Arrow placement pics
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Arrow placement pics
These are something I made up for another web site many moons ago. My personal opinions on where to shoot turkeys with a bow in different positions.
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Ooops, guess I missed that last one. Anyway, I once heard a phrase, "hit 'em high and watch 'em die, hit 'em low and watch 'em go" thus I try to aim up in the upper third of the body. Generally hits the spine and they crappie flop on the spot, if not usually hit the vitals and they run off, roll over, and do the upside down bicycle pump.
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Excellent thread Muddy! Thank you!
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Interesting, definetly higher than i would think to shoot. good to know. Ive only shot one with a bow,
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Re: Arrow placement pics
A general rule of thump Ive kinda come up with (from looking at a ton of shot placement photos) is that when they are in full strut, you aim about at the level of the bottom of their neck, and when they are not in full strut, its about the level of the top of the beard..
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Re: Arrow placement pics
those really help me think of where i need to aim...
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Cool thanks for sharing!!
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Wrinkleneck wrote:Cool thanks for sharing!!
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Cool thread Muddy.
A couple of them looked at little high for me, but I agree that higher is better than lower.
A couple of them looked at little high for me, but I agree that higher is better than lower.
A buck will see you three times, and hear you twice, but he's only gonna smell you once.
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Interesting thanks muddy! I am going to try to kill my first gobbler with a bow this yr!
On the one where the turkey is strutting facing away do you really aim there or where you just censoring a graphic photo?
On the one where the turkey is strutting facing away do you really aim there or where you just censoring a graphic photo?
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Re: Arrow placement pics
If a gobbler is in full strut going straight away I will shoot right for the bung hole, you get everything.
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Yep. Cornholio!
A buck will see you three times, and hear you twice, but he's only gonna smell you once.
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Re: Arrow placement pics
Initially I thought some were a little high, but what Muddy said makes sense to me. I can admit losing a bird because I hit him too low. I thought I smoked him.
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Re: Arrow placement pics
For more conversation, the upper 1/3 of the bird is where you need to be. Below that and you're in the breast keel bone.
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Re: Arrow placement pics
All good information as I don't know squat about turkeys. Would have never guessed to aim that high.
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