Vertical Archers for Waterfowl

[onelessarrow]

Does anyone here shoot geese with a bow?
What types of tips & vanes are you using?
Sights or no sights?

[skeeter1]

Can you put sights on a lonbow (or would you even?)

[Fox]

I know you should use flu flu arrows to limit the distance the arrow travels, not sure what else is involved. I spoke with a friend who used to shoot recurve for everything and he said he personally would not hunt geese with a bow because the kill zone is too small and too hard to hit with a bow. I have seen it done on TV but never in person.

[recurve40]

Yes, Hunted geese and ducks with my recurve for over 30yrs; some issues; broad heads are a must---which leads to dangerous arrows falling issues---so private access land and/or NO one else about where you are hunting--plus dog dangers if using retrievers. Flu flus do slow down flight but compromise distance/penetration- I used 3 fletch and practiced quite a bit before hand. No sights etc at all...never had a fly away with geese after being hit they dropped; I hunted large corn fields with good line of sight and marked all arrows shot and all recovered as well. Its fun but requires practice and you will miss....as usual safety...I never took high vertical shots and let them set their wings...and again..sorry, mark your arrows after each shot and ensure you recover them. good luck

[onelessarrow]

Thanks guys.
Recurve, are you making your own flu flu's?
Have you tried hitting geese with gamestopper(judo) tips? Results?
Thanks for the insight.

[recurve40]

I wouldn't use judos etc for geese..or ducks....they need broadheads--they are tough birds. all the geese I hit all dropped with broadheads...yes I make my own flu flus with full length uncut feathers...

[bardern]

I don't hunt with a bow but I can see major issues with landowners and lost arrows coming up in equipment. Personally I would land them and shoot them on the ground it I was to try goose hunting with a bow. I would still be very worried about lost arrows in ag fields. would lighted nocks help this out?

[recurve40]

Flu flus and bright fletching help as well as reflective tape which shines when flashlight on em, and its not flinging arrows all over; our rule was to pick our shots and pick up after shots and most shots were very close- 10-20yrds at best, getting the birds to come in, we had zero lost arrows in around nine hunts, with bright fletching and flu flus they don't go far; and hunted cut corn 100-200acre sized field lots....

[bardern]

^^^^^^^^^^^^ thumbs up

[mojo stick]

Never personally tried it but has a client last fall want too it was pretty cool to watch , he was good , shooting compound bow with regular arrows and a good broadness fixed blade , he also had the luminocks on the arrows so no lost arrows , he ended the day with his limit and not to many misses. All birds were flying when he shot them