I shot at a turkey the other day through the screen of a Barronett ground blind and totally missed a Jake at 7 yards. bet it was the net cause I just am not used to missing a under 10 yard shot. I typically open the window but didn't this time and missed . open the screen or not?

I have not had an issue with it shooting 50 pound range with COC 2 blades.

I have a 55# Cleland Stickbow that I am good with out to 35 yards. I am troubled that I missed a shot at 7 yards . Never ever should happen. I've shot a recurve from 1972 to this date with very little bad luck. I shoot a Magnus 4 @ 245 gr. Thinking arrow tork may have a part in the miss.

I don't use the screens (don't like looking through them), but I know lots of guys who do.

Those guys say the trick to getting a clean pass through the screen is to not put it on tight.

Something about leaving it loose with slack in it keeps it from effecting arrow flight.

Rick

No problem unless you use a Bullhead or a mechanical. They don't like screen. Turkeys don't seem to be bothered by an open window as long as they can't see you. Wear black & open screen.>>>----> Ken

I do not plan on shooting through one again . My son the owner of CSB convinced me to open the window which we always have in the past . Just thought I would try it and missed a give me. Thanks for the input and the Trad hunters who help each other out.

Practice shot through the screen is in order...

Had a miss at approx 10 yards when I first got my blind. Had the screen up and shot through it. I never let that happen again.

Just like 2 bears sed. wear black and leave the screen down. I did get busted doing that once, but my own fault. Just made too much movement, and it was my own stupid mistake.

Shooting through any material is going to affect arrow flight. Simple physics. Keep in mind that when the arrow comes off the bow and for a few feet thereafter, it is going through severe contortions. If it is going through those contortions when it passes through a screen of any kind.... and it is from a blind.... flight will be affected.

I was told you need to practice shooting through the netting. It's also a mind game shooting through the screen.

I never have practiced before hunting out of a blind with a net. It's pretty much a mind game, I think. I've never had a problem.

I don't use a blind and usually don't miss at 7 yards... but I have. LOL! :)

What do you want to do? That's the answer. And why would you care about anyone else's opinion on something like that?

Well I don't understand the need to shoot through a screen unless you are so restless you can't sit still. And those telling you to practice it are probably the ones making screens for blinds. The whole thing sounds like an exercise in futility. If you have to use one of those consarned things, then take the netting out and wear clothes to match the inside of the blind. I'm amazed at what people will go through to stack the odds in their favor to take game. Especially these guys on here who went to traditional for the challenge.

I have killed my fair share of turkeys from a tent blind, with out the window netting. (I have never shot through the netting) Using this Dark Horse blind, and while the wide window gives me a lot of view and front angles to shoot, I do place the netting in the window BUT not fully. That is, I have cut the netting in to, two lengths and when hung, that allows me a 2 ft, open space in the netting where I can shoot through the netless opening. When a tom is out front, I just draw and move slightly into the window opening and shoot. Turkeys do not seem to mind an open window as long as the sun in not shinning in and you show movement.

So your question, "open screen or not?"

What, nobody saw Mike Loades on the History Channel ride hell for leather wearing flowing silks as armor while someone shot arrows at him and did not miss?

Last year a compound shooter here shooting Muzzys took feathers off of a hen that he claimed was 6 feet from the tom he was shooting at. They blamed it on shooting through the net at a slight angle. He is a pretty good shot, I don't think he would miss by that far.

I'm sure you have heard of "Archers Paradox" when you have a bow that is less than center and/or shot with fingers the arrow is osculating for several feet in front of the bow. A center cut or past center shot with a release doesn't have that problem.

Bob

I shot through screen with compound at 60#s & missed a decent Antelope (I do blame the screen) I have them open now.

I have killed turkeys shooting through the screen. I guess if I had not shot through the screen, I would surely have missed the bird.

......a yet I cooler?

......a yeti cooler?

I have killed over a dozen turkeys shooting through the netting. Would not do it any other way.

I won't try to shoot through any screens its not necessary. Plus I need to be able to see better with no distraction. It just bothers me that screen.

Been using the netting for a long time, and killed quite a few turkeys using it. Only once, did I have an occurrence where the netting might have affected arrow flight. The arrow did fly erratically, and I missed. However, I also plucked the shot severely. Believe I would have missed without netting as well.

I've also missed a few other birds, but I can't blame it on shooting through the netting.

Bigger, 3-blade heads cut a larger hole in the screen, making for less feather contact. Of course, many of the expandable blade heads that wheel bow shooters use will catch on the netting and partially open, totally disrupting flight.

It is a handy excuse. I don't like them because they bother my vision. Never seemed to bother the paradox of the arrow after the broad head opened a big hole in the soft netting though. Turkeys don't mind the open window but deer sure do. You will never know though if you don't try a practice shot or two when you are not under pressure. The screen will withstand a 1/2 dozen shots or more and you can rotate them out. If you are not going to use them might as well poke some holes in them. >>>----> Ken

I missed a turkey last year not screen,, just missed,,ohh it hurt so bad,,

I'm a big believer in using netting in my ground blinds for both deer and turkey. I use Woodsmans/Snuffers/Hellrazors/VPA's/etc. Those broadheads are excellent for punching nice clean holes for the arrow to passthrough with no quantifiable impact on arrow flight. I do practice shooting through the netting often. It's amazing how much more movement the netting allows you to get away with.

2-blades can do some screwy things thru the mesh. The arrow flexes a lot early in flight and the tail can kick with that little hole in the mesh. Three blades seem to fair much better.

I've shot through screen, I prefer a 3 blade through screen and my go to 3 blade is a 160 Snuffer which cuts a plenty big enough hole for the fletching. The same head that I have had pass through on Elk has never completely passed through a turkey from the same bow at a much closer distance.

I've shot six through the screen, 5 of those with a string tracker, and not had any problem. I've used 2 blade, and 3 blade heads, both work great. And yes, I have missed a couple, but can't blame the screen.

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You guy that shoot through the screen, does the "tightness" of the shoot through screen through make any difference? IE, is it better to have a tightly stretched screen vs, one that is loose?

I would guess, the tighter the better.

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