You have to use steel arrows.

 

HAHAHA don't forget a plug for your quiver...

 

Youtube is your friend. Are you going to be hunting timber like these guys? I wouldn't use a bow fishing rig. You are going to have to shoot out to 20-30 yards and I would think the line would screw up your accuracy to much. I don't think I would use a broadhead either, not sure what I would use but I don't think you need a broadhead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEwcbZ_5dwg

 

Thank you.
I have seen this on youtube and have even tried contacting these guys. No such luck.

 

And we will not be in the timber, but at the end of a lake and a small pond.

 

I have goose hunted with a bow and shot one once with a rocket miniblaster. It is a mechanical head. Just shot my turkey huntin set up of Carbon Express 350 Selects fitted with those miniblasters. Carbon arrows float and are easy to retrieve. The wind will blow enough to push the arrows to the downwind side of pond. As for flight I notice no difference when wet. Only other tip is aim small. Good luck

 

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Grab some cheap arrows, cheap broadheads, and go for it. It will be a blast.
If u can get them landing close, shoot bullheads.

 

I used some beemen ICS tipped with G5 strikers. They floated tip down, easy recovery. Worked good on the ducks too

 

I am not pushing ethics but is it really the best idea? Too much to go wrong. Good luck have fun and hope one doesn't fly away with an arrow sticking out of someplace.

 

VPA makes some good heads. I've been short on time this year so haven't been able to try any out though. Think it's called Vortex?

 

I say use a bow fishing rig. Hit them and they take off! Duck fishing sounds like a up and coming sport to me!

What about a judo tip or something similar? Only thing I would be worried about is dogs retrieving the bird with a sharp broadhead possibly sticking out if it.

 

U got a hell of a duck hole if u plan on bagging a limit of ducks with a bow.. Plus 20-30 yards at a moving target that's half of it actual body size(other half under water)..
I'd just take a 12 guage and leave the stick and string at home but that's just
me..
Good luck

 

Here's a video I did of us hunting geese and ducks with longbows. Had a heck of a good time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K56K5sLzNDs

 

I don't know if I would call that hunting..
Your shooting at a game animal yes, hunting.. No

 

Watch out for the dog(s) if you are using broadheads! If no dogs, have at it.

 

Didn't think of this one. wouldn't want to risk injuring someones dog.

 

I am a waterfowl guide in Arkansas and I have thought about hunting ducks with a bow many times. My choice would be in the timber. I would shoot what I deer hunt with. I also use Swhacker broad heads. They fly very accurate and very quiet.

 

Unless you plan on taking a bunch of arrows and broadheads I would go with fixed heads so you don't have to worry about replacing O rings and stuff like that.

 

Do yourself a favor and take a shotgun at least as back up - ducks are not easy to hit with a scatter gun muchless a bow.

 

I appreciate all of the input. As a twice convicted felon, I can only bow hunt, no firearms for me.

I do plan to hunt away from everyone else so the dogs do not bite my arrows. The cheapest carbon arrows I can find are the Carbon Raiders at Dicks (They are the Beman ICS arrows). And they do float. The kids and I put one in the tub overnight and it was still floating this morning with a 100 grain field tip on it. There will be a canoe I can use to retrieve my ducks and arrows.

I will check out the different broadheads you guys suggested. I hunt deer with Rage, but that might be too pricey for this trip.

As far as hunting in the Timber, we are not going to be able to go there this year, maybe next year. We will be on private property in Southern Arkansas.

Any more tips will be appreciated.

If it all works out, I'll post what I learned on AT!

 

With the bullheads, can you make a body shot or does it have to be head?
And what about on turkey's, can you shoot them in the body with a bullhead?

 

Those are the same as the Dick's Carbon Raiders - that is what I plan to shoot.

 

G5 makes a great small game head that would be perfect for ducks. They are a little spendy though. Check out the thread where a guy made some home-made small game heads. He used a wing nut and a bolt. He eventually filed the wing nut to make it sharp. I made one like it and it flew great.

 

The G5 small game heads are great head but will cost you $$$$$

 

I'd use flu flus so those things will slow down quicker