Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: skyarrow on May 17, 2011, 01:52:20 pm
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Well yesterday a friend and I went gar hunting after work we left around 6pm and didn't get home till 11 pm it took almost a hour to paddle to a good spot I managed to shoot two my buddy Brian being his first bow hunting trip did really well and winged a few :) all in all it was a great trip the weather was great water was clear. Brian learned alot on refraction and also how the clean a gar :) what a great evening here are the few pics I did take on my cell
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Good job!!!! good eating I've heard? JEFFW
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Ohhh yeah gar is mighty tasty il choose that over red drum any day
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that looks like a butt load of fun..and you can eat them they look tasty...is gar skin any good for backing bows...john
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You prolly could if you ge a 6 footer you will have to cut the carpace with a band saw it's so thick
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That looks like a fun time up a river... Konrad type
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Sterling, I'd think those shorter gar could still back a bow. I've heard tin snips is the best way to cut gar skin. Next time you go I'd be interested in the skins off one that size. I have a friend over in Fort Worth who goes gator gar fishing all the time. I keep trying to invite myself, but I don't think I'm that good a friend. :'(
George
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Jorge,
Amigos like that ain't true amigos and ain't worth keeping around, not even fer a rainy day O:)
But he could be an acquaintance especially if I could get a big'O Gar head
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I sent him a message asking if I could get a head and skin. We'll see. What do you plan to do with a big ol gar head??
George
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N il keep and eye out for the both of ya some times I get lucky and find a fresh one that has been cleaned already if so il strip the skin and skull il try to save ya some next time I get a few. This weekend il be stingray hunting :) mmmmm they tast good I plan to skin them for bow handles and if I get enough for backin mats ttyl
Sterling
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Seen a bunch sunday while I was crappie fishing...sure woulda been nice to had the bow with me to sling and arra or two. Nice work!
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Very cool pictures. I'm hoping to try some bowfishing soon, here, Sterling. Met a new friend that goes out on the inter-coastal waterway at night.
Good work!
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Bow fishing is a riot. I haven't been out in several years though. It is some of the toughest shooting you'll ever do. I bowfished in Green Lake Wisconsin decades ago. Water so clear you could see bottom in 30' of water. The carp looked like submarines but it was impossible to judge their depth and consequently nearly impossible to hit one. I think I got one in 3 or 4 days of trying. It was still great fun. Someday I'll get out after the big gar down here.
Good luck you guys.
George
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id just like a few large gar scales ;D