My Double Bull and a fresh season

[IB]

Some guys just get ALL the Deals      

[Orion]

Charlie:  Haven't used a guillitine (sp) head, but from what I've read, they don't shoot well through blind netting.  And, of course, if you leave a slit open, it shows up as black to the critters.  Turkeys aren't as spooked by that as are deer, particularly if you're wearing black, but they might be able to catch movement inside the blind unless you're well camouflaged.  Re bow length, my hunting partner shoots a 64-inch recurve out of a recurve model DB.  No problem with vertical room.  Do have to watch the side walls depending on how much you cant though.  If you're not already aware of this tip, it's a good idea to put something that feels different on the top center hub, a piece of tape, etc.  This makes it much easier to set up in the dark.

[Shaun]

That's a good tip to put something to feel on the top center hub. Every time I get in the middle of my DB to set it up, I get a moment of panic with a vision of being tangled up completely in the spring loaded contraption and having to wait for someone to come by and exticate me. Its a real relief when it pops open each time.

I find all I need is a comfortable chair to fall asleep while hunting. Gonna be getting some sun and napping in down TX way in a couple weeks. But on a cool or misty day, the DB really helps. I think snoring may call in some species - deer and hogs for sure but don't know about turkeys.

[RC]

Charlie,
  My buddy Mudfeather whacked a bird with the G.G. head and he`s sold on`em.He posted a pc somewhere and it looked like you hit the bird in the head with an axe. I have lost a bird hit "perfect" I thought and got my hands on one shot above the drumsticks.I had to put my foot on his head but I did`nt loose him. That was with those Big Rocky Mt heads they used to sell. I`ve since shot for the top of the drum sticks and recovered every bird I`ve HIT.Thats not a lots of turkeys mind you.I may try the G.G. head this year but I`ll probably wear out my string changing to a pig killing head in the swamp.
Turkey gobbles then a pig squeals.Turkey is forgot about.RC

[RC]

Charlie,
  My buddy Mudfeather whacked a bird with the G.G. head and he`s sold on`em.He posted a pc somewhere and it looked like you hit the bird in the head with an axe. I have lost a bird hit "perfect" I thought and got my hands on one shot above the drumsticks.I had to put my foot on his head but I did`nt loose him. That was with those Big Rocky Mt heads they used to sell. I`ve since shot for the top of the drum sticks and recovered every bird I`ve HIT.Thats not a lots of turkeys mind you.I may try the G.G. head this year but I`ll probably wear out my string changing to a pig killing head in the swamp.
Turkey gobbles then a pig squeals.Turkey is forgot about.RC

[RC]

If I could only shoot at a Turkey twice that easy.

[John Krause]

RC How ya doin? Last I saw you was at Ft Stewart.

I'm certainly no expert but I've killed 3 gobblers the last 4 years, missed one dangit. Two were from a Double Bull (the one with the windows) T5?  Anyway I had 5 yd shots at all 3. I put a hen decoy 3 steps from the blind facing away and a jake slightly offset from the hen at 5 steps facing the blind. The gobbler comes in messing with the jake either sideways or face to face with the jake and there is your shot.

The one thing I do I think is critical is to set up so the gobbler can't see the decoys until he is right on top of them (as best you can). Then they are so close they tend to walk right in instead of hanging up, strutting and want the hen to come to them. Try to set up at a bend in the trail, a little pocket in a blind corner of a field or however you can.  The ones I have killed have gobbled a bunch but I just wait till they walk into the set up. When they are close enough to see the jake they puff up and trot into the set up.

All 3 have been with 3 blades. One was a lucky neck shot but the other 2 were perfect hits and the birds didn't go far at all. I am deadly at 5 yds  

[John Krause]

Forgot to add I use the shoot thru screens. They say they aren't neccesary but why take the chance.

[John Krause]

I also cut 2 8 inch or so pieces of straight coat hanger and stick one into the ground on each side of the tail. With a little breeze the decoy will move some bur not spin around on it's post.

 

[bluegrassbowhunter]

Originally posted by Charlie Lamb:
Brad... local guy down in St. Marys, Mo. named Jim and his outfit is called JP Enterprises. I'll PM you his phone, but this was a pretty special deal with slight damage to the blind.

Jim has been to the Ky Klassic the last 3 or 4 years,I purchased a blind & some other stuff from him while he was here.Jim is a good guy.....

[joebuck]

Heres my 2 cents from almost 2 decades of bowhunting these feathered nusiances.
1. A gobbler can run off and break a string tracker on a pass through shot. (04-01-1994)(05-07-1994). basic string tracker is 17#. they make a 30#
2. Shoot the most accurate BH set up you have. A string tied on your BH won't be your most accurate. 1 inch to the left could be a non lethal meat breat shot vs a heart/spine.
3. It's better to shoot the bird high than low.
4. Do not run after the shot and chase the bird no matter the hit. They will will get up and fly off. Watch the bird and at least give it an hour
5. A gobbler can and will fly off with a broke leg and arrow still in him.
6. I rather set up on a strutting zone and wait 5 hours than run around calling and trying to "gun" hunt techniques.
7. Shoot through your bird coast to coast. Please no whitch a ma jigger behide your heads.
8. Decoys can make or break your hunt. No one is an expert on them. We're just all big marketing targets. If your pretty decent of a caller, make him find you. Thats worked for hundreds of years.
9. watch out for mechnical heads. A wobbly arrow on impact could cause the arrow to bounce/glance off on a close shot. (2000) Vortex something another.
10. Gobbler Guillatene is awesome when it connects. I just can't play all my cards in a typical season on ONE shot. Shoot meat with instintive traditional gear.
Have a great season everyone . I headed to Martys in Fl in March, Tx and Mexico in April, easterns in between and might slip in on a Merrian if my wife is not paying attention... JoeBuck