turkey bows

[Plumber]

I want a bow for turkey hunting.For deer hunting I shoot 52 lbs.I was thinking going lighter for turkey.My thought is It would be eaiser to draw a 40-42 lb bow when the shot arises.I want to hunt a ground cover blind any thoughts on this I would like to here your in put.thanks ED

[stykbow67]

Stick with your #52 bow, turkey wing feathers and bones are harder than you think and them birds are just plain tough!! You want as much penetration as you can get!!  Just my .02

Steve

[Guru]

Originally posted by stykbow67:
Stick with your #52 bow, turkey wing feathers and bones are harder than you think and them birds are just plain tough!! You want as much penetration as you can get!!  Just my .02

Steve

Couldn't have said it better!

[Friend]

Underestimating what it takes to consistently harvest gobs may be quite natural.

My preference is to have a set-up designed for accelerated immobility.

>>>Penetration and Big holes<<<

[Plumber]

I understand what you all are saying.that was my concern.I think a hit on a turkey wing could be tougher then slipping it through the ribs of a whitetail.

[longbow fanatic 1]

Originally posted by stykbow67:
Stick with your #52 bow, turkey wing feathers and bones are harder than you think and them birds are just plain tough!! You want as much penetration as you can get!!  Just my .02

Steve

X3. I shot a turkey once with a 52# bow at my draw weight. 14 yard shot. I hit the bird at the top of the wing on a broadside angle. I didn't even get a full pass through. Dumped the bird like a sack of potatoes though.

[joe skipp]

I shoot a 55# Browning, 580 grain Fir arrows and 160 grain Snuffers. I love the way the heavy setup slams into them. Your fine...

[Mike Gerardi]

I have shot several turkey with a 60lb bow at my draw. Out of six birds harvested with that bow only one arrow completely passed through the bird.

[Mike Gerardi]

For what thats worth.

[Warden609]

I shot a big gobbler with a Snuffer and seventy pound long bow ten years ago. The arrow weight was around seven hundred grains. I hit that bird in the hip joint best I can figure, because when the arrow hit it pushed the bird several feet and just fell out of the bird to the ground. The bird limped a few steps and flew off. A few cut feathers, but no blood was found. It was really odd. Been chasin birds with archery since the early nineties and shot placement is everything. One interesting consideration in respect to bow weight would be to focus on head shots. You could go lighter in bow weight and focus on getting birds into comfortable shooting range and pounding them in the head. Just another option for putting gobblers on the ground if you want to shoot a lighter bow. With a quiet stickbow I have gottin multiple shots at birds from a blind   . Turkeys are tough!!!!

[Charlie Lamb]

65# bow and 620 gr. arrow. Magnus I w/bleeder. The penetration results are pretty typical.

Turkeys "give" when the arrow hits, robbing penetration.
   

[Orion]

Yep.  What Charlie said.  When an arrow hits a turkey, the bird moves with the arrow.  Combine that with multiple layers of very tough feather quills, and penetration can be a problem. Those are also good arguments for heavy arrows for turkeys.

[Charlie Lamb]

Let me add that having the arrow stay in the bird is no hinderance to it leaving the area. Note how far this one ran before giving it up.
 
On the same trip I shot another bird that got airborne with a similar shot and flew at least a hundred yards before crashing.  

[Blaino]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3rLyZpMYjA&list=TLyvmfy9TjgA-NdKBYx-najhxCy0U8vaLG

primative archery but a lot can still be learned and used in "traditional archery" imo....

[james hoffman]

Last year I shot a gobbler at 12yds w/57lbs and a675 gr. with a 160 snuffer bounced back off the wing socket. They're tougher than you think.

[Plumber]

thank you all for the info