Yes we can grab the shot gun and go, but we see them often and have some good creeks and river areas to hunt. We can likely get some spot and stalk with the bow.
I am debating. A turkey beheading head and go for a head shot? Of should we try for a body shot with a Broadhead?
Anyone have any pointers at all. We could always just set up And hope they fly over with the shot gun but I would rather try with a bow if we can.
Probably don’t even need a rangefinder LOL
I’d probably want one that’s not too shot up with the shotgun because a sandhill would actually be a really cool mount, if you have a good place for it… But I have to wonder if a taxidermist can even get a form for it, so it may not be particularly cost-conscious….. maybe improvise on a goose or turkey….
Maybe ask Paul. He’s shot more big birds with a bow than anyone I ever heard of.
Yes we can grab the shot gun and go, but we see them often and have some good creeks and river areas to hunt. We can likely get some spot and stalk with the bow.
I am debating. A turkey beheading head and go for a head shot? Of should we try for a body shot with a Broadhead?
Anyone have any pointers at all. We could always just set up And hope they fly over with the shot gun but I would rather try with a bow if we can.
Yes we can grab the shot gun and go, but we see them often and have some good creeks and river areas to hunt. We can likely get some spot and stalk with the bow.
I am debating. A turkey beheading head and go for a head shot? Of should we try for a body shot with a Broadhead?
Anyone have any pointers at all. We could always just set up And hope they fly over with the shot gun but I would rather try with a bow if we can.
Thanks for the tips. We see them all over here. In fact where we have elk tags we have ran into them in the forest parks… we have them up and down a few of the creek and grazing areas we fish. We mostly see them here in recently cut alfalfa fields. Not much for grain but usually on my way to work in the morning I can see a dozen birds off the high way.
It will be interesting. I would not mind a full body mount for sure…
Wondering if you figured out what fields they were hitting regularly and set up a pop up blind. Can they be decoyed in? Would be totally cool to shoot one out of a pop up like hunting turkeys…
Good luck and look forward to the recap!!!
We have pretty much patterned them pretty well and have brush blinds set up around the areas that they land in.
They are tough birds. We use 3-3.5 inch number 4 buckshot 10 gauge #5 or as was mentioned before the razzle dazzle turkey loads.
The archery offers some real challenges.
The guys in the Texas panhandle use rough mounted cranes for decoys Mixed in with other plastic decoys. They are very smart birds with telescopes for eyes.
Id try to pattern them for afternoon roost shooting from a blind especially with the bow.
Good luck
