Where do you aim on the turkey?

[TheDeerHunter]

I'm new to turkey hunting so to most of you this may sound like a stupid question. I've had different people tell me different locations. So which is it? Head, Middle of the neck, or where the neck and body meet. Thanks for the help

[PAbowhunter4life]

Every hunter aims somewhere different, but in general a good rule of thumb is the base of the neck. Gives you the largest target, a little more room for error as opposed to aiming at the ping pong ball head, and it will definitely get the job done

[gfourhunter]

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Every hunter aims somewhere different, but in general a good rule of thumb is the base of the neck. Gives you the largest target, a little more room for error as opposed to aiming at the ping pong ball head, and it will definitely get the job done

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well said. and rember, wait till the bird is out of strut. his neck is longer out of strut. bigger target.

[slaw]

I like to see his head and half of his neck above my bead

[Strut10]

It all depends on where your pattern centers up in relation to your point of aim.

I sight my guns in to center at the point of aim with a red-dot scope. Then I aim at the base of the bird's neck. This leaves 1/2 the core pattern impacting below and 1/2 the core impacting above the point of aim. This way the top of the core pattern is hitting the head and none of the core is flying harmlessly over top.

If you are using the factory bead to sight your gun, you will need to adjust your hold to center the core on the neck.

[Nut]

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I like to see his head and half of his neck above my bead

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That is what works for me.

My one son uses the bead and he aims at the base.

So what Strut says holds true.

[buffett1]

With my old gun I had to aim just a bit higher than the head to get the best pattern in the neck region. Different guns, choles, etc, different locations.

[JimT]

Middle of the neck...

[Bowtech_archer07]

I put my crosshairs where his neck meets his body. Like PAbowhunter said, wait till he's out of strut

[HeviShot]

The center of the neck out 30 yards.at 40 to 50 I shoot straight for his head to allow for a little drop in the pattern.Like they mentioned try not to shoot him while strutting.

[maddhunter]

I also aim for the center of the neck when inside 30 yards and his beek at 30 & 40 yards.

[TheDeerHunter]

After I posted last night I looked at where my pattern was going and it was high when I aimed for the middle of the neck. So today I aimed for where the neck meets the body and I shot alot better. Thanks for the help!

[maytom]

I agree with hevishot's post. Right on!!

[Mach1]

What about when you're shooting an arrow? I've heard that the best is to shoot at a strutting bird facing away from you. Thoughts????

[PAbowhunter4life]

If the bird is strutting and facing way from you, aim for the bullseye. If he is facing you, aim about 1" above the beard. Finally, for a bird that is standing broadside, aim for where the wing meets the body. Just like all other animals, I prefer a broadside shot on turkey too