Gobbler Guillotines

[INHunterman]

try posting this in the turkey hunting room.

[OntHunter]

This is lol

[ilhunter1986]

thats funny cuz this is the right room

[LifeNRA]

I thought of trying them. I heard you should buy the arrows made for the head. Seen the video at Cabela's last year, I was shocked how they worked. But then I started laughing! LOL!

[maddhunter]

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try posting this in the turkey hunting room.

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Now that's funny right there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been thinking of trying them but can't figure out the best way to carry them in the field.
The video they show on their web site is very convincing, they take the head right off.

[Nut]

Are you supposed to aim at the head/neck area with them?

[JimT]

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Are you supposed to aim at the head/neck area with them?

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Yes,,,they are made for the head/neck shot. Not what I want to aim for really. Turkeys move their heads alot, so I would opt for a regular head and a body shot.

[Bow Hunter Derek]

I've used them. It's been a couple years ago. I missed a gobbler using them. They are a real good head. And yes, you only take head and neck shots with them. The feathers and bone structure of the wing, would make a body shot ineffective.

You need to limit the shot to 20 yards or so. When I missed my gobbler, I had a real high cross wind. The wind made the arrow plane worse than normal, I assume to the long blades.

I've shot them a bunch in non-windy conditions and they fly well. Someone suggested using their arrows. Just use some full length shafts and fletch them with some 5" feathers with lots of helical and they will fly fine.

While I've not killed a turkey with them, I can tell you that there were a couple rabbits and one large wood chuck that were on the receiving end of a guillotine. They are a WICKED head. Bouth rabbits were nearly decapitated. The woodchuck went about 5 feet after being hit square in the soulder. It cut his front leg almost off and burried deep enough to stop against his spine.

As for carrying them. That is the problem. What I did was took a large piece of foam and created a custom quiver insert. The new insert goes into the quiver hood completely and then I flaired a foam hood out under the quiver hood wider than the blade diameter. I was able to countersink an area in the foam hood to hold the blades. It is kind of bulky, but it works well.

I did not use the heads last spring, as I ended up using my shot gun on my bird. This fall, I used an NAP turkey head on a gobbler, unfortunately, he moved and all I got was tail feathers.

All in all the guillotine is a good head when used within the parameters that they were designed. The nice thing is that it is either a hit or a clean miss. The chances of a wounded bird are very very slim.