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kdub:
does anyone here hunt ducks with a bow?  I love duck hunting but  I use a 12 guage,  Ive thought about using a bow, but I bet its really hard and prob real easy to lose arrows.

TRACY:
Yeah, you need a lot of arrows that are expendable. I have not harvested yet but continue to try with doves and ducks on the wing. I've found that a judo style head mounted on a flu flu is good for doves. I've experimented with the snaro heads and they are just too heavy for good flight. For ducks I'm using my old 2 blade heads that will take an edge but have broken tips etc and the Ace hex blunts for smaller ducks like teal and woodducks. Good luck!

hawkbow:
I love hunting waterfowl with a bow... have taken nine species of duck and two of geese with my bows over the years... the trick is lots of practice ... I use a  round foam target wrapped with duct tape..then find someone to throw it into the air for you.. won't be long you will be hitting it .. I like to call the ducks into decoys ... then shoot at then just before they land.. for geese i like to let them land then shoot at them as they take off.. lots of fun .. but you will need lots of arrows.. I use willow shoot arrows with duck and goose feathers tied with sinew... and trade point broadheads I make from bandsaw blades.. the reason i use broadheads is... when you finally hit one on the wing you want it to stay down.. good luch Hawk a/ho 

huntertrapper:
ive been after crow and starlings for a while now. but for them a heavy bow aint needed and i could see where my arrow landed and go retrieve it. as tracy said broadheads and hawk said decoys. good luck i think ill try it too. :)

Justin Snyder:
Don't forget that while shotgunners think it unsporting to shoot them off the water, there is nothing wrong with doing it with your bow.  ;)

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