Archery Games - Turkey Tester

Turkey Tester

Though not as devastating to an arrow as the bionic buck but no less to an ego, the turkey tester target is a durafoam 3-D target with a detachable head on its body; the posture of the turkey is in alert mode, body stiff and head sticking straight up. It's more of a contest than a competition to see who can take the head off the target; all other shots to the body do not count. In typical contests archers go one at a time, shooting only one shot from twenty yards (18.3 m). Given the pencil-like nature of the turkey head and neck, and the pressure of only being allowed to shoot once, the archer has to make the lone shot count. To achieve success, the arrow shot must take the head of the bird clean off, and the arrow must hit the head or neck; knock offs caused by hitting the body do not count.

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