I've hunted deer with a crossbow for years and it's challenging to say the least. I've harvested several deer with it over the years and have tried hunting turkeys with it as well.
Best tactic for hunting turkeys is from a ground blind and have a 2 turkey decoys setup . Turkeys are not spooked at all by the presents of the blind.

Give the crossbow a try Muddy, pick one up at a Dealer and try it. I recommend Excalibur but what ever feels good to you.


The crossbow/compound archery debate is so old guys.

I would loved to be able to carry a hand gun in my back pack but Canadian laws won't allow it.

No one in Alabama has done it, because it's just now legal for the first time.

When you shoot at a turkey with a bow/crossbow, do you shoot at the head or just shoot center of mass?

Try to get it in his vitals / low breast area, unless you are shooting those windmill heads that are designed to decapitate them. You pretty much want to put an arrow through his upper thigh to get in there with the heart and lungs. If his back is to you shoot him in that little bullseye the good lord gave him at the base of his tail fan.

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