Crossbow Hunting Turkeys... [Archive] - Kentucky Hunting Forums

Willie

03-12-2005, 10:17 PM

http://www.horizontalbowhunter.com/news/news.asp?ID=74

jerry

03-13-2005, 07:39 AM

Good reading Willie.Just curious, are you Woody Williams?

schuyler olt

03-13-2005, 10:39 AM

This article says the vitals of a turkey are the size of a softball.

That's very wrong. The body cavity may be that big, but only a heart or lung shot will put the bird down quickly.

Now you are talking about the size of a tennis ball.

A gut shot turkey takes a while to die. They are still able to run or fly or both. They don't leave a blood trail, and they crawl up under or in thick stuff when they're hurt.

The odds of recovering a wounded turkey are almost nil.

I bowhunt turkeys, and I've gone to aiming for the neck, just like with a shotgun. Yes, it's a hard target to hit BUT (and this is important) a hit drops the bird right now, and a miss is almost always absolutely clean.

Something to think about.