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Author Topic: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?  (Read 780 times)

Offline xtrema312

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What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« on: February 10, 2011, 05:00:00 PM »
I know you hope they flop around a bunch and take a ride to your house.  I have never taken a shot at one with a bow, but hope to get serious about doing so this spring.  Do they jump, duck, run, just kind of perk up and stand up real straight, or are they unpredictable? I kind of want some idea of what to expect when taking a shot, and what kind of range limits I may have due to reaction type and time.
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Offline Oliverstacy

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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2011, 05:49:00 PM »
They make you look like a fool!  

Get a good blind and get them close...5 yards isn't close enough!

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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2011, 05:50:00 PM »
All mine this fall jumped up and looked around and walked off after the arrow dropped underneath them
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2011, 06:02:00 PM »
the two i shot both ran around with there heads off and i had a job chasing them but way funny.
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2011, 06:08:00 PM »
They usually laugh. I have yet to hit one of them little buggers.  :knothead:    :banghead:  .....stabow
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2011, 06:24:00 PM »
Die hopefully ! All that I have shot have never jumped the string, but have had some chases aftewards. I also need to mention that of the 10 I have taken, all but one were 15 yards and under.
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2011, 06:39:00 PM »
Most times, they die.  Never had them jump the string or do goofy stuff like that.  I now hunt from a pop up blind so they usually don't know where the arrow is coming from and don't react until the arrow hits them or doesn't.

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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2011, 07:00:00 PM »
The ones I've hit well initially jumped more or less straight up flapping their wings then either flooped around more or less in place or ran off a short distance before flopping. If other male birds were present, they usually usaually jump the downed bird and stomp him good!
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2011, 07:07:00 PM »
Putt a few times, then walk away   "[dntthnk]"

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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2011, 07:09:00 PM »
They normally raise the wing and stick up the middle feather as they walk away.
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2011, 07:09:00 PM »
If you listen really close you can hear oh-sh**.   :scared:    :goldtooth:
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2011, 07:23:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Orion:
Most times, they die.  Never had them jump the string or do goofy stuff like that.  I now hunt from a pop up blind so they usually don't know where the arrow is coming from and don't react until the arrow hits them or doesn't.
That has been my experience as well.  They usually don't react much untill the arrow strikes them or hits near them.  They only seem to react if they catch you drawing. ymmv  ;)
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2011, 07:47:00 PM »
Been lucky with the 2 I have bow shot they both just jumped stright up and come down and flopped a few yards and died... Shots we about 10 yds and 12 yards....
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2011, 07:54:00 PM »
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They normally raise the wing and stick up the middle feather as they walk away.
Thats normally how they have treated me   ;)

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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2011, 08:16:00 PM »
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Originally posted by recurve_shooter:
Putt a few times, then walk away    :biglaugh:  

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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2011, 08:41:00 PM »
lpcjon2:    :laughing:
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2011, 08:48:00 PM »
Well, when I droped the string this past fall they took off and I think I heard them laughing!!
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2011, 09:02:00 PM »
So it sounds like about half of them just stand there until the arrow arrives.  The other half moves out of the way and right back to the same spot after the arrow passes, and they do it so fast you don't even see them move at all.  :dunno:    :D
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2011, 09:19:00 PM »
When I get in close- under 20 yards they usually don't react until the arrow drills them, but I have seen them duck an arrow telegraphed from longer ranges especially if from a noisy bow setup !!
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Re: What do turkeys do when you drop the string?
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2011, 09:35:00 PM »
xtrema312,
Might want to look into a string tracker. I don't have any experience with them. But Curt (guru) here uses one exclusively for the turkeys
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