Turkey hunting with a bow!
#11
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From: Marysville WA USA
Check out your regulations though... Here in WA for some unknown idiotic reason, mechanical broadheads are illegal... Has to be fixed blade.
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#12
Typical Buck
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From: Nicholasville, KY
WANWTF, that is debatable. The response I got from the enforcement office in Olympia last February was that they are legal. Supposedly, mechanicals are only illegal for big game. I am waiting on a response from them again this season, as I was corrected about this from someone who was told by a warden they were illegal for both big and small game. However, it doesn't specify any restrictions in the turkey pamphlet. We both e-mailed the enforcement office, and are waiting for responses to compare. The response I got from them last year was they weren't illegal for turkeys, and there weren't any restrictions on equipment like for big game such as let-off, minimum arrow weight, etc. If you read the Big Game regs carefully under archery equipment, it states that they are illegal for big game, not for wildlife. And from what I've been told, if it doesn't say it is illegal, then it's legal. I'll keep you posted. I wonder if other states are as bad as WA about inconsistency between regulations interpretation.
Back to the topic, if you get good flight from your current set-up, I wouldn't rush to change it. However, mechanicals will give you a larger margin for error on a kill shot with a wider cutting area. And penetration will be less since the cutting area is more.
Hunt hard, live right, and tell your kids you love 'em!
Back to the topic, if you get good flight from your current set-up, I wouldn't rush to change it. However, mechanicals will give you a larger margin for error on a kill shot with a wider cutting area. And penetration will be less since the cutting area is more.
Hunt hard, live right, and tell your kids you love 'em!
#13
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From: Marysville WA USA
Huh... I e-mailed them the question specifically about turkeys because I wanted to put up some information on my web page, and the response I got was had a little smart @$$ feel to it... basically on the lines the regs say no mechanicle, that means no mechanicle... Made no sense to me - let me know what you find out Slee, so I can pass it along.
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#14
Typical Buck
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From: Nicholasville, KY
Man I wish that I'd saved their response from last year. I kept it for a long time, and deleted it only a few months ago. That really pisses me off that they gave you a totally different answer than I got last year, yet nothing has changed in the regs. I've got a good mind to e-mail the director about this, not that he could actually do anything. He seems about as incompetent as the rest of them. I'll e-mail you their response as soon as it comes.
Hunt hard, live right, and tell your kids you love 'em!
Hunt hard, live right, and tell your kids you love 'em!
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