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Post by larryhagmansliver on May 4, 2007 9:20:21 GMT -5
How many have killed one with archery tackle? chime in if you have. I'm just curious. I haven't heard of too many kills that way on this board. If you were hunting exclusively archery going in, have you given it up to the scatter gun?
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Post by hunter7x on May 4, 2007 9:48:27 GMT -5
I'm definately going to try it next year. Been thinkin all year I should have had my bow in the blind with me.
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Post by stubbleducker on May 4, 2007 13:10:31 GMT -5
Got my first turkey with a bow this year. Never hunted them with a shotgun, not ruling it out, but the bow sure was fun!
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Post by Woody Williams on May 4, 2007 13:18:18 GMT -5
I've killed two with my TenPoint crossbow and Woodmaster has killed one with the same crossbow.
Very doable out of a blind...
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Post by cambygsp on May 4, 2007 13:27:17 GMT -5
I killed a hen turkey with archery, the first fall season we had here in Indiana. We (my son and I) were deer hunting fairbanks landings out of a pop up blind, when lo and behold a whole flock of hen turkey come strolling by. There were probably 25-30 birds in the flock, I shot 3 times hitting a hen on my 3rd shot, she was about 25 yards out at the time.
I gotta say, them turkeys had no idea what was going on, the pop ups really cover up the movement, and turkey dont smell you. My son even got off a few shots but he didn't hit nothing!
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Post by gobblerfreak on May 4, 2007 13:37:32 GMT -5
 Hope to try for my 1st archery bird this fall. Tons of RESPECT for those who have sucessfully harvested a bird with a bow, cant wait to try.
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Post by oneshot on May 4, 2007 16:42:44 GMT -5
I did/have.
Killed in Gibson Co. Thursday April 26, @ 6:05 am.
20lbs.
10 1/2" rope
1" spurs.
The bow is the only way to go after you have killed a bunch with a gun. But hey thats just MHO.
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Post by mullis56 on May 4, 2007 16:46:01 GMT -5
Never done it I get frustrated too early and pull out the gun. I know a guy who has killed 11 with a recurve! That is awesome, he also has 26 pope & young deer with a recurve too.........I respect him. However, he is retired and hunts everyday. 2 years ago he killed 168 deer on Dec 30th after hunting everyday till then. He has hunted everyday since turkey season started. He stuck a jake and it flew and he didn't find it........Maybe next year with all of the jakes I've seen this year, they will be loud mouth 2 year olds next year!
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Post by hardwickbv on May 4, 2007 21:03:40 GMT -5
I took this one Wed with my Tenpoint Xbow  I pretty well started hunting the first 1 1/2 weeks of season with the compound several years ago. I have now taken 2 with a compound and after back surgery in 1997 I quit with the bow and just picked up the crossbow in 2003 this is the second I have taken with it now. Bob |
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Hope to try for my 1st archery bird this fall. Tons of RESPECT for those who have sucessfully harvested a bird with a bow, cant wait to try. 