Turkey BH's
 

I'm suprised I haven't seen a thread popup about broadheads for turkey. Season's right around the corner here in Ohio and has already started for some. So, what head will you be using this year? Me-85grain Spitfire.

RE: Turkey BH's
 

A new one for me this year. Steeforce Phathead Talon. FEDEX left mine were on the porch this afternoon. A buddy shot one in CA a few days ago with one. He said it flipped over backwards and never moved after that. He said he couldn't get over the wound channel the head made.

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Turkeys are amazingly hard to kill sometimes with a body shot. I lost two birds last spring hit pretty well with NAP Spitfires. A buddy of mine said the secret was to keep the head in the bird - either by shooting a 40 lb bow or by using some sort of penetration control device. For me, the latter worked well. I used the ASP washer between a 75 Muzzy and the insert. The Grasshopper washer also works well. Very difficult for the bird to run or fly with a broadhead stuck in him.

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I will use the same head i have used for every animal I hunt, they work!!!!

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Muzzy phantoms. Only because I will be longbowing it. I suppose I could use my vortex mechs since they are the same weight. I don't know if they'd open on a turkey, but I guess they would. I've got good speed to get them to open.

Any thoughts on mechs & a longbow?

RE: Turkey BH's
 

I love my vortex's but I never used them with my recurve asI was under the impression that I needed more speed (energy), I shot magnuswith my recurve. I never hunted turkey with my recurve either, I would have to look at that hard before I did it, maybe chrono the bow and figure out what type of ke your getting and speed.I was told a long time ago that you need at least 240fps with a hunting weight arrow for them to open, of course that wasjust what someone told me, may not be any truth to it?????? I don't know.....

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I body shot two gobblers thus far with Rocky Mountain Snypers, neither made it out of sight.

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I'm also using the Rocky Mountain Snypers. Rosco has the right idea with the grass hopper warsher. It is tuff business tracking turkeys that fly away.

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You got that right Chris. In KS, tkycaller(here on HNI) hit one that took flight. We studied the film (on 3 camera views) and went the way we last saw the birds flight, luckily we found the bird on that side hill. Without the cameras I honestly don't know if we would have found it. (don't know if would have made a difference but he wasn't using Snypers)

I have some Grasshoppers, I might do some experiments with them prior to the season.

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I was using Eastman mechanicals. I believe the shot was a little low so I am not sure any other broadhead would have made a difference. I am using the Snypers this year for the first time.

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I am use a Rage, I have shot 3 birds with a Montec and got them all.

The guys in the shop where testing that new one from magnus I think, it looked wicked!

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Them Phathead look awesome!

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Sure does.....i shoot em and i love em!

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Roskoe: When you lost those birds, did the Spitfires passthru or did the blades fold up and the arrow fall out of the bird? Just wondering since I'm using Spitfires. I just thought since I'm using only 50lbs that penetration would be limited.