adders on small game and stump-shooting.  They're tough and prevent snaking.  Good luck!

I have shot the star "penetration limiter" behind several broadheads for turkey, including a big old Bodkin 3-blade, always with low- to mid-50lb bows and wood arrows, and gotten easy pass-throughs in every instance, unless there was a tree or ground behind to stop the arrow. In opposition to many other hunters, I don't want pass throughs, since I hunt public land forest and mountain birds that have infinite places to hide. Rather, I want the arrow to projec through the off-side but stay in to limit the bird from running or flying. I'm still searching for a head big enough to manage that, but have come to the conclusion that I'd have to drop to a 40lb bow, or so, to pull it off. That's my very long experience on a couple-dozen birds, for what it's worth.

I can't believe how many people shoot all the way through birds!  You guys all shooting big 3 blade heads?  I can see with a 2 blade but haven't seen it to much with my big heads (snuffers)

Everyone has different experiences with Turkeys.

I've killed 6 with trad gear.  5 with 2 blade heads and one with a 160 snuffer.  Ironically, the one I shot with the snuffer was a pass thru, and this bird still made it 100 yards before dying.  Some that I shot with 2 blade heads flopped around and died within a few feet.

I shoot the same set ups for deer and turkey.  A sharp head in the kill zone will put turkey breasts in the frying pan.

Brett

I think the problem in this discussion is the definition of pass through....

Some guys consider any kind of exit hole to be a pass through.  To others, if the arrow stays in the animal, even if the point is hanging out the far side, it isn't a pass through.

I've only shot one turkey and that was with a Zwickey eskimo.  Shot through the wings.  Pass through (2 holes) but arrow stayed in the bird.

Dave Bulla I should of thought of that Thanks.  I ment arrow going all the out the other side not just an exit hole

QuoteOriginally posted by Dave Bulla:
I think the problem in this discussion is the definition of pass through....

Some guys consider any kind of exit hole to be a pass through.  To others, if the arrow stays in the animal, even if the point is hanging out the far side, it isn't a pass through.

I've only shot one turkey and that was with a Zwickey eskimo.  Shot through the wings.  Pass through (2 holes) but arrow stayed in the bird.

Exactly... If the arrows completely exits the animal under it's own momentum it is a pass thru.
If the broadhead pokes thru the other side and the arrow stays in I call it "complete penetration.
I think that definition will change the poll of pass thrus on turkey.
I have only had 1 out of 4 bow killed turkeys with the arrow left in the bird. Which is benficial to help keep the bird from flying or running thru thick brush just long enough to recover a mortaly hit bird.

I would use the stopper if you typicaly get good penetration with your set-up.

In Iowa a 9/16'' blunt is legal, I can tell you that a body hit with a 64pound Schulz and a small blungeon over a steel blunt makes them run about a 100 yards before they start feeding again.

I would not use that head. A big Simmons or snuffer is the way to go. If you don`t want to pass through the bird use a bigger broadhead and do more cutting. I`ve killed several and only had one pass through and lost that bird. The smallest head I use now is a phantom four blade. I`m gonna use a Simmons tree shark this year God willing.RC

Use it !
DR

Sure is a tough call, I am getting so many different opinions.

I have not shot anything with my current setup except for targets, so I really do not know what kind of penetration I have been getting.