the better Turkey Broadhead

[sawtoothscream]

out the those 2 the bullheads get much better reviews. also wit hte guillotine your suppose to leave the pastic on i believe.  idk if i would use ether with trad gear, deff with my compound i would try it out

[stevewills]

i killed 2 birds with trad last year.both snuffers.first one i shot perfect down in 15 yds,2nd i broke his back down and the second shot he stretched his neck out and it ended with a big hole in it..i have the pics on the itba.org web site.indiana traditional bowhunters.org

[Slasher]

Gee.. I have had lots of turkey in range... I just haven't been able to get to full draw and settled on one... I got to full draw and was setting in when a big ole "PUTT" scattered them all...

I keep trying... but then I mostly hunt high pressured birds...

[Bill Skinner]

I like the larger Simmons or a Snuffer.  Bill

[Earl Jeff]

I'm headin to Kansas in April with some Snuffers on the end of my shafts.

[Friend]

Believe the optimum traditional BH for turkeys has not been made available as of yet.

In the dark years, I had harvested 20 consecutively hit birds with a 2 ¾ wide head. (Probably missed 20)
Many birds took less than desirable hits and were all extremely easy recoveries except for one, that with a leg completely severed was still able to fly, but only for a short distance. Took one more shot to get him.

Two of my partners together lost 5 birds with the same BH but in a 2 ½” version before switching to the 2 ¾”.

By using Muzzy’s Slash Factor equation for BH designs that yield equivalent SF’s well above the 2 ½” two blade and up to the 2 ¾” two blade, the following calcs have been derived for the SF target range.

2 1/2” Two Bl  yields a SF of 15.0 - which field experience has determined as questionable
2 3/4” Two Bl yields a SF of 16.5- which personal field experience yielded 100% recovery on 20 birds

Possible optimizing traditional BH designs for turkey would have Slash Factor well above 15.0 and up to 16.5.

Calculated findings for possibly optimizing a traditional BH design for improved turkey recoveries are as follows:

2 3/4” …   Two blade yields a SF of 16.5
1 3/4” …   Three blade yields a SF of 15.75
1 5/16”…  Four blade yields a SF of 15.74

Would be interesting to try these designs- The BH would have to tune and lethal penetration would have to be demonstrated. A mature Tom is ~1/10 the wt. of a mature buck and being light, limits penetration by the turkey being knocked off its feet, thus not absorbing the full strike. The feathers themselves absorb energy and limit penetration.

I would believe that for me that my current 32.4% Ultra-EFOC arrow (608 gn) would be a great place to start. The only change would be to start with 5” three fletch instead of 4” three fletch.

Note: My current set-up shoots 1 ½’ Big 3’s marvelously and spot on with my bare shafts out to 20 yards. I have not tried further since turkey hunting is a 15 yard and under game for me.

IMHO there may not be a perfect design, but possibly a more optimized BH design in conjunction with an optimized arrow set-up.

I practice and plan to make a perfect shot and a possible pass thru, but reality demonstrates that I must focus on planning for the unexpected, which often is the case with turkeys.

JMHO