Ok guys gonna be my first year bowhuntin turkeys.I been practicing shootin out of my doghouse blind and have gotten pretty used to shootin out the portholes.I practice out to 40 and 50 yards when I shoot alot but I wont shoot past 30 at a deer or hogs or anything other than a target.Just been thinkin since a turkeys kill zone is smaller I think I am going to limit myself to 15 or 20 or closer on them.What do you guys usually limit your shots on turkeys down to?Also when hunting from blind how do ya'll position your decoys right in front of the blind or a little past the blind.I just got to thinkin a lot of times a gobbler sees a decoy and just starts struttin around out of range.I am going to be using a single hen and single jake decoy in hopes that if a gobbler spots them he will come charging in at the jake and get maybe a 5 or 10 yard shot.Also how many of the portholes should I open all three or just a couple I just do not want it to be too much light inside the blind.The inside interior of my blind is black so that it is harder for game to see in.I am going to leave the mesh down as I am using 100 grain shockwaves for turkeys and am afraid they may open when shooting through the mesh.Really cannot see much difference with the mesh up anyway.Anyway any tips ya'll might have would be great esspecially on decoy placement that is the one I am still havin a hard one figurin out.With a gun no problem with a bow whole different ballgameThanks ya'll!!

gonna be my first year with a bow too! so i am kinda excited to hear what some of the more experienced has to say also!

I might get some crap on the ethics side of things for this but i have shot 2 toms over 30 yards. but thi should all depend on how comfortable you feel with your shooting, I would use the mesh if you have it the broadheads should go through fine.
I like to put my decoys real close to my blind at like 5 or 10 yards with the jake facing toword me.

I have never shot from a blind either but this season will be my first ,I was thinking of putting my decoy's about 10 to 15yrds with a jake a hen and a jake fan to boot . Shooting 30yrds isn't really that bad espeacially when you've been shooting 50yrds so I wouldn't hesitate to shoot 30 if the right situation arises and it was in the open. Normally I would try to keep it closer if I was inside the bush.

I will put my jake right beside my hen and then put mt jake tail closer to me away a bit from the other 2.this is just my strategy that I've used before While shotgun hunting and it worked then, so I'm sure it will work again. The Tom will want to run the dominent jake away first then he'll go after the other .



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hey guys, one of my good friends guides turkey hunts down here is southern oklahoma. from his double bull blind, he opened 3 port holes (facing the roost tree we knew they were using). also we positioned the decoys anywhere from 4 to 14 yards. we had a hen come in to spittin distance. our decoys were swiveling in the wind so it didn't really matter which way they faced. good luck

I started hunting toms with a bow exclusively & have been successfull ever since I made the switch - which is 3 years in a row.

The first thing I'd say is keep those windows shut - I have an old doublebull (not black, no mesh) and I bought my own mesh & cut it to fit inside of the windows & stretch it through & wrap it around the frame poles. If I set up with my back to something (where I can't shoot anyway) then I close the windows up with the stock material.

I prefer to (if possible) set up where you think the birds will cross in front of you - so lets say they are roosted to your left - then I'd put the corner of my blind straight in front & my deeks off to the right - close - like 10 yards & not past 12.

When the birds start moving toward the deeks they come PAST my left window & before they do I lower the mesh on my RIGHT window. As they pass the 1st window headed for the deeks I draw & wait for them to enter the right window. When he does it's a quick yelp - he stops to look & _______ (most would say whack but my bowtech is so quiet I just leave it blank )

I really believe it's best to have the mesh in the windows but I couldn't shoot through them. My spitfire 100's flew like !#$!@$# through it - 5-10" off at 20 yards. I'm going to try my fixed through them today before I go out but I don't plan on shooting through the mesh. I imagine with a fixed head, feathers, and a STRAIGHT SHOOTING well tuned bow (meaning the arrow leaves the bow as straight as possible - bullet hole at 2 feed) then it might work ok.

I read on another board that guys have been using green saran wrap on their windows - the ol ball & chain got me some last night & I'm going to put it in the windows today & see what it looks like.

Get them close - 10 yards or less - and you'll be a happy guy.

Practice shooting at 10 yards or less too - you'd be amazed at where you need to aim when he's only out there at 4 yards and trust me it can happen.

I had ONE bad issue with my spitfire 100 gobbler getters & I'll never use them again because of it - I'm sticking with my fixed blades.

Buckwing makes a 'turkey opener' post/umbrella thingy that I've fallen in love with. It replaces the original stake in your deek & opens up like an umbrella inside to help open the deek - then the stake slides into another stake & it can spin in the slightest breeze. On top of that I have fallen in love with the feather flex deeks - combined with the spreader it's awesome. The rubber ones (delta for instance) seem to always have a dimple that I can't get out of them - and - they are heavier & don't fold up as tight (and are typically more expensive).

Shoot for the X - make it count!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

later