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Old 03-30-2005 | 11:32 PM
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What do you guys think?
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Old 03-31-2005 | 04:13 PM
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i got a buddy that can make a head or neck shot all day long but i dont like to take the chance i like to wait till they are faceing away from me and i hit em in the back betwen the wings
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Old 03-31-2005 | 04:24 PM
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Pretty ris-kay, IMHO. Even for the best of the best with a bow. The turkey is almost always moving, especially its head. This changes neck position, even if only marginal. A split second after the arrow is underway and you've scored a miss. Worse yet, you've quadrupled the chance of injuring the bird. [&o]

Factor in that your launching a single projectile traveling at nominal hunting speeds (under 280 fps) vs. multiple pellets from a shotty buzzing along toward the neck at 1200 fps +, and you've got a recipie for problems. Do the bird justice and aim for the wing butt / body when using archery tackle.
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Old 03-31-2005 | 08:35 PM
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Reading that post reminded me of a guy I work with. Telling me that he only takes neck shots on deer with a bow so as not to damage any meet... If you talk to this guy about bow hunting for more than 5 minute you know your dealling with a cheese !@#$.

Also in the 15 years that I've worked with him I never seen him eating any venison
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Old 04-01-2005 | 05:50 AM
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I don't hunt with a bow, but was wondering what you all thought of the guillatine?
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