Broadhead?

I have never attempted to turkey hunt with my bow and I might just have to give it a go this year.

Do you guys use the same broad heads for turkey that you do for deer?

I know many people dont but I do..I am comfortable with my Muzzy’s and they fly nice and with confidence…There are bigger diameter cutting broadhead out there but its about confidence for me…Also I dont have to re-tune my bow come fall…Good luck with what ever you use…Jay

I do also and I think all the people I hunt with do also.

I use the Magnus 3-3/4″ Bullheads designed for head/neck shots along with large diameter expandable broadheads depending on the state that I am hunting in. Some states have max cutting diameter laws.

Last year i used the Rocket Stricknines (125 gr. 2″ cut) This year i might go with the Trophy Ridge Meatseekers. They are a 100 gr, 2 blade, 2″ cut. Im not 100% sure yet but i am a firm believer that the bigger the cutting diameter for turkeys the better! Their vitals are so small and those birds are constantly moving so its even more crucial to have a bigger broadhead IMO

Tom is absolutely right! Its all about accuracy when bow hunting turkeys. Shoot the broadhead that flies the best and most consistently out of your bow.
I use a different set up for Turkeys than Whitetails. I shoot a (455gr) tapered NitroStinger arrow that allows for a 1 1/2″ dia NAP Razor Cap broadhead to fly extremely accurately from my 60# bow, and punch a big hole through those tough birds. Its a heavier, slower flying set up, but the turkeys will never know…

I think this will always be an ongoing debate; not in small part due to the fact that the advice above is sound. The head you shoot best is the one you should be toting into the woods. With everyone’s setup, arrows, and a myriad of other factors coming into play, it’s no wonder we each have our favorites.

That said, lots of guys shoot the massive expandables just as well as they shoot their typical whitetail broadheads. Cutting diameter I feel comes in a close second to accuracy. IMO, you owe it to these birds to try a few different heads. Just like guys get together and pattern different load/choke combinations in different guns to split costs, do the same with some turkey broadheads. Room for error isn’t just a luxury out there when all kinds of environmental conditions mess with your accuracy. This is truly a game of inches.

There’s also head-shots, which I’m in-favor of….at least in-theory. A few years ago, I got the chance to field-test some of the first gobbler guillotine’s out there, and killed a few birds with them. There were far more that I either plain missed or bounced off the side of. With those, I could miss two inches left/right, and had about 6 inches up/down. That’s a much bigger target than body shooting birds!

The problem lies in the fact that a bird’s head moves more than almost any other part of its body. That, combined with the fact that it’s difficult to stabilize the guillotine (haven’t tried the bullheads yet) past 20 yards, means you’ve got stricter range limits.

I won’t shoot past 30, but 10 yards feels like a mile when trying to get a bird into bow range. Even then, a 30 yard shot requires an un-alert bird, standing very still.

Add it all up, and I like the 2 blade rages of all the heads I’ve tried. For me they combine the best in accuracy from my setup, little/no changeover, and great cutting diameter. That said, I would love to get together and shoot some different heads with some guys. The more cutting diameter the better, but never at the cost of poorer accuracy. That, and I don’t like re-tuning my bow and changing pins in order to shoot those 125 or 150 grain ICBM’s.

Joel

I am going to do some more research you guys gave me some great advice and a point to start from.

Thanks for the advice guys

Only question left is when/where are we getting together to shoot some different heads?!?!

Shoot me a pm if you are serious. We can see what we can work out.

How about the weekend of the 10 of April, somewhere in the Niobrara River Valley in central Neb.?!?!

Seriously a get together with a bunch of gobbler nuts would be fun. Joel, grab the bull by the horns and get it done.

CW