Moose Elk and Coyote, no Turks.

[Armored farmer]

I have fall archery turkey permits that are legal during archery deer season (nice).
Last fall I had the opportunity to shoot a big gobbler with my crossbow from my megablind. I saw the Luminock fly off at a tangent as the bolt passed through the Tom. He ran about 50yds and stood by a tree for about 10min, then wandered away out of sight.
I waited about 20 minutes, then found my bloody bolt and looked for blood at the base of the tree where he had stood. No blood. Then I walked in the direction he went and soon was beside a treetop and noticed the bird hunkered beside a big limb. With another bolt, I pinned him to the limb at point blank range. With all the flapping and struggling I knew I had finally got an archery turkey! Then the bolt broke and freed the bird from the limb. A slow speed footrace took place between a 59yo man and a wounded turkey. I soon saw I was losing the race and stopped to cock my bow and put a fresh bolt on the string and the last I saw of the bird he was going in a ravine and out of sight.
I looked for him the rest of the evening and again the next morning and never found him.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Not a bad kit, excellent survival gear them sling-shots. This all fits in the black pouch. The brown balls are ceramic, and bio-degradable. And cheap. I think they would kill grouse well, but would lack penetration on a wabbit. So I bring those for plinking and practice, the ball bearings for serious work. !!! Sling shots are under-rated.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I have fall archery turkey permits that are legal during archery deer season (nice).
Last fall I had the opportunity to shoot a big gobbler with my crossbow from my megablind. I saw the Luminock fly off at a tangent as the bolt passed through the Tom. He ran about 50yds and stood by a tree for about 10min, then wandered away out of sight.
I waited about 20 minutes, then found my bloody bolt and looked for blood at the base of the tree where he had stood. No blood. Then I walked in the direction he went and soon was beside a treetop and noticed the bird hunkered beside a big limb. With another bolt, I pinned him to the limb at point blank range. With all the flapping and struggling I knew I had finally got an archery turkey! Then the bolt broke and freed the bird from the limb. A slow speed footrace took place between a 59yo man and a wounded turkey. I soon saw I was losing the race and stopped to cock my bow and put a fresh bolt on the string and the last I saw of the bird he was going in a ravine and out of sight.
I looked for him the rest of the evening and again the next morning and never found him.

Did you have broadheads on your bolts?? Glad you put the maximum effort into trying to recover it, you are a good man!

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Of course the wolves are protected. If the politicians would let the game department (DNR) do their jobs, we would have a better balance of what the population will handle.

Yep, our game department field personnel got it going on, they aren't dummies. But they sure can't say anything negative about the policies, or the wolves, the 'higher ups" would have their scalps. And their job. I've tried to get them to talk, but when you mention wolves, they just kind of smile, and clam-up. "End of conversation". It is all indeed political.

 

[Armored farmer]

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Not a bad kit, excellent survival gear them sling-shots. This all fits in the black pouch. The brown balls are ceramic, and bio-degradable. And cheap. I think they would kill grouse well, but would lack penetration on a wabbit. So I bring those for plinking and practice, the ball bearings for serious work. !!! Sling shots are under-rated.

That one looks like a more quality item than my folding slingshot.
I had a good one when I was a kid
I used ball bearings, rivets, crab apples, and rocks for ammo

 

[Armored farmer]

Did you have broadheads on your bolts?? Glad you put the maximum effort into trying to recover it, you are a good man!

Oh yeah

 

[Ugly Sauce]

It's a bit of a step up from a wrist-rocket, although I don't know if it would be any more accurate? Shooting a sling shot is 100% technique.

Rocks...okay in a pinch, (ha ha) but not very accurate. Hard to find nice small almost round ones. Crab apples...haven't tried those. Yet. Rivets...!!! However, ammo is always laying on the ground for a slingshot.

 

[Armored farmer]

Rivets...!!!

Yeah, sheared off used rivets from replacing sickle sections. We would have a half of gallon bucket of them.
We had a crab apple tree so....

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Oh yeah

Wow, them turks ain't easy to kill with arrows I guess. Have heard more than one story of putting a broadhead through them, and they get away. I have my Turk arrows tipped with those old Bodkin tri-bladed heads, figuring that might help, but I've never got a shot at a Turk with a bow. I wonder if a really wide broadhead is any better. ? Interesting, Bessie sure knocks them flat....but that is another story.

 

[M65Man]

I had a wrist rocket when I was growing up, loved that thing, really awesome weapon. I'd mostly get the close to round small sandstone from creek. Maybe I'm supposed to start packing one, cause just last week, my neighbor gave me one, very similar to you'll pics! Hmm!
But that turkey I last list, shot it with a 2 blade Zwickey Eskimo. I always planned to use a 3 blade Wensel Woodsman for a turkey, much better chance of recovery! But that trip, I wound up with only 2blades, and IDK how, cause I usually carry both! A turkey is probably the lowest percentage of recovery of all game taken with a bow. Be wise to use a string tracker, but I've yet to try one.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I had a wrist rocket when I was growing up, loved that thing, really awesome weapon. I'd mostly get the close to round small sandstone from creek. Maybe I'm supposed to start packing one, cause just last week, my neighbor gave me one, very similar to you'll pics! Hmm!
But that turkey I last list, shot it with a 2 blade Zwickey Eskimo. I always planned to use a 3 blade Wensel Woodsman for a turkey, much better chance of recovery! But that trip, I wound up with only 2blades, and IDK how, cause I usually carry both! A turkey is probably the lowest percentage of recovery of all game taken with a bow. Be wise to use a string tracker, but I've yet to try one.

Never hurts to have another tool in the bag, especially something so light like a sling-shot. But they sure shoot better with some kind of round shot, then with rocks. Or at least where I live it's hard to find small very round rocks. But even then they don't fly like a perfectly round ball bearings or ceramic sling-shot shot.

I like the two bladed Zwickey broadheads for the very reason that they are most likely to pass through a deer. Does make sense that for turkeys one would want something that imparts a little more shock and resistance. Perhaps a big wide four-bladed one would be ideal. ?? I just got some of the really wide Zwickeys for defense against critters that would scratch, bite, or eat me, for that really up close and personal shot before dropping the bow and trying to get the pistol out, but I think even those would pass through Turk with little resistance.

When those Turks are wounded, they must be good at crawling into a hole or something, or worming their way under stuff.

 

[WisBorn]

I have been using Rage mechanical 2 blade on both bolts and carbon arrows. I have been thinking about going back to Muzzy fixed blades.

Back when I was hunting with cedar arrows I liked hunting with Bear heads.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I wonder if the Muzzy with the chisel point might impart a bit more impact. ? That might be an idea. !

I wonder it something like the Muzzy, but with a flat nose, or "metplat" might work better on something as light as a Turkey.

 

[Armored farmer]

Wow, them turks ain't easy to kill with arrows I guess. Have heard more than one story of putting a broadhead through them, and they get away. I have my Turk arrows tipped with those old Bodkin tri-bladed heads, figuring that might help, but I've never got a shot at a Turk with a bow. I wonder if a really wide broadhead is any better. ? Interesting, Bessie sure knocks them flat....but that is another story.

Yea...#1 son uses those mechanical... REAPER?....with the two inch cut.
I'm not a mechanical fan...I use 125gr Allen fixed three blade. They're easy to sharpen and sturdy too. They're a poor boy Montec.

I have been using Rage mechanical 2 blade on both bolts and carbon arrows. I have been thinking about going back to Muzzy fixed blades.

Back when I was hunting with cedar arrows I liked hunting with Bear heads.

I like the idea of mechanical heads. They fly like field pts.
I got turned off by the day that I missed my opportunity at a big Tom because I couldn't reach the trigger on my release for my compound.... On that day, I put all my modern archery equipment in a pile and told my two boys that hunt to take what they wanted and trade the rest off.
I was done with all modern technology for bow hunting. I have never missed any of it whatsoever.
As far as the xbow., I had to get it for archery after I had an accident that kept me from being able to draw my recurve.

 

[M65Man]

I shot a large doe in 2019, perfect broadside, mid lung at 18yds, hunting on ground sitting in a treeseat. Arrow was sticking out both sides, when she ran off, turned out it hit one rib, bent one blade slightly. Waited about 15 minutes, cause I saw the hit to be perfect, I knew she was dead. Started walking her trail cause I saw exactly where she ran for about 15yds. No blood, shocked! Then at about 20yds it was like you'd turned on a garden hose, ground and brush spattered, then it would thin some, then blood everywhere, a blind man could've followed it by feel. Like that entire way, found her in blood puddle at maybe 55-60 yds.
I shot her with a PSE Compound and a NAP Killzone 2 blade 2". Blood was unreal!
If I ever go back to a compound, I'll use the expandable for sure! And they're death on turkey for sure IMO, but yet to shoot a turkey with one. Yes, fly like field points.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

If I ever go back to a compound,

When you have that nice Howard Hill...a REAL bow??? How dare you!!! (as Greta would say)

 

[luv2safari]

^^^
Geez, I just take a couple breakfast bars...

Snickers

 

[M65Man]

When you have that nice Howard Hill...a REAL bow??? How dare you!!! (as Greta would say)

I'm 99% sure I won't, but really, I enjoy shooting a compound also, and I shoot that pse so well. But they're like "Fast Food", taste good, but no real benefit!
I'm a lifelong rifle shooter and hunter, I love em! But I believe as far as pure enjoyment, always something to do, making arrows, do forth, a good trad bow becomes like a "Constant Companion "! Especially older I get, more they suit me. And a Hill Style, are the most addictive of all!
I wish I had a few local trad buddies. Get into making self bows, and all the ingredients!

 

[Armored farmer]

For about three winters, we had a traditional league that shot bows every Thursday night. I hosted it the last year..We had great fun. Someone would usually bring summer sausage and cheese or jalapeño poppers or something.......maybe just a couple beers.
We got pretty darned good with our bows too!
I still have my target board built into my wall in the shop. If y'all can get here on a weeknight and bring some venison salami....I'll provide the beer!

 

[M65Man]

For about three winters, we had a traditional league that shot bows every Thursday night. I hosted it the last year..We had great fun. Someone would usually bring summer sausage and cheese or jalapeño poppers or something.......maybe just a couple beers.
We got pretty darned good with our bows too!
I still have my target board built into my wall in the shop. If y'all can get here on a weeknight and bring some venison salami....I'll provide the beer!

That's the best part of trad Archery, you really get out of it what you put into it, plus lot more! Amazing what we can do by God Given Gifts, when we exercise them, don't depend upon gadgets! Wish I was close to you I'd take you up on that! I went to a trad club fun shoot last year, loved it, but it's over 3 hours away. They're having a shoot this weekend but little too far!

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Snickers

Yep, me too. Just don't be chewing on one when you blow on your duck call...

 

[WisBorn]

Yep, me too. Just don't be chewing on one when you blow on your duck call...

Kind of hard to use a turkey mouth call while eating also

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Snickers

Oh dang, I love Snickers, and Milky Way...but I don't do sugar anymore. Dang...that's torture thinking about Snickers!!!

 

[WisBorn]

Is there a relationship between your favorite candy bar and favorite hunting cartridge?

30-06 and Hershey Chocolat
6.5 CM and Mounds

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I'm 99% sure I won't, but really, I enjoy shooting a compound also, and I shoot that pse so well. But they're like "Fast Food", taste good, but no real benefit!
I'm a lifelong rifle shooter and hunter, I love em! But I believe as far as pure enjoyment, always something to do, making arrows, do forth, a good trad bow becomes like a "Constant Companion "! Especially older I get, more they suit me. And a Hill Style, are the most addictive of all!
I wish I had a few local trad buddies. Get into making self bows, and all the ingredients!

The light weight/feather weight of a traditional or "real" bow is a biggie with me. I don't even like bow-quivers. Just a stick and a string in my hand that will kill anything is kind of "priceless". I've never shot a compound, (pulled one back once and thought: "what the hell???")(awkward) but I've picked a few up, and figured I'd rather carry a five pound carbine than a four pound bow. Yep, I only have one friend now who shoots a bow...and his....is...wait for it...a compound. We shoot together twice a month or so.