It's doable. have shot pheasant and quail with my long bow and recurve. see if I can dig up some photos. I cut out foam discs duct taped them and had wifey throw the up in the air for practice wing shooting.
For wild birds. I fletched with six uncut bright feathers and used a grizzly head. I dulled the head with a file when hunting with my dog. Don't want him getting cut when retrieving a bird. If I missed arrow would go maybe 50 yds.
can also spiral wrap a feather around arrow.
Judo and bird snare heads fine for small birds like quail.
I like broad heads for pheasant goose and ducks.
Not as successful as a shotgun but a good time
I am contemplating getting into a little traditional archery my self. My main motivation for this would be to shoot (attempt to shoot) geese during our early goose season. There has been many a times where I've been in my blind in the decoys and birds are damn near on top of us (or landing right out front) and I think to my self, "damn, if I had a bow I think I could kill that one". I have ZERO traditional experience, however. This goose hunting with a shotgun has gotten monotonous. I still love it, but would like to spice things up a bit. I think attempting to shoot big resident Canadas out of the air with a trad bow and flu flus would be pretty damn fun.
You guys that got the experience, you think this is doable?
Would you recommend a recurve or longbow, and why?
Thanks
I am contemplating getting into a little traditional archery my self. My main motivation for this would be to shoot (attempt to shoot) geese during our early goose season. There has been many a times where I've been in my blind in the decoys and birds are damn near on top of us (or landing right out front) and I think to my self, "damn, if I had a bow I think I could kill that one". I have ZERO traditional experience, however. This goose hunting with a shotgun has gotten monotonous. I still love it, but would like to spice things up a bit. I think attempting to shoot big resident Canadas out of the air with a trad bow and flu flus would be pretty damn fun.
You guys that got the experience, you think this is doable?
Would you recommend a recurve or longbow, and why?
Thanks