Birds of a feather

[hightop_hunter]

Well Trad Gang I know that it is turkey season but I would like to ask a few questions about some other winged prey. Here in Alberta their are plenty of ducks and geese  in the bow zone. I haven't met any one who hunts water fowl with a bow so it is a new territory for me. I assume it is sort of like hunting grouse. my first question is about arrows. I have noticed that the flu flus are great in flight and easy to find but they make an a lot of noise. dose that affect the ducks will they spook more easily? are they fast enough to catch up with a goose in flight? The second arrow question is about the BH.         I guess the broad head topic comes up a lot because it is so easy to get overwhelmed with all the options and special features. when I have shot grouse with both blunts and full broad heads. the blunts often left me with a fist full of feathers and no grouse. the broad heads dropped the bird like a stone but when it comes to hunting over water I imagine that I will probably loose those arrows that don't stay in the animal. Finally would it be unheard of to use a fishing rig to help retrieve the duck and to make sure that they don't fly to far?    

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Not as big as the Goblers you guys shoot but chek out the beard on that bad boy     :D

[hightop_hunter]

I ment to mention that is a grouse I shot in 2010

[Trumpkin the Dwarf]

I have never actually hunted birds with a bow, but I would be willing to bet that geese are much easier to hit on the wing(slower and bigger). They may also be harder to kill, I would also guess that a string tracker rigged with braided mono could do the job on retrieving your arrow if you missed the birds.
I am interested to hear what other guys have to say about this.

[Ragnarok Forge]

Dont try the line thing. If you have a catch with heavy line you will end up with an arrow back in your face.  Use any razor sharp broadhead.  I like flu flu's for close shots and standard arrows for long shots.  Geese are tough.

I use High Precision three blades for ducks and geese.  they were made locally many years ago and folks give them to me. When the plant closed they had thousands of them that were sold to the locals for next to nothing and that is about what they are worth.  I put them on beat up cedar shafts and rarely find one back that missed it mark, which is quite often.

[hightop_hunter]

Some great info so far Il try and repost the picture of the grouse I shot.  
hope this worked. she was a tough bird probably not tuff like a goose.

[hightop_hunter]

I guess not that many guys are out shooting ducks. oh well Il let you guys know about my adventures

[ti-guy]

There's been an article in TBM many years ago about whistling arrows to use for bird hunting,it might give you an idea about the sound arrows make.

[fz4vgq]

There's a video on youtube of a group of guys including Ron La Clair hunting geese in Michigan. I think the tv program is Michigan Out Of Doors. I think Tred Barta did it on his tv program also.