HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - Shooting in Strut
View Single Post
Old 03-22-2006 | 08:48 AM
  #11  
TeeJay's Avatar
TeeJay
Nontypical Buck
 
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 4,701
Likes: 0
From: Wadena, MN
Default RE: Shooting in Strut

ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr

ORIGINAL: MDManiac

I was always told a turkey in strut is bulletproof.
This is quite true, that is, unless your bullet is a Hammerhead tipped arrow @ 300 FPS!

Actually, there are a couple of negatives for doing this, although it can work. 1st, you have a MUCH smaller target. They hunker their head down amongst all those feathers making it quite hard to hit. 2nd, if you do, you will almost certainly put some shot in the breast. Watch out for those, they hurt the teeth pretty bad. 3rd, as mentioned, you can blast the heck outta their tail.
Exactly I prefer the strut when they are facing away from you gives you time to draw and a nice little target!
TeeJay is offline  
Reply