Wounded birds during spring bow season

[Bowguy]

Good mentors are a big deal. When I take newbies and I sit them down I give them landmarks to shoot by. As in, "when he gets inside that tree take the first clean shot, no brush busting. I also tell them break my rules and your gonna get a butt chewing and I'll bring it up over and over. I don't abandon them but they might abandon me. I use the baseball method, three strikes and your out. Actually a friend and I just discussed starting a youth mentoring group for hunting and fishing the other day. Don't expect better from those never taught better, its a problem all through our culture right now.

I've never needed a 3 strikes rule. I never believe in warnings per se. A mistake will be explained though I've never had anyone child or adult not follow what I ask. Even asking kids wait for better opportunities when a decent one was already present. Point is we gotta show em right no matter how we achieve that. God Bless ya for doing so eggshell

[sasquatch1]

Appreciate the open and honest comments by Brinkcalls and Joey46.

I have and continue to archery hunt for deer and elk. But hearing from folks I trust, and watching YouTube archery gobbler hunts... I can't help but wonder what the impacts would be should bowhunting gobblers become incentivized.

And I'm not necessarily concerned about hardcore bowhunters doing it because that's what they do. What gives me pause is thinking about turkey hunters who are ONLY archery hunting because of an incentive for increased opportunity, like an early season or an extra tag.

Agencies have made efforts to determine wounding loss in deer. Google: "Wounding Rates of White-tailed Deer with Modern Archery Equipment". Just haven't seen anything yet for turkeys, though I'm not surprised by that.

They are more likely to Archery hunt turkeys because their favorite YouTuber bow hunted them than they are based on season structure


When THP makes a fist pumping video over an archery killed gobbler, watch the **** out. Everyone will be asking "what bow do we (run) for turkey season"


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[Brinkcalls]

Appreciate the open and honest comments by Brinkcalls and Joey46.

I have and continue to archery hunt for deer and elk. But hearing from folks I trust, and watching YouTube archery gobbler hunts... I can't help but wonder what the impacts would be should bowhunting gobblers become incentivized.

And I'm not necessarily concerned about hardcore bowhunters doing it because that's what they do. What gives me pause is thinking about turkey hunters who are ONLY archery hunting because of an incentive for increased opportunity, like an early season or an extra tag.

Agencies have made efforts to determine wounding loss in deer. Google: "Wounding Rates of White-tailed Deer with Modern Archery Equipment". Just haven't seen anything yet for turkeys, though I'm not surprised by that.

They are more likely to Archery hunt turkeys because their favorite YouTuber bow hunted them than they are based on season structure


When THP makes a fist pumping video over an archery killed gobbler, watch the **** out. Everyone will be asking "what bow do we (run) for turkey season"


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God I hope not... that would be a real kick in the knackers. The public land mobile deer hunting is getting out of hand as is.


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[jimmyg97]

I think 3.5 shells and tungsten wound more birds because people think they can now blast one at 80-90 yards. Same with guys taking long shots on deer with a crossbow. I have no problem with crossbows or magnum shells. If the animal is inside an ethical range it'll help you get the job done, but it shouldn't be an excuse to extend your range.