Jeff how many LB have you seen this year?

Probably the same two, twice.

Don't ask me the next question you're thinking about. It won't help your argument

What is it, that is all I got, LOL I have seen 4 wondering around my place.

That's weak Jeff. Bow in blind right?

3 male Turkeys this being the 3rd year of Turkey hunting for me.

Bucks?? Your Guess is as good as mine. I have had over 20 mounted and a pile of racks and several I never saved anything from. I'm guessing 60 at least. I've Bowhunted for Deer for 40 years, and I passed over 20 antlered bucks last year.

You know what they say: "One man's trash is another man's treasure"

Dan

Bow in blind.....bow from a rooftop....it doesn't matter.

IMO.....killing a legal bird with a bow is harder than killing a deer.....harder than killing an antlered deer.......harder than killing a mature antlered deer.

It's my opinion. The numbers from my previous thread backed this up (when speaking of bowhunting, ONLY). We are in the bowhunting forum....lol.

Are you serious?Saying it does not matter indicates just how little you know. Amazing.

My opinion is that when you introduce a blind in the equation you could use a slingsot and kill a turkey. They are oblivious to them.


Yeah, you keep reminding us of that.....LOL . I am saying that bowhunting is a non factor if you use a blind.
The difficulty is due to the motion of pulling the bow back..............not the range. Most birds are killed within 20 yards anyway.

Jeff: a few things you're not considering...
[ol][*]Commercially-produced blinds and "blind hunting" is a relatively new mode of bowhunting turkeys. Sure, there were guys out there building man-made/natural blinds since the dawn of time - but as far as the average joe being able to bowhunt turkeys with any degree of success- he wouldn't have wasted his time... But now that he can buy a doghouse blind at Walmart for $75 - it's actually feasible, and people are doing it routinely. These are guys who have been bowhunting deer for 20-30 years - and killing turkeys in the spring really hasn't become a realistic idea until very recently. Hell, I don't even think you could buy a turkeydecoy in 1990. LOL Try it with no blind and no decoy.Good luck with that.[*]Location. On just about any respectably-sized woodlot, there's a place where any schmuck with half a brain can hang a stand and kill a buck. However, not all landmasses have the perfect strut-zone, readily-equipped with a nice, flat clover/chufa field that borders a poletimber roosting area. So, for every 30-40 decent deer stand sites, there might be one really perfect ambush site for a would-be turkey bowhunter.So most guys just don't have access to the "ideal" location - even if they do have all the goods (bow, blind, dekes, calls, property)[*]Vacation Time. Most guys are lucky if they get a week or two to burn in any given year. I'd reckon that most of the guys here would take most/all of their vacation time in the fall, if they were forced to choose. That means that a VERY low percentage of their availablehunting time is spent on bowhunting turkeys. [/ol]
So these factors all translate into an abyssmally low success rate for "turkey bowhunters." However, I don't think that the low success rate mean that it's insurmountably difficult. As a matter of fact, if you have a good place to put a blind up - it's quite easy. Just put the time in, and sooner or later - a tom is bound to present a shot.

Truth is, not everybody has the time, the blind or the location. If you have all 3, and a decent caller - even a child can do it.

I honestly can't believe you're arguing this, Gus.....lol.

What's the average person's range with a shotgun? Bow? How many times have I seen a guy pull the trigger on a shotgun illed bird from 50yds?

Let me put it this way......

If Rob and I had had shotguns this past weekend.....we'd BOTH have a bird....and Rob would most likely have TWO. We were hunting from a blind.

Way too many questions.
let me just say this. I have hunted 30 years with a bow for deer. I never hunted turkeys with a bow. I put down a lot of antler but am more proud of the number of bucks I have let walk.