Broadhead style recommendation for turkey hunting

greenjoytj · Post by **greenjoytj** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:27 pm

I have not shot an arrow at a turkey before and would like some recommendation on the type or style of broadhead to use.

I see 2 main styles:

1) - a standard deer hunting head like excalibur's "Boltcutter" with which you would aim at the body (vitals ) of the bird.

2) - a huge 3 or 4 bladed gobbler guillotine style with large fixed blades that stick out and would cut 4" hole if pushed through paper. The hunter would aim only at the neck of the bird attempting to lop off the birds head.

Users of either type please state your experience with these heads.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Sat May 16, 2009 7:33 pm

The guillotines are a tough go from the Excalibur, to big. Rumor has it they don't fly straight either.
My preference is my deer heads, not that I practice with any of this, but hear me out..
Anything you already have faith in will work fine, I would suggest putting a grappler on them though, not just to slow the arrow but to keep the bird from taking wing. The grappler will not affect the arrows flight in a normal shot, but it will help keep the arrow in place for that magic moment.
Or.. just tie a rock to the shaft and hope for the best, apparently that is acceptable too.

The guillotines videos of decapitation are simply awesome!

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Sat May 16, 2009 7:45 pm

Pydpiper wrote:Or.. just tie a rock to the shaft and hope for the best, apparently that is acceptable too.

ROFLOL!!!

You make me laugh, David! Love your sense of humour!

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:10 pm

VixChix wrote:
Pydpiper wrote:Or.. just tie a rock to the shaft and hope for the best, apparently that is acceptable too.
ROFLOL!!!

You make me laugh, David! Love your sense of humour!

Moni, David is being serious. Don't laugh, he gets real quiet when people laugh at him!

schnarrfuss · Post by **schnarrfuss** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:27 pm

I took 2 birds this year with archery equiptment. The first for me. A jake at 12 yards with my Exomag and a gobbler at 18 yards with my Browning Illusion compound bow. For both birds, I used the NAP Gobbler Getter. Both birds were recovered within 15 yards. The one shot with the Exomag was a complete pass-through. The one shot with the compound stayed in the bird. In my opinion, you can't ask for better performance than this.

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Sun May 17, 2009 2:36 am

Pydpiper wrote:Or.. just tie a rock to the shaft and hope for the best, apparently that is acceptable too.

But we don't have any rocks in Carolina's Coastal Plain ... would a pine cone do?

Normous · Post by **Normous** » Sun May 17, 2009 8:56 am

Grizzly Adam wrote:
Pydpiper wrote:Or.. just tie a rock to the shaft and hope for the best, apparently that is acceptable too.
But we don't have any rocks in Carolina's Coastal Plain ... would a pine cone do?

Pyd would sort through a basket of pine cones with a grain scale and calipers to find the right ones.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Sun May 17, 2009 12:06 pm

You guys just keep it up, I am getting some other ideas for the pine cones..