Turkey bow kills

[chopiq]

Does anyone know where I can find out how many turkeys were killed by bow this past fall season? I tried the Ohiodnr page and a few others but no luck.

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Not really sure on that one i dont think i have ever seen them post that result before just the total number of birds,but if you find out that would be some nice info to pass on to us.

[Q2XL]

yes that would be nice too know plan on goin after one this year with the bow myself

[lureboy98]

I too am interested in that number and any help would be appreciated.

[Ðe§perado™]

I'm sure either about how many , but i will let you know when I shoot mine this year with and bow.;)

[george tinkham]

had a close call with my howard hill,bamboo viper longbow once.

[Ðe§perado™]

Nice bow, What happened george?

[george tinkham]

i sold it,i had a robertson styk bow flat bow too.no more custom bows for me.i like the oldies bettrr.

[Ðe§perado™]

I like them too.;)

[george tinkham]

i like the bows from the 50-60 early 70s.i just got a 1973 ben pearson at the out town auction.very nice.and today a 45# all fiberglass recurve just came in from ebay auction.guess what i plan to use it for beside deer hunting.

[Turkeyfoot]

My guess would be for old Carpus Maximus? Ran into a guy at a recent indoor shoot, George, He had a '58 Kodiak. He was offered $300 for it and turned that down! Probably worth every penny as collecting goes. If he ever decides to seell it, I'll let you know!..TF

[george tinkham]

yes elcarpo by cheapo bo oh.58 hmmmmm.59 kodiak at least.

[Ðe§perado™]

I found several older bows on Ebay most of the time. That is where i found one of my bows.

[chopiq]

I emailed the ODNR looking for this info. When they email me back I'll post.

[george tinkham]

i have got a good bit on ebay,some at large trad. shoots in other states.

[chopiq]

Well I finally found on the OhioDNR page where they posted the number of turkeys killed by bow during the fall season: A total of 171 turkeys killed by longbow and 87 killed by crossbow.

[Turkeyfoot]

Wow.....that's more birds than I expected to be taken with archery equipment. I wonder what percentage was taken by tree standing bowhunters as apposed to those actually taken on the ground hunting birds only? I better get my butt in gear and start practicing for the Spring hunt!!......TF

[M.Magis]

I would have to think that a good percentage were taken by bowhunters in tree stands. That's how I took mine. It's not the traditional way, but for my first bow killed longbeard, I'll take it any way I can. It did have somewhat of a spring feel to it though. The entire hollow was filled with gobbles, and the one I shot only gobbled twice, but spent the early morning strutting in a tree about 50 yards behing me.

[chopiq]

Sorry my mistake, a total of 171 turkeys killed, 84 with long bow and 87 with crossbow.

[george tinkham]

i hunt deer in the fall only,i have come very close one time to getting a turkey in spring calling by myself an without the use of a blind...this is hard but can be done

[racm]

spring turkey hunting is my favorire time of the year, love those mushrooms


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[Caribou Dreamer2]

I hope to add a bird to 2003 count for archery equipment

[Q2XL]

me too