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Bowhunting Turkey’s – Perfect Arrow Placement

By: Forrest Breedlove, DIY Bowhunter As turkey hunting grows in popularity so does the desire to tag a gobbler with a bow. The most important part of this equation isn’t calling them in range or even getting drawn back but picking the right place to put the arrow.  Shot placement is the single most important component to arrowing a gobbler and is the least practiced. An adult gobbler’s kill zone is about the size of a grapefruit and is very hard to locate when they are twisting around strutting. The adage of “Hit’em high watch’em die, Hit’em low watch’em go” is ...

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Hunting Inside Corners

Inside Corners! Easy to Find, Easy to Hunt, and Highly Successful! By: Shane McDermott, President and StickemArchery.com Contributor/Pro Staff Mapping The Outdoors, Inc. www.mappingtheoutdoors.com Inside Corners are a great place to start if you are just beginning to use aerial photos and topographic maps to identify hot spots for hunting whitetail deer. The reason for this is that you can look at an aerial photo and identify an inside corner as one of the simplest features to locate on the map. There are usually only a few on a piece of property, and it only takes a glance at the map to find them. So what is ...

Bowhunting Turkeys- Gett’n it done with a Bow

By Chris McNeal Stick'em Archery Pro Staff It is almost here! For those of you who are getting geared up for Spring Turkey season read on. Turkey hunters are a passionate and dedicated group of hunters and sportsmen/sportswomen. Those that chase turkeys with a bow and arrow take it to a whole new level. Getting a bead on a tom with a shotgun can be hard enough but when you decide to do it with your bow, that challenge becomes significantly higher. While I am a hardcore bow hunter for whitetails, I am beyond passionate about turkey hunting. I place myself in ...

How good of a Turkey Hunter are You?

By Brian Stephens, StickemArchery.com Turkey Hunters might be even more passionate about chasing a long bird as a Whitetail Deer Hunter chasing a monster buck.  The reality is both require skills, determination, practice and right equipment.  I will profess that I am not as skilled as a Turkey Hunter as I am a Deer Hunter but I love to chase those birds with a bow.  I have just started getting hard-core with Turkey Hunting over the past few years. Turkey in itself is hard enough but swop out a shotgun with a bow and it becomes even more difficult.  My goal ...