Best broadhead for Turkey hunting?
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Best broadhead for Turkey hunting?
I am going to hunt turkeys with my Ibex this year (ground blind), but not sure what broadheads to use? Thanks for replies.
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Take a look at The Turkey Tomahawk..
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Nobody else hunts with an Excal for yard birds?
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Check out the Guillotine looks good just take the head rite off that way they most likely will not run far. Made by the same company that makes the Atom broad head which also looks interesting for big game I have not tried either but would like to.
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The NAP Braxe caught my attention for turkeys....
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I like the looks of this one too, but not sure if it will clear the foot stirrup in the crossbow.gerald strine wrote:Check out the Guillotine looks good just take the head rite off that way they most likely will not run far.
I might just use the same slick tricks that I use during deer hunting.
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I use the same set-up that I do for deer, Slick Tricks. However, I also stick a Zwicky Grappler on there too, perfect flight to about 30 yards.
The catch with ground blinds and turkey contraptions is the shoot through mesh, there are quite a few mechanicals that don't like to pass through them, and some of the large flat blades can cause issues too, like the Guillotine. If you plan to shoot through the mesh of a blind you have to be a little more cautious, no screen and the sky is the limit!
Here is a Slick with a Zwicky:
The catch with ground blinds and turkey contraptions is the shoot through mesh, there are quite a few mechanicals that don't like to pass through them, and some of the large flat blades can cause issues too, like the Guillotine. If you plan to shoot through the mesh of a blind you have to be a little more cautious, no screen and the sky is the limit!
Here is a Slick with a Zwicky:
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you are best off to shot a broad head that you have confadance in .us the same set up you us for deer .turkeys are not hard to kill if you hit them .and any head that will kill deer will work for turkeys .find a head that shoots very good from your set up and stick with it .DUTCH
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Pydpiper wrote:I use the same set-up that I do for deer, Slick Tricks. However, I also stick a Zwicky Grappler on there too, perfect flight to about 30 yards.
The catch with ground blinds and turkey contraptions is the shoot through mesh, there are quite a few mechanicals that don't like to pass through them, and some of the large flat blades can cause issues too, like the Guillotine. If you plan to shoot through the mesh of a blind you have to be a little more cautious, no screen and the sky is the limit!
Here is a Slick with a Zwicky:
dutchhunter wrote:you are best off to shot a broad head that you have confadance in .us the same set up you us for deer .turkeys are not hard to kill if you hit them .and any head that will kill deer will work for turkeys .find a head that shoots very good from your set up and stick with it .DUTCH
Personally I shoot the NAP Spitfire with the Zwicky behind the head. This has been covered here many times but is work covering again. Accuracy and confidence is most important as the kill zone on a turkey is much smaller then a deer. If your satisfied and confidant with your deer setup, then use it with a Zwicky behind the head you use. The Zwicky just stopps the arrow from a pass through transfering the total KE into the bird as well as makes it difficult for the bird to run or fly.
Good luck
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rocket hammer head,rocket stricknine and the rocket sidewinder.we have shot 8 turkeys with those heads.the three i mentioned above were field tested to 330fps last fall.they will blow open on feathers,JIM
the turkey in my picture was shot with the rocket hammerhead
the turkey in my picture was shot with the rocket hammerhead
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Rage 3 love em!! thats jmo
I think if you know where to stick them it's not really
a factor which bh you use.
I think if you know where to stick them it's not really
a factor which bh you use.
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Pydpiper wrote:I use the same set-up that I do for deer, Slick Tricks. However, I also stick a Zwicky Grappler on there too, perfect flight to about 30 yards.
Wow, I have never seen these before. I will certainly give them a shot.
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k...newbie here so be gentle, so when using a crossbow you should be aiming at the head rather then the largest part of the body to drop the bird (breast)?
And from what I've read so far, the gullotine seems to be the preferred broadhead....any others?
And from what I've read so far, the gullotine seems to be the preferred broadhead....any others?
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The Magnus bullhead is a good choice of many, look magnus up
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