RE: Why do people that hunt turkey with a bow......
 

When shooting them with a shotgun I liked to hold them down while they expire to prevent damage to the bird in case I wanted to mount it. Going to try bow hunting this season.

The only reason I would do that with a bow is to have a close follow up shot if need.

With a shotgun the bird was always dead just flapping.

I would not like to be on the whooping end of a pissed off injured TOM!

RE: Why do people that hunt turkey with a bow......
 

no one mentioned it, but if your arrow is still in it and you run up on it, the bird can kill you by flopping around!!

i had a friend catch a muzzy to the shin once because it was lodged in a still very much alive turkey, he bled ALOT...lucky to get out of the woods!
moose

RE: Why do people that hunt turkey with a bow......
 

Hey Moose, good point. Can't be too careful. Catch up to em and beat em with your bow.

RE: Why do people that hunt turkey with a bow......
 

I've yet to get one with the bow but I will try to get to the bird as soon as possible with safety being first and foremost.

If you haven't hunted for turkeys yet, don't. It is a bad thing, a disease that will fester in your psyche every spring for all the rest of your born days. Run away. Save your sanity while you still can.

RE: Why do people that hunt turkey with a bow......
 

pansies, if you sneak up on them and gank them with a knife they dont run off. :D you dont need a gun/bow