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stone points and turkeys
mullet:
Ryan;
The bird I shot was with a 60# osage and a coral point. It was about 3/4" at the base and about 2" long. I hit it straight on a little below the base of the neck, dead center. The arrow did not even slow down and flew about 20 yds after passing through. The bird was with five more and they all flew about 20 yards and started walking around like nothing happened, I thought I had missed, and took another shot and clearly missed at 20 yds.
They all started to walk off and then the one I shot stumbled and then fell straight forward. After I cleaned it, it looked like I cut the heart in half like a razor had done it.
By the way, got one Saturday, Opening morning. :)Good Luck!
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
yeahi think the light weight of the bird has something to do with it....bout knock it down..lol im shooting pretty small points overall..but i make a few "bird" point....pun intended ofcourse.
congrats on your bird eddie. if woulda been shotgunning it i woulda busted it.....lol i gotta get one stoned this year..lol so you didnt shoot through the wing then right? not many accounts of folks killing turkeys with stone nowadays..lol Im going to keep after it though. smaller flake like point and opt for a "better" shot if possible
gstoneberg:
I've hit a couple with steel points (got 1) and get waaaay less penetration on a turkey than I do a deer. I agree with Pearlie, but also the silly things are nearly always moving and usually moving away from you by the time the arrow arrives. It saps some energy. I prefer to shoot them in the pelvis. If I can I take the shot when they're strutting and the head is blocked by the fan. Makes the butt of the bird a good target...fatal too.
They're not a real smart bird. I shot all 4 of my arrows at one up in Nebraska. Couple yelps after a bow shot and he'd come right back. On the last arrow he watched it in flight and then dodged it when it got close. My shooting wasn't too awesome that day. I raised them for several years. My hens got numerous visits from wild toms that never could figure out how to do the deed through the fence...but were sure willing. :)
George
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
thanks George, glad to her someone else say they are tougher to penetrate than a deer.... thats the results I am seeing. even with a needle sharp tip i dont get good penetration even on the cartilage pad of a deers shoulder. stone really has a harder time penetrating anything tough. soft materials allow it to really cut and glide, but hard spots slow em down way too much compared to steel. i think i am going to resort back to some of my cane shafts with the really skinny footed hardwood shaft on the end. bout the diameter of a pencil and tip it with a little 3\4 wide x 1 1\4 long chert point and flake thin. ol gobbler will break the crap outa it, but i bet that will slip through...but if i get the chance, i want to hit the base of the neck, or the back or up the bung. these Oceola birds dont strutt nearly as much as those merriams on MT
Dazv:
My teachers friend had the same thing happen to a turkey and if I remember the advise he was given was to use a thinner points.
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