Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: bow kid44 on June 17, 2008, 03:50:34 pm
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has anyone here ever bow fished before?
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yes sir, its somethin that is extremely fun and helps with accuracy... look at the naything else section, ryano and his friend killed a few
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i just went to day i tried usin a survival bow i made and a long piece of split and sharpend bamboo. i live on the river and i couldnt find any fish :'( but i almost hit a big blue crab
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its the most fun you could have on the off season. its great. kinda sad you cant use it for much after ya kill it but fun as h@!!
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I bowfish all the time, its a blast. The gar and carp arent spawning anymore so its been a little slow but we have been shooting water snakes out there regularally.
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That gar is a tasty fish. Be a shame if you are shooting and dumping them.
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Bow fishing when I was just a kid is some of the best memories that I have from the childhood. Great way to learn!
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My favorite thing to do...with a bow 8). Your right Eddie, good eatin if prepared right....Brian
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Grilled lemon butter and herb gar, mmmmmm-mmmmmm!
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Gar have a bad rep for being a trash fish. but some tin snips and some leather gloves ya can pop that Shell off and cut that tinder meat off and fry up them fish nuggets mmmmmmmm.mmmmmm.mm YUM!
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I like to make it like Lobster scampi too. I also cut in in strips and soak in sour orange and garlis and salt. Then put it in the dehydrator and make dried fish strips.
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Mullet you have my attention, fish jerky? That sounds great. I might have to grab my gear and get some gar to try it on.
Tracy
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Tracy, it really is good. I'm always having buddies asking if I've made anymore.
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mullet, as soon as i can my grandpa and i are gonna go try for some gar. might have to try yer gar jerky along with the garballs and fried gar and grilled gar and gar....whell, here is my best shot at spelling this.....coubiou..someone help me out here?
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Beats me? get it close and use spell check. Unless you are talking about the saltwater fish,Cobia.
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nope. its a cajun red gravy made with fish.
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jist figured it out. well, mommy did. its courtbouillon. cut it is pronounced cu-be-ou
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Those silly french/cajuns....so many letters for so few sounds!
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wi fie we like to use all the letters in z alphabet
Dennis
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ahh, bowfishing. to be honest, i bought a kit. i saw, and shot, the biggest carp ive ever seen in my life with a red oak longbow, about 30 pounds draw. the arrow didnt fly straight, and penetrated about an inch sideways. i was so pist, i went to cabela's and bought the kingfisher bow. that came with literly everything. ive been harvesting them for a while, and it truely is a blast. you said you couldnt find any fish. my advise, dont look in the middle of a river. look in the shallower swampbeads and such, wll, i shouldnt say that. its hotter this time of year and ythey go deeper to get cooler temperature... well, in the spring go for that, but in the 95 degree summer just find a pond, or runoff pond, that is relatively shallow. they surface alot, and if its really weedy, you can see the carp through the weeds. ive actually never seen a gar in the water, but then again all of my bowfishing experience has been off of the shore. if i can give any advise, get a 30+ pound bow, and 3riversarchery sells a tape on reel for bowfishing. my buddy uses it, and it gets the job done. that, and i wouldnt really make my own fishing arrow, there only like 5 bucks and the heads are pretty cheap. if you snag the arrow, twist the line and the head will unscrew off. good luck man, i really suggest buying a reed, but you can tape a fishing reel on too, same principal. good luck -jimmy
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thanks