Long Beard Chasing*Bowhunting Style!
 

Just wondering how many of you will be out there this Spring chasing them old long beards around with your Bow?? This will be my second year taking nothing but my bow. Been spring gobbler hunting for about twenty years now. Bowhunting for the last 17 and why I have waited this long to combine the two still baffles me!! I have not been successful with the bow just yet during SGS( skipped an arrow off the back of one last year) I have plucked a few in the fall during deer season. But Nothing compares to getting old Tom fired up and reeling him in. And then to put him down with the bow... thats where its at!!

I'm going to try turkey hunting with my bow this season. It will be my first time ever turkey hunting, and I can't wait for the season to start!

Yeah man I hear ya! I'm pretty pumped up about it myself.

I'll be using the bow again. Been using it mostly for the last several years. When I say mostly, if it comes right down to the final hunt and I haven't gotten the deal sealed with the bow, I'm not against evening up the odds with my scatter gun.

Been using the Magnus bullhead for the last three years. Haven't had to track a wounded turkey since switching to them.

Anyone using the Guillotine's??

I agree!!! I've only been bowhunting Gobblers for just 12 years but it's been one of THE most exciting and enjoyable pursuits I've ever had! Best of luck to everyone this Spring!

I'll be out there. A lot of fun chasing them with the bow.

I tried the Gobbler Guillotines at a paper target and they seemed to shoot terribly (I was shooting them without the blades in; we didn't want to break them). Not very accurate at all. Has anyone else had this problem with them? Are the bullheads better?

I used the guillotines before the bullheads came out. We use longer arrows and instead of blazer vanes, we put 5" feathers on. I think your rig really needs to be tuned to get the arrow flying as true as possible with either broadhead because they both have a lot of blade out front, and if they don't get launched perfectly straight, those blades out front will make'em fly goofy.
The bullhead blades are definately tougher than the guillotines, but we found that shooting them into some 4" foam over a block target, with a simple home made paper target pinned on the foam, that the arrow will bounce off and not damage the blades. This way, you can shoot'em over and over.

I plan on just using my regular thunder heads. Anyone think thats not a good Idea? They are basically the only head I've ever used. Maybe the bullheads are the way to go?

I may go some with my bow but i tell ya, for me theres nothing like runnin and gunnin for turkeys with the scatter gun. Sitting in a blind for hours just dosent do it for me.

One thing about the bullheads, ya gotta hit the head or neck. They will NOT penetrate the body of a turkey.

Yeah the blind sitting can get long and boring, BUT getting a turkey with-in 10 yards while drummin', spittin, and gobblin', makes it worth it!!

Yeah I think I will just stick with the Thunderheads for now. And I'm like you MoHunter I'm not to keen on sitting in a blind for hours on end. I like to be out and about chasing. This year I'll try to spend an equal amount of time doind both. Good luck to everyone this spring. Can't wait to hear some of the glory stories :)

I think I will be picking up the bow again for turkeys. I haven't since 2005 I think. Any broadhead will do the trick if you hit them perfectly but based on my previous futile attempts I am switching to as large an expandable as I can find - maybe a Tom-o-hawk 3-blade - 3.5" dia. Anyone know of anything bigger? Im not interested in the Guillotine.

I'm fairly new to turkey hunting period. But in one of my hottest deer spots I had a gobbler with an 8 inch beard cruise past me on several occasions. So, yes, I will be trying it with the bow.

I'll be using the guillotines this year IF I can get them to tune and fly at distance. If not it will be 1 3/4" reapers with expanded cups making them 2". I'm gonna be using my 3d setup with scope etc so I'm not afraid of a long shot;)