who all is turkey hunting with a bow this year?

[@fulldraw]

i've been shooting my new bow and am really excited about getting after some gobblers with it. just curious to see who else is carrying their bow.

 

[stik]

not me. i want every advantage i can get.

 

[ImThere]

been reallllllllllllly considering it. man, call me a sissy or what you like but that mossy 835 with a 3.5 hurts my feelings... every shot

 

[catman529]

once I am confident enough with the bow... at this rate I won't be bow hunting turkeys this spring, need to practice a lot more. It would be a lot more rewarding to stick one with an arrow. I'd like to try it without a blind... just whatever cover is available in the woods.

 

[Hunt 365]

I'll get one down with my shotgun, and go stick and string after that. I got a bow holder stake for my popup blind. Knowing me, I like chasing them and manuevering on them too much in the mornings, so the bow will likely be an afternoon thing

 

[J D]

Always! Have tried for a long time with a bow but never sealed the deal. Keep on keeping on!!!!!!!

 

[splitter]

i may some

 

[tickweed]

Me! I have for several years, not really that hard. Just leaving the gun at home is the hardest part!

 

[redblood]

i choose gun powder

 

[MossyOakChick]

Ive done both. I prefer to get one with a bow but its hard in the mountains here. I am not a blind person. I love to run and gun and I have been busted countless times trying to draw. I can't just set in a blind when I have one fired up on the mountainside so alot of times I leave the blind and go after it. I want to get one with a bow really bad but I also wanna get one.... LOL.

 

[bvoss]

Not me. I like to shoot them with a shotgun too much.

 

[ShaneHallum]

I'm gonna go with the bow this year.

 

[timberjack86]

I might take mine during late season when the woods are fully leafed out.

 

[Phil1979]

10 ga does the job good.

 

[280longshot]

Not a expert, but looks to me hunting out of a tree stand with a bow would be better. I killed one last year like this but with my shotgun, just don't make the mistake like I did. I stood up and shot behind me, about knocked me out of the stand. Yeh I know not a good idea, but I killed him.

 

[Gravey]

I tell myself every year that if I kill one I'll switch to stick & string but have yet to do it.

 

[backstraps]

I will try and get the first one with stick n string, then its on!
I am hoping I found another gobbler for this year...if he sticks around for the games, im going to try and poke him.

 

[spitndrum]

Not kill enough with a gun yet to move to that

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I tell myself every year that I will. Then I limit with a gun and dont even go with a bow. I really dont want to blind hunt, I run and gun so I just never end up taking a bow.I need to just try it, be patient and get one strutting away from me or behind a big tree, etc and draw.

 

[TheLBLman]

I MAY, but then MAY NOT.

Just a few rambling thoughts:

While hunting the traditional "Run & Gun" style of turkey hunting, killing a turkey with a bow would generally require much greater hunting skills. This is a true hunting challenge, and a much greater feat than killing a deer with a bow while still hunting.

But hunting from a pop-up blind?
I see little additional challenge in killing a turkey with a bow vs. just using a shotgun. True, there is a tad more challenge, but not that much. IMO, it's mostly just an inconvenience to be using a bow instead of a shotgun.

My thoughts on this are much like my thoughts on deer hunting.
First and foremost, I'm more a hunter, than any particular weapon enthusiast. I usually hunt with the most effective legal weapon that's "in season". If that be a bow, I'm happy to hunt with a bow. But when a gun is legal, I usually find that gun a more effective weapon for my hunting.

But I do understand and appreciate that some people are simply more into archery than I'm into hunting. Others are more interested in golf. That's fine. I'm just in to enjoying the hunt.