Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: SLIMBOB on July 17, 2016, 02:03:30 pm
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Great weekend here in the hill country. Several friends and our wives and kids loaded up and spent the weekend in Bandera, about 30 minutes from my house. This is just upstream from where Bandera Creek flows into the Medina River. Crystal clear water and just full of fish. I probably caught 40 bass on soft plastics early in the day, nothing too big but lots of fun. Jake and I caught fish until we were tired of it. Bout 6 pm I grabbed my bow and a few arrows and waded the creek for gar. Shot 10 of 'em, all about this size. Most of these folks know I make bows and hunt with them, but most had no real idea about actually hunting with these things. They know now. I am The Hunter. Great weekend!
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That looks like a great time. Nice shootin' Tex.
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Beautiful looking country and nice shooting. I love bowfishing, just got through eating Catfish and Gar cooked on the grill.
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I know it's a regional thing but people dont eat gar around here. I figure it's kinda like folks up north not eating Okra (or so I have heard). Seems to me it would taste like fish. I'll have to remedy that I suppose. Love to bow fish for those bad boy though. Lots of fun.
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looks like some real nice country. Nice shooting as well.
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Great looking spot for bow fishing Slim, we don't have water anywhere near that clear here that I know of. Nothing like a camp gathering with friends on a nice summer weekend, great way to recharge for the weekday grind.
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Yeah, I am blessed to to be living here and raising my boy in this part of Texas. I was raised about about a mile from here. The area is just beautiful and offers everything you could want outdoors wise. Well except for ice fishing I suppose. We don't get to do that much.
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What no ice. Lucky you.
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Not much ice. That makes the winters so nice, but we pay the price in July and August. But hey, not complaining. That water is about 55 degrees even this time of year, so we get to pretend it's really cold. Brrrr.
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I can't get over how clear that water is.
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Yeah it is clear as a bell. The bottom is sold white limestone and the creek is spring fed. You can watch the catfish on the bottom in 10 feet of water. Huge cypress trees shade the banks. It's like a painting.
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Bandera used to have a neat little antique and a ice cream shop about 20 years ago..also used to hunt a lot by the medina down closer to Hondo.... Man I'm getting old.
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That looks idyllic :)
Del
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That water looks amazing. Great swimming hole Robert.
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Thanks guys. It's about 90 acres in size and belongs to a friend of mine. His dads uncle (95 years old and still going strong) bought it in 1959 and paid $300 an acre for it. Folks told him he was crazy paying that much for it. Whitetail deer galore, big Axis heard of about 40 deer that almost never leave the place. Lots of hogs. It is idyllic.
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Thanks for sharing your hunt with us looks like a great time was had by all and it's nice you got to show that you really can hunt with your bows. Beautiful spot looks like it belongs in the my favorite spot post. I forgot to look did you use real or line? Any kind of special arrow?
Bjrogg
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That is about as pretty a spot you could find. It is good it is protected. Kudos to those that had the foresight. If it was public it would be ruined unless well patrolled and restricted by a park or preserve. Thanks for sharing such a special spot.
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Bjrogg- No reel or line. The creek isn't deep enough where you need it. The arrows are composites. I suppose you could use wood if sealed up good, but these are disposable.
Mounter- I bird and deer hunt down where you mentioned.
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Looks like a blast SLIMBOB.For everybody.Nice to enjoy the outdoors like that.Nice shot and gar there fella.