archery turkey advice

[fdh88]

A little over a month ago I bought my first bow and I'm thinking turkey may be a good place to start for archery hunting. I pulled an elk tag for this year, so I'm thinking with enough target practice I will be ready to go in 2016. Just looking for some turkey hunting advice. I'm looking at the fall archery hunt because I know the units that are available for that hunt. How to the fall and spring hunts compare? What additional gear would you suggest? What can I do to be prepared for next year? Thanks in advance for the help.

[kimberx2]

Spring hunt is 100x better than the fall hunt. Birds are gobbling and you can hear them. In the fall they are quieter, you can be a couple hundred yards from them and never know you were even close. In the spring you know they are there somewhere cause you can hear them.

Go to some of the turkey seminars, Desert Christian hunters had a great one about a month ago, and little creek calls had one at sportsman warehouse last week. They will save years of a learning curve.

I have been lucky enough to take 4 archery turkeys, all from blinds. Every time I draw on them out of a blind they catch the movement. They move faster than the agents from the matrix and just move out of the way of your arrow.

As long as you can hit a big Mac size box at 30yds your good to hunt, just hold your shots to that distance or less. I would go out this spring, learn dome new units and start learning about them. Plus you get to see deer, elk, javelinas and even cows.

Good luck, Kirk. Pm me if you need more info.

[fdh88]

Thanks so much for the info!

[Seldom Drawn]

I have killed several with my bow spot and stalk in the fall, and calling in the spring never out of a blind, I think you could do good sitting water in the fall you can shoot either sex then but I only shoot the males anymore. Saving the hens to produce more turkeys, one of the keys to killing a bird with an arrow is to know the kill zone

on a turkey, Google it and look at all the kill spots facing you, walking away from you, and a side view will really increase your harvest success. Javelina with a bow I think would be another great way to learn how to bow hunt, they are made for stick and string hunting. Good luck to you.

[fdh88]

Thanks. I've watched some youtube videos on the kill zone. I'm looking to do a lot of target practice. I've looked at javelina too. Right now I've been looking at all things archery and trying to learn as much as I can. I love hunting with a rifle but archery feels really rewarding.