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Post by z7bowhunter on Jun 19, 2014 10:19:29 GMT -5
I'm lookin to get into bowfishing, and i need some help. I was lookin at gettin a AMS bowfishing reel and i just need to know can I bowfish with a whisker biscuit? What kind of set ups do you guys use?
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jun 19, 2014 21:20:23 GMT -5
I decided to go ahead and buy the kit which comes with a rest. Now i'll just have to see if i can shoot my bow from a kayak haha
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Post by goosepondmonster on Jun 19, 2014 22:14:13 GMT -5
Probably a good choice. I don't think a WB would work well on a bowfishing rig.
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Post by B-rad on Jun 30, 2014 21:44:11 GMT -5
I decided to go ahead and buy the kit which comes with a rest. Now i'll just have to see if i can shoot my bow from a kayak haha A bowfishing arrow womt go through a wb, but you can get a cheap rest for 6 or 7$ I do alot of bowfishing. Ive heard of doing it from kayaks but i feel like itwould be hard to turn orevwn see fish at that angle. You can shoot alot of fish from banks or off of bridges too, dont limit yourself to day time. If ypure trying to use your deer hunting bow Most guys shoot 40 or a little more, depending on bowspeed. Goodluck, its addicting!
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Post by Greenedog on Jul 1, 2014 14:28:48 GMT -5
Here's some kayak bowfishing. I almost bought this kayak, but just couldn't get past the $2500 price tag.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jul 13, 2014 19:56:59 GMT -5
He sure is good with that recurve, with only one arm. I am still getting used to the whole thing, keep shootin right over them. I know to aim low, but just not aiming low enough i guess. I smoked a 13lb common carp, the first one i shot at, and ever since i've done nothing but miss, miss, miss, miss, hit a log, miss, miss, hit another log, etc. Gone swimming several times to retrieve my arrow. The water in the creek i have been bowfishing in is still not quite clear enough, but caught a few here and there laid up in the shallows or cruising near the surface. I did shoot a big common carp head on straight in the face and the arrow veered right off his head, I guess I just gave him a headache and a nice scar. hahaha Once they start spawning it will be on!
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Post by jsanders on Jul 14, 2014 6:20:02 GMT -5
You have a jon boat? Try hitting a resevoir at night and have a buddy with you to hold a spotlight. It's pretty amazing how many carp are in the shallows at night. Hit the dams early morning and you don't need a light. I have an old bow I thought about using just for bowfishing for two years now. Maybe I will do it this year.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jul 14, 2014 21:27:53 GMT -5
I just have two kayaks, and i really dont think i can shoot from it. I've just been walking creek banks and when it's low enough, the river bank. I was hoping it would get low enough where i could get close to the schools of silver carp that sit below the dam in the river, Last year i could see them, just sitting there in the current, by the hundreds. Couldnt have missed them if you tried. It was close to getting low enough but we just got a bunch of rain today.. The next thought was to take the kayak across the river at the dam and stand by the dam wall and shoot silvers at the base of the dam when they jump. But again, i want to be safe and don't want to do it when the water isn't fairly slow and calm. I wouldnt want to get pulled in or something and end up falling in the water when it's high. So what do you guys do with them when you kill them? How many people have used them for fertilizer/ compost?? I have thought of ways to use them and I have come up with a plan to dig a hole about 10" deep and when i get some carp i'll dump em in the hole and bury em. Then come back next year and dig em up and use the remains/dirt to add to the compost pile or use as fertilizer for the garden or some of my smaller food plots. We'll see how bad it smells hahaha
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Post by jsanders on Jul 19, 2014 11:22:38 GMT -5
I've seen where people just dump them in fields for other critters to eat. I like your idea of using them. I don't see a point in taking a life for no reason. I kill a lot of fish but they are for me to eat and the same with hunting. Your food plot idea sounds good too. I bet after a year, you won't smell them. Trouble with a 10" hole I think would be animals digging them up. Maybe dig the hole and cover it with something heavy to deter animals.
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Post by B-rad on Jul 19, 2014 15:12:17 GMT -5
If we are shooting creeks and bridges we normally just toss them back. IT'll feed coons, turtles, etc. When we are on a boat or after a tournament they will take all of the fish and throw them in a field. They will be partially eaten but the remains will decompose into the soil.
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Post by z7bowhunter on Jul 19, 2014 22:38:06 GMT -5
yeah,Animals could be a problem. Mainly dogs and coons, but I have researched it a little bit and other people have said that it won't be a problem as long as the fish scent isnt on your shovel. I may put a big rock over the top of it to mark the spot anyway. I'd say it won't take that long for it to become a usable compost buried in the ground like that.. I have already thrown in some fish scraps in the hole, and i will add leaves and grass clip[pings with them when i get some more fish.. I also thought about possibly taking some of the fish slime/blood/guts and mixing it in some water and taking that and applying it to the perimeter of my soybean plots to keep the deer out, temporarily. I think it would work until the next rain.
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Post by Greenedog on Jul 27, 2014 19:58:37 GMT -5
Here's what NOT to do with the fish. Found these on a county road near Hillenbrand FWA this evening.
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Post by strippitman on Jul 28, 2014 7:12:55 GMT -5
Troy - did you have those with your wings the other night?
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