Tips for Turkey???

Mathewsbow1 · 03-02-2003, 10:20 PM

I' m putting the shotgun down and attempting to Turkey hunt this entire season with a bow. I have never tried to Turkey hunt with a bow before. So any TIPS you may have would be greatly appreciated. When I mean any tips, I mean ANY.

Thanks and good hunting!!!
jt

mez · 03-03-2003, 01:14 PM

Get some sort of a ground blind to use. My preference is the Double Bull models but they are a little spendy. A couple decoys are also helpfull, a jake and a hen and make sure they are facing you, a turkey will usually try to get in front of them and if his fan is up you can draw at this time if you don' t have a blind.

2 Lungs · 03-03-2003, 10:22 PM

I think that first you should buy a Double Bull! If you have a chance watch one of their vidieos and you' ll see why. An 80% letoff cam/bow is another good choice. At times you have to hold your bow for what seems like forever. Again, face your decoys towards your blind. Buy a chair that makes zero noise when drawing since we all know how well a turk hears, especially at 15 yards! Get yourself out there early because your not near as mobile as you are with a gun. It can get mighty frustrating setting in a blind when it' s hot and nothing is going on in the middle of the day and you can' t move fast with all your equipment! I' m not saying you can' t still hunt w/out a blind, I just have not done that yet. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! Oh ya, get a LARGE cutting broadhead! I still have a lot to learn since I have only done it with a bow for one season. I harvested a Tom last spring with lots of luck on my side!!!! I had been setting up in the same spot for a couple day' s, a spot another member on this board turned me onto, when on an evening hunt only 15 min. or so into it, four Tom' s came into my hen decoy. I had never made a call when these Tom' s came into the alfalfa field. Great topic, curious to see other replies since I' m still learning myself. Best of luck!!

2L