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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Jun 14, 2007 14:01:18 GMT -5
Here's hardcore with a nice gar he got this morning...(almost).  Then it decided it didn't like it out of water..........  |
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Jun 14, 2007 21:25:47 GMT -5
What happened was the arrow passed completely through the gar. Just the string was through, when I pulled it up the arrow was still completley out, and when it thrashed all of a sudden the scales cut the line. The fish and the arrow hit the water. Found the arrow but the fish got away. In the second picture the arrow is not connected to the string anymore at all. The line had already been cut, faster than I could even look up.
Lesson learned: When taking pictures DON"T hold the fish over the edge of the boat!
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Post by osprey on Jun 15, 2007 15:38:09 GMT -5
Wrong lesson - gar don't like secondhand smoke is the correct lesson!!  |
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Post by tourette on Jun 18, 2007 18:28:05 GMT -5
This is the STRANGEst gar! I have lost an arrow on an estimated 60# alligator gar in May, on Texoma Lake. The 130# cheapo p.o.s. line parted like a gossamer. The longnose are by far easiest fish for me to shoot, and I thought foolishly that carp are easier to hit, not so. Where is the body of water in question Hardcorehunter? Very nice pictures, I have been taught by experience to follow the following procedure: shoot, bring in, gaff, deliver cranial adjustment, stick a short hook under the jaw, get pictures.  |
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Post by davep on Jun 18, 2007 19:45:00 GMT -5
Need you some Dukes of Hazzard arrows next time.
You know,pfffttt......BOOM!
You'll REMEMBER this fish moreso than if it was like all the rest.
Great pics too.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Jun 18, 2007 19:49:19 GMT -5
I shot him out of marshall hall. It was a good shot but clean pass threw. The scales were just too sharp for the line when it started thrashing. If I had pulled the arrow threw but not undid the release head he wouldn't have gone anywhere. Carp are more of a challenge in more book as well. Real flighty and mostly lurking at the bottom, except when spawning. I really want to go alligator gar bowfishing! Its in my top five animals to hunt in the USA list.
We usually shoot, pull on boat, take picture, throw in boat and watch where you step, especially barefooted. ;D
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Post by Syoung on Jun 19, 2007 18:12:59 GMT -5
Told you to use my fuel line gar stopper. I have never lost a gar due to that in 21 years.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Jun 19, 2007 19:20:18 GMT -5
Took me a little while to find the pic but worth reposting. Thanks syoung I'll give it a shot.  |
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