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Boating and Carp slaying with Wolf Watcher..
Wolf Watcher:
Hillbilly's points are right on target. Where we were shooting the carp was in one of many shallow coves on a big lake. When they spawn the carp move into these coves by the hundreds. Their numbers are devastating to the native fish. I suppose as far as eating them it would depend on the time of year. When they have spent some time in the deeper clear water they might be OK, but during the time of spawn I would rather survive on most anything! :-\ The game & fish will poison them when they take over a lake and that kills all the other species. It takes those fisheries years to recover even when replanted! The birds like them and we can use them for bear bait in non grizzly areas. They are tough! I think my kill count would have doubled if my arrow would have penetrated every time one was hit. You can actually see it glance off, especially on their head! Trying to shoot them is one of a stick bow archers best challenges. Wish you could have been there to try your hand at them! a/ho Joe
Little John:
Too bad we are no longer allowed to bait bears in Colorado, What a perfect use for these fish. The best we can do for bears is to hunt over legally killed gut piles or other natural food. Like Josie Whales said buzzards have got to eat the same as worms. Kenneth
mullet:
anybody save the skins for bow backings? they look kinda neat.
DanaM:
I think you would have to pull the scales off one at a time with pliers, and the hide is thick and tough, don't see why they wouldn't work though
Ryano:
Common carp have no pattern to them like grass carp do. I tried it before it just looks like scaley raw hide, not pretty.
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