Head and neck shots with compound?

[Jscheich]

When shooting turkey are you going for head and neck shots? Seems like a much higher chance of a miss. Are there benefits other than an instant kill?

 

[dtrkyman]

Less chance of wounding, get some Magnus bullheads or similar if you are going head hunting, I have head shot a few with an open Grim Reaper whitetail special.

Turkey vitals are really small and tricky to hit in some cases like a strutting broadside bird!

I like shooting them in the back not strutting with mechanical heads.

 

[Exterra]

One benefit of the head/neck shot is that it is usually either a dead bird or a clean miss.
I also prefer a big mechanical for body shots, something with a 2" cut or more.

 

[Coveyleader]

I swear by the Magnus Bullheads and heavy arrows. I used to shoot traditional bows, and just grabbed my old arrows (full length) with 5.5 inch feathers and those Bullheads by chance shoot lights out to 25 yds easy. I have hit birds low, in the wing butts (bad shots) and still anchored them. I have not lost one bird nor missed a bird with a Bullhead. I normally set the decoys in front of my blind at about 8 steps. I don't know how they do with light arrows, but with those heavy arrows and close shots they simply crush the birds.

You can see arrows in quiver. Hard to miss them when they're like this.