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Old 02-27-2008, 12:22 PM
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Roskoe
 
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Default RE: turkey with bow

X2. I can't believe how hard sometimesa turkey is to bow kill with a body shot. If you elect to keep the poundage up above 50 lbs, try some sort of device to control penetration - like an Adder washer orGrasshopper insert. I have even seen #6 short shanked fish hooks lashed to the end of the arrow shaft - facing forward. I think they used three of them.

AndI have heard that you need to get down to about 45 lbs. and shoot a wide cut broadhead to get the arrow to stay in a bird without the washer or some other penetration control device.
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