geese on the wing

[kingfisher]

any of you guys shoot any geese with your trad bows? i have been messing around shooting aerial disk and a good waterfowler buddy of mine came by and saw me doing it and asked if i wanted to give it a try and i said heck yeah. But i dont know what to use obviously flu flu arrows but broadhead, blunts, field points, judos, what do you guys think i should use?

[Bowspirit]

At the speed geese fly, I wouldn't use flu flu's. Maybe a simple four fletch flu, but that's about as far as I'd go. And the general concensus seems that broadheads are a must...

[kingfisher]

yeah i dont shoot tru flu flus i guess what i call a flu  flu is a full size feather cut into three four inch feathers and just put those on the shaft but thinks i didnt know if broadheads would be needed or not

[Jeremy]

With geese broadheads are a must.  I've seen too many rocked by shot at close range and keep on flying.  If not hunting over dogs I'd say broadheads for pheseant too - they're tougher than you think.

[kingfisher]

k thanks a lot guys

[Frenchymanny]

Kingfisher,

We are a gang of friends here in Eastern Canada and we are about to try it too!
I'm going with a 3 fletch flu flu, and I'll be ready to cut down the heigth of the feather in the field to gain speed if needed.

Good luck,
F-Manny

[kingfisher]

thats my plan also frenchmanny good luck to ya and if you get one make sure you let me know lol

[Nightstalker]

The Pennsylvania Long Bow association puts on a Pheasent hunt from time to time. I participated in one of them a couple years back and it was the cats meow. To begin with, the organization of the event was excellent, the price fair and the pheasent plentiful. There were groups split up and assigned to different fields so as to not over burden an area with folks.

I used a cedar arrow with a 3 blade Bodkin Broadhead and a 4 fletched straight flu-flu. Judging from the sizes of a Pheasent verse a Goose and seeing how tough a pheasent can be, you just might need an anit-aircraft gun. Just kidding, it's a blast to wing shoot so have fun. It's amazing though, everytime you shoot and miss, it's unbelievable just how close you come.

Cheers

[Chad Panattoni]

Hi guys,I say broadhead.Im also going to try it out this year, we got alot of ducks out here in california.But we also have alot of people and i think trad wing shootin is just the ticket for areas where there are to many nonhunters.Im also going to hunt dove and chuckar like that to this year.I hunted chuckar with blunts and flu flus  but they always got the better of me.came close though. good luck

[Frenchymanny]

Good luck to you Chad! Chuckars are fast birds!

[Arwin]

That is something I really want to try but don't know where to start. I can't invest in a whole bunch of decoys and hunting them over water isn't an option since I don't have a good retriever.
 What would you experienced goose hunters suggest for keeping it simple over a field or similar?

[Frenchymanny]

Others will kick in for sure, in my opinion you can start with a "goose" family, just a few decoys (5, or 6) and have fun, that is not too expensive and can have great success, especially early in the season.

Snows, it's another story!

Good luck,
F-Manny

[selfbowyer]

I've been hunting geese with a bow for several years. A short compact curve or longbow is almost a must. Most of our hunting is in the field over full body decoys. We use lay out blinds and because of he angle you lay, it limits the shots you can take. It's very important to pre plan where you expect the birds to come in from and angle your body accordingly. Broadheads are a must, with their thick down a blunt will bounce off, probably causing internal damage but most likey not recoverable. I would suggest not to use a dog if you are trying this. The arrow will stay in the bird leaving the broadhead exposed. I use three large fletched arrows with snuffer heads. Normally I have a couple of other people with me, carrying shotguns to get the birds I miss. In several years of hunting them I've only gotten two with a bow. good luck and have fun. Glenn

[Bowshot]

I pass shoot geese with regular hunting arrow/ broadhead set ups, just use bright fletching. I have a great set up for this, I can get 6 -12 shots off at geese as they head  out to feed in the evening and then sneak into a treestand to hunt deer. I have 3 or 4 willow blinds set up on a fence line just about 50 yards from the shoreline of a large slough. I can get into the blinds without being detected and then just wait for them to fly. After dark or the next morning I retrieve the arrows from the stubble. Since the geese are heading out to feed, decoy's don't offer me much of an advantage. Lots of shooting, not much eating but it is pretty fun. Last year I was able to average 1 per week for Oct. Getting out 4-6 times per week. I was able to get one over decoys after a snow fall, laid in the middle of the decoys under a white tarp. Waited for a large flock to come in, kicked the tarp down, sat up and got 1 at about 15 feet.

Terry

[Divinecedar]

I would suggest a four-fletched arrow with high-back  Pope & Young style fletchings. Geese are truly resilient birds, so a broadhead would indeed be a good idea. If you are going to shoot carbon or aluminum arrows, then the "Turkey Tearror" by American Broadhead Company would be PERFECT. Check it out...

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