Long Beard Chasing*Bowhunting Style!
03-01-2010, 10:37 AM
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Fork Horn
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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!!
03-01-2010, 11:45 AM
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Fork Horn
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Originally Posted by tsaxybabe
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!
03-01-2010, 12:38 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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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.
Been using the Magnus bullhead for the last three years. Haven't had to track a wounded turkey since switching to them.
03-01-2010, 01:08 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Originally Posted by BvrHunter
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!!
03-01-2010, 05:45 PM
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Fork Horn
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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?
03-01-2010, 06:36 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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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.
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.
