shot placement for turkey

[matthewmagness]

Ok I have killed a few deer with my bow.Trying turkey now where do you guys who turkey hunt with your bow put your arrow through the bird?

 

[bowhunter54]

I was told if u hit em high they die, hit em low they go! Some good stuff on youtube u can look at!

 

[Pneumothorax]

I ran a search for turkey placement in this forum (Bowhunting) and got 13 hits. Here's a good one with some pics too. There are others.

http://forum.gon.com/showthread.php?t=675689

 

[markland]

Just above and forward of the hips on a broadside bird, almost right in the middle of the body. Facing you just below the beard and going away right under the poop chute!
Turkeys vitals are much lower and further back then you would think a hit in the forward portion of the bird results in nothing more then breast meat and gobble box. All targets seem to project the kill zone as being around the wing butt, which is great, if you hit it but that is a thumbnail sized target and a hit above, below or in front of it will hit nothing vital!

 

[chefrific]

 

[markland]

We actually did field autopsies on birds we had killed back when we started shooting them and loosing them with bows and the vitals are definitely much lower then what is showed in most diagrams and pics. Like the pics above, show the vitals much higher on the body then they really are. When you open up a turkey the heart is actually resting just about right on top of the hips and is much lower then what is shown.

 

[Bow Only]

I go up the leg and shoot center mass. If you miss low, you take out the legs and he can't fly. If you miss high, you spine him and he goes down right there. It's definitely lower than the pics.

 

[matthewmagness]

OK hope to see one sat morning I will let y'all know the outcome..Thanks for the help..

 

[robert carter]

I shoot between the legs no matter how he is standing mid body. I prefer broadside.RC

 

[markland]

I go up the leg and shoot center mass. If you miss low, you take out the legs and he can't fly. If you miss high, you spine him and he goes down right there. It's definitely lower than the pics.

Nailed it!