Ethical turkey setup question.

[Zradix]

Originally posted by jonsimoneau:
I wouldn't hesitate to hunt turkeys with a 40 pound bow but I would not use a bullhead. Think you would be better off with a regular broadhead.

WHAT HE SAID..

[Brock]

ethics is something you have to decide.....as for the bow...if it is a legal weight to hunt then I would ensure I had the sharpest two blade or three blade head I have that flies accurately.  Lots of feathers to push through and a solid body as well...   Personally, I would not use a bullhead at all...

I would not only be cognizant of my broadhead and bow setup but would also make sure I knew where to shoot for a good lethal hit from all angles...front, side, rear, etc.

I also would not be asking this question as turkey season is opening...it is something I would be testing and shooting and working on all winter to make sure I am ready and the items work as expected.

[Friend]

The 'and yet' isolated success stories always float to the top.

What applicable results?

[pdk25]

I lack the direct experience to comment further

[Friend]

There has been a lengthy list of threads since 2008 specifically regarding the Bullheads and another head lopper.

Consistent positive results are scarce even with heavier setups.

A well informed opinion was derived based on the integrity driven collective feedback of the Trad Gang members since 2008.

[pdk25]

[pdk25]

[BRONZ]

I shoot 46 lb and would agree with the majority here... stick to a good fixed blade.

[KAZ]

Another vote for Fixed Blade. Personal Experience with BullHead and Gobbler neck, no more for me...  53lbs@27-5/8" draw. Too each his own learning/experience but you asked....

[FAV 52]

There are 3 of us here that use the bullhead , and we are 8 for 8 no one shoots over 50lbs , thats all I can tell you . Use what works for you and we will do the same . Good hunting and good luck .

[valleysniper]

Boy you guys must have tougher Turkeys than we do in Wisconsin. $0# will and has many times killed the biggest Toms I have ever came acrossed

[Mike Bolin]

40# should be plenty with an accurate shot and a razor sharp cut on contact broadhead. I would shy away from the Bullhead.

[Roger Norris]

40# is too light, especially if you have heavier bows available and can shoot them well.

[maineac]

I plan on taking head and neck shots with three blades or treesharks this year.  If I miss bird is alive and gone, if I hit they will be dead.  I will be using heavier than 40# but I think a sharp conventional head hitting the head or neck would do the job better than wide thin blade style with a 40# bow.  My only experience with the bullhead style was less than satisfactory with flight, but that was early in my trad career and my arrows might not have been tuned perfectly (though the woodsman's flew true).  Plus they were a pain to carry with a bow quiver.

[pdk25]

Well, I broke the neck of Jake with a bullhead today.  52# bow, but drawn to a little under 30".  Dropped like a stone.  Will get a video up soon.

 

 

[Warden609]

Originally posted by pdk25:
I wonder if those 2 shots were unlucky enough to have only the relatively blunt point strike first?  That would be some good shooting.

That's exactly what happen with those two shots. A little bit off center and the birds would be dead. Instead it ended up with gobblers that ran and stumbled off like a drunk without being recovered. This head has more of a cut on contact leading edge. Might be better for a stickbow.
 

[Warden609]

Congrats on the Jake!! Good shooting!!

[ChuckC]

There is yet another turkey head out there, by Hartcraft, called a turkey lopper.  The head (3 blade replaceables) uses either "deer" blades or the "lopper blades, which are oriented differently than Bullheads.  I am experimenting with them for aerials like pheasant and duck.  Flight seems good.  My shooting, not so much.

[pdk25]

I wasn't intending on using the bullhead, I was using the D+cap pictures above, but my top limb hit the blind roof on the shot, and I missed badly, cutting through the mesh that was pulled up with one blade.  Thankfully I had a backup tipped with a bullhead.  Pretty sure I would have cut his head clean off with the D-cap.

It will be more.clear exactly what happened when my buddy gets the video downloaded.  Might take a week.


 

[Warden609]

Is this your first year with the D-cap? Or have you used it before?