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Primitive bowfishing and why it's often overlooked...

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PeteC:
One of my favorite "off season" hunts is going after tilapia with self -equipment.These fish are nothing like bowfishin' roughfish,they make you hunt them,as they are always lookin' around,just like they're lookin' for you.They are great eatin',and we can usually take enough to fill the freezer.I'll take some pics this year of a few of our hunts,which is right around the corner,I might add. Good huntin', and God Bless

Kegan:
I would all the time if I had somewhere to fish around here. But alas, I'm not so lucky. After highschool maybe...?

JackCrafty:
When I was in Indiana (on a job) I made myself a primitive carp-fishing set up.  It was a red oak board bow with an arrow made from a  3/8" red oak dowel.  The arrowhead was a 1/8" diameter steel rod (about 10" long) bent into a "J" and pounded flat and sharpened to a point.  I split the end of the dowel about two inches deep, carved a cavity for the rod, flattened the rod at the base so it wouldn't pull out, and wrapped it with wire.  I tied the string to the nock end of the arrow....eliminating the need for fletching....about 10-15 feet of heavy jute twine (other strings seemed to get tangled during the shooting)... and tied the other end to my wrist (bow hand).

I would approach the water's edge slowly, spot a carp, drop the string in front of me, making sure the string was draped over my bow arm, and shoot broadside just below the centerline and just behind the gill.  I would wait for the carp to rise very near the surface of the water before I took a shot....deeper water throws off the perspective and you'll end up shooting too high.

If you miss the vitals and hit muscle, the carp will fight like the devil to get free of the arrow.

Great fun  ;D....and good eats.

huntertrapper:
yeah true that perspective thing has led me to miss dozens of carp, i managed to kill one a few years ago, i hit it through the back while wading, i didnt have any rig and was just shooting an arrow, i "tracked" it down and wrestled it out of the water and killed it up on shore.

JackCrafty:
Dang Hunter!  That's as primitive as it gets. ;D

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