Bullheads for Turkeys?

[fisherick]

Who uses Bullheads or Guillotine heads on turkeys? Any problems or pitfalls? How far will they travel after hit? 45# recurve enough?

[ChuckC]

I guess the whole idea of either head is to sever the head from the body, dropping it right there.  

No body shooting with either one or you will just "swat a fly".
ChuckC

[Pete McMiller]

If you use the search function in PowWow with the same title as your post you will find many threads that will help.  

Based on my reading of those threads several weeks ago I decided that the Bullhead and similar Guillotine broadheads weren't something I wanted to use.

[Overspined]

Yeah, I can't get the bullheads even sharp enough to be happy with.  You have to change the angle of the edge and it's just a hassle.  I put them away.  I'll be using razor sharp grizzly heads

[pdk25]

Ironic.  I think that I am going to try them.  They fly great and lop the heads off of foam targets easily enough.  Obviously only for neck shots.  If I get a shot, I will post the results.

[FAV 52]

I used them with great results ! plenty sharp right from the package . shot from a 47lb  bow at my draw length ; all but took head off at 10 yards . they fly great with a well tuned arrow .

I tried the bullheads one year. I did not get a turkey, but did get two shots. I missed low on both shots. I believe that the blades sticking up in my vision was messing with my aiming. I still believe that they would work great.

Bisch

[Friend]

My response is ‘Absolutely No’!

This particular subject has been broached each year for many years. Even an infrequent success story may become implanted in one’s head as being the norm. I don’t recall a truly single success story, yet my mind is filled with a number of actual horror stories.

Turkey hunting is a gift and the wild turkey deserves only our best effort and warrants extreme avoidance of possibilities.

[KAZ]

Well said Friend.... I went down this road with discerned intentions and after a lost turkey that was hit in the base of the neck, leaving two bloody bent blades & one broken blade, I'm going back to large razor sharp broadheads. I am not saying they can't or won't work, I'm saying it is not as reliable of a solution as I thought. I'm not going to try that again... To be clear, I diligently looked for this gobbler in every nook & cranny for the entire day to the best of my abilities.

[pdk25]

Friend, did you not read FAV 52's post? Realistically, people lose a lot of turkey, no matter what head they use.  The vitals are as small or smaller than the head/neck area.

[varmint101]

I just recently tried them out of my recurve and while promising I just can't get over the blades in my vision so bad.  It bugged me.  I have no doubt they'd work if you stay in the red.

A cp hunter swore by them until he got a shot. They don't like the wind according to him. There are 40 mph gust here today and 30 is common here.

[mnbwhtr]

I like them, haven't lost a bird yet with them but the wind can sometimes make me put my snuffer with string tracker on first.

[pdk25]

Haven't shot in a bad wind yet, but they were flying like darts out to 30 yards out of a setup well tuned for a 125 grain head.

[pdk25]

And yes, I know flying like darts is not the best way to describe the flight.

[Soonerlongbow]

Bull Heads seem too small and Gulliotines seem too flimsy. A buddy just got some of these & seem to be awesome. Heavy, single bevel, wide cutting diameter.

 http://solid-broadheads.com/products#turkey-dcap

[pdk25]

Now I like the looks of that, and have setups where a 200 grain head would be better.  Like a bullhead on steroids.

[KSdan]

I like that dcap too. . .WOW.  Would not even mine shaving it down to 3" for the trad.  Not so economical however.  $30 ea is pretty steep.

Dan in KS

[pdk25]

Ouch. Didn't notice the price.  My bullheads were a gift, lol.