Traditional fixed blade screw-in 125gr broadhead for turkey?

[left field]

Suggestions appreciated.

Thanks.

[nybuckboy]

G5 Montec

 

[moog5050]

I use heavier heads but VPA sharpen up nicely.  They make a good head.  

[moog5050]

By the way, good luck.  Turkey with traditional gear is a cool accomplishment. 

[left field]

With apologies to Thoreau:

"Many men go turkey hunting with a recurve all of their lives without knowing that it's not turkey they are after ... it's frustration."  

Thanks for the tips.

[Buckmaster7600]

With my bows I have went lightweight for turkeys. I want the arrow to stay in them. It really helps keep them on he ground after being hit.

Something I learned from shooting them with compounds and am carrying over to the longbow. I’m shooting 85gn sliktricks


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[biggamefish]

  I would still use a heavy head. Those feathers can be hard to punch through! Specially if you hit the wing but. I just read in a magazine to use a broadhead stopper like these.http://www.stickshootersupplies.co.nz/gallery/Arrow%2Bheads%2Bsmall%2Bgame/zwickey-scorpios-broadhead-stoppers/442681?view=jumbo&order=date_added OR these https://www.3riversarchery.com/replacement-claws-for-the-3rivers-tiger-claw-blunt.html.  I would definitely use a cut on contact though. 

[moog5050]

42 minutes ago, biggamefish said:

  I would still use a heavy head. Those feathers can be hard to punch through! Specially if you hit the wing but. I just read in a magazine to use a broadhead stopper like these.http://www.stickshootersupplies.co.nz/gallery/Arrow%2Bheads%2Bsmall%2Bgame/zwickey-scorpios-broadhead-stoppers/442681?view=jumbo&order=date_added OR these https://www.3riversarchery.com/replacement-claws-for-the-3rivers-tiger-claw-blunt.html.  I would definitely use a cut on contact though. 

Neat idea.  I wonder if they would slide back a few inches.  As long as they are ahead of the rest at full draw, it seems they would be perfect for leaving that arrow in the bird while still getting needed penetration.

[rob-c]

Biggamefish is right . Those small game adder points work well, had a buddy that used them ( I believe they were Bateman adder points, pretty sure Lancaster archery carry’s them )   behind some Simmons tree sharks ( there like 180-190 grain heads though ) on his trad bow for turkeys. Give the  Simmons shark broadheads a look, they have lighter but the tree sharks are like a 2 inch cut 2 blade head. Any turkey with a bow is special, but two thumbs up to one taken  with trad gear.. hope you get one..

Edited April 19, 2018 by rob-c

[left field]

Thanks for the tips. I have a number of those game claws and may try one. Feel free to mention favoured calls as well. 

To clarify, my plan is to go turkey hunting. Turkey killing may be an entirely different challenge.

[grampy]

33 minutes ago, left field said:

Thanks for the tips. I have a number of those game claws and may try one. Feel free to mention favoured calls as well. 

To clarify, my plan is to go turkey hunting. Turkey killing may be an entirely different challenge.

Best of luck to ya!!!  It's all in the "hunting", that makes it fun! Come back to let us know how ya do!

[stubborn1VT]

14 hours ago, left field said:

 

To clarify, my plan is to go turkey hunting. Turkey killing may be an entirely different challenge.

Are you related to Moog, by chance?

[left field]

To some extent, he taught me everything I know.

[moog5050]

10 minutes ago, left field said:

To some extent, he taught me everything I know.

Geeze left field, no need to reveal that you are clueless!

[dbHunterNY]

it'd be cool to take a turkey with a recurve.

[left field]

1 hour ago, moog5050 said:

Geeze left field, no need to reveal that you are clueless!

If by some miracle an idiotic blind and deaf turkey impales himself on my arrow, you're going to have some real bragging rights.

[G-Man]

I'd use with a stopper behind any head..you want the arrow to stay in unless your shooting a gobbler getter to slice off head

[moog5050]

I wonder if a moderate sized mechanical head would have the same effect.  Stops the pass through penetration from a slow recurve but probably still deep enough to leave it in the bird with a wide cut.  HMMMMM

[dbHunterNY]

4 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

I wonder if a moderate sized mechanical head would have the same effect.  Stops the pass through penetration from a slow recurve but probably still deep enough to leave it in the bird with a wide cut.  HMMMMM

i don't know about moderate sized but i was thinking about using the original Rage titanium heads i still have going. i think they're 2" cut. 2 blades and the tip is cut on contact with a definite sharp point compared to the original regular Rages. i was afraid the post this though. might make some all bothered and derail the whole thread.

[moog5050]

16 minutes ago, dbHunterNY said:

i don't know about moderate sized but i was thinking about using the original Rage titanium heads i still have going. i think they're 2" cut. 2 blades and the tip is cut on contact with a definite sharp point compared to the original regular Rages. i was afraid the post this though. might make some all bothered and derail the whole thread.

Logically it makes sense.  I know people have successfully used them on deer with traditional bows too.  I wouldn't due to lack of penetration.  But if that's the goal for turkey, seems like it would work.

[Buckmaster7600]

If you don’t shoot then when they’re broadside or slightly quartering away you could kill them with about anything. I have saw wing bones do crazy thing to arrows including a ricochet where a mechanical rocket bounced off the turkey. I won’t shoot a broadside turkey with bows anymore.


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[biggamefish]

On 4/19/2018 at 2:53 PM, rob-c said:

Biggamefish is right . Those small game adder points work well, had a buddy that used them ( I believe they were Bateman adder points, pretty sure Lancaster archery carry’s them )   behind some Simmons tree sharks ( there like 180-190 grain heads though ) on his trad bow for turkeys. Give the  Simmons shark broadheads a look, they have lighter but the tree sharks are like a 2 inch cut 2 blade head. Any turkey with a bow is special, but two thumbs up to one taken  with trad gear.. hope you get one..

 I use the Simmons tiger sharks they are deadly on animals. Another idea would be to use a string tracker.  Just remenber to pull some string out and shoot it a couple time to get the string coming out easily.

[dbHunterNY]

On 4/20/2018 at 2:48 PM, moog5050 said:

Logically it makes sense.  I know people have successfully used them on deer with traditional bows too.  I wouldn't due to lack of penetration.  But if that's the goal for turkey, seems like it would work.

i've gotten pass-thru on every deer i've shot with them, gnarly bucks to 100 lb doe. different arrow weights too, but that's with compounds over 300 fps IBO. trad bows are a bit different.  i wouldn't use anything but a cut on contact head either.