Broadhead for Turkeys
 

What is a good broadhead to use for turkeys?

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You might try a search on this topic. There is a lot of info on this subject. By the way, I' m using Rocket Hammerheads.

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8th season Bowhunting them-Rocky Mountain 3 Blade does them in real good.
vent em or middle of the back is what we like best.

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Here is the ultimate head for turks

Saunders bludgeon head will stop' em dead!

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I use NAP Gobbler Getters. They are basically a spitfire with larger blades, and a blunted tip. Try a search also, and you should get alot of info on this topic.

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I used a Rocket Steelhead on my first bird, I was not impressed, on my second bird I used the same Rocket with a bigger cutting diameter (forgot the name) and it worked much better. I just bought the NAP Gobbler Getter because of the blunt nose. The bird doesn' t seem to go as far if the arrow stays in him, pluse all the energey from the arrow is absorbed into the bird.
Good Luck!!!!

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Bigpapascout,

How many birds have you shot with that blunt tip?? Does it really stop' em dead?
Where do you usually aim for on the bird when you shoot one of these blut tips
Thanks

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Why not a field point?[X(]

Seems a sharp broadhead would blow right threw.

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Just to let you know, in AZ, you have to use broadheads on turkeys.

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Isn' t an Arizona turkey called a roadrunner?:D

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Steelforce has a new head made for less penetration and more tissue damage on turkeys and small game.

Check it out

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I will throw another vote in for the Rocket Hammerheads their impressive 2 inch cutting diameter in addition to their durable design should make them ideal for use on turkeys.

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6....4 in the head, one up the arse one in the boiler room
it is like shooting them with a 44 mag. devistating knock down power!

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I just bought some Rocket Stictnines for turkeys that look like they should really do the trick. They' re similar to the Hammerheads except they' re 125 grain, 2 inch diameter.

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Rocket Hammerheads. If you want the arrow to to stay in the turkey, bend a fish hook and screw it on under the broadhead. This really gives a thump when you hit em.

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I have had great success with Gobbler Getters

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I would have voted for the NAP' s too - until this weekend...

I think I' m growing less & less lucky - I had a broadhead issue during deer season & now I have one chasing the ugly bird.

I whacked a decent tom (~7" beard) at about 8 yards & I thought it was a perfect shot - he rolled & flopped & I thought he was done. I started opening the blind & about fell over when he got up & started running away. I grabbed another arrow & jumped out & saw him run off with my arrow dangling out of his side - it appeared as though it was barely in him - Long story short, we didn' t recover him or the arrow - so I spent the last 2 days wondering what happened.

Today my hunting partner took a perfectly broadside shot - same results - this time the arrow came out about 10 yards after the hit. We recovered the arrow & it shows no sign past the head - like it got 1" or so of penetration. One blade is gone, one is bent & the 3rd looks new.

What does this mean? I don' t know for certain - but I *believe* we both hit square at the base of the wing bone (fat spot) & didn' t penetrate.

Today I picked up the standard whitetail NAP spitfires with a sharp point.

Last year I took a 10" eastern @ 22 yards 1/4ing to me - I cut the ticker clean out of him & he didn' t go 3 feet.

For what it' s worth - I' d stick with the sharp heads.

BTW - I' m shooting a 450 GR arrow @ ~ 230FPS which yields ~ 53 ft-lbs of energy. My partners setup is probably a bit lower but I' d assume both have plenty of KE to do the job.

I just can' t believe it!

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In my opinion, (for all that' s worth) 53 KE isn' t enough to use an expandable BH. From what I have seen, the minimum should be 60 KE.
I have heard alot of bad things about NAP' s. Look at 5 Shot' s reports on heads, that may also help you.

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You got me worried now about the Gobbler Getters, I just bought a pack ready to shot a turkey this year. [:o]
I shoot a 100 grain Gobbler Getter on a Carbon Express 400 with a 70 lbs draw
What do ya think?

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huntmup
sorry to hear about your bad luck. with your setup I would suggest sticking to a better penitrating head. The Spitfire or Scorpion would be a much better choice.

turkeyreaper
I wouldn' t worry about your setup. I have taken several birds with that head and have had great success. I even called a coyote last Turkey season and got a complete pass through at 25 yards using a Gobbler Getter. He only went a couple feet before he was done. I am shooting right at 71ft-lb of K.E. with a 425g arrow/head setup.

I will post some pics of my first bird of the season shot yesterday as soon as I can. He is not a very big bird, but will make good table fare. The Gobbler getter I used dropped him on the spot. He rolled around a bit that was all.

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My *bad luck* really P' s me off[:@] because I' m afraid it may have been avoided:(


I' m at the early stages of tendonitis or just have a sore elbow (prepping for nationals & stuff - doing a LOT of shooting) so I turned my bow down from 70# to 60# for the ugly bird. I didn' t figure I *needed* that much weight.

I' ll never do that again - this week I turned her back up to 70# and am getting 59 or 60# of KE - the next long beard will be reduced to family size portions of GOD provided protien!:D

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2 blade spitfire put this bird down in 10 yards.

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Once again - my gobbler getters have done their job in the past - do I have to say it with every post?

This was a fluke deal - call it bad luck call it whatever - but I' m shooting the deer spitfires this weekend (with the point) instead of the gobbler getters...