i think i need to kill something...

[coonskinner]

well that does seem brutal but its possibly the truth...too many years lately i have had nice bucks within 20 yds...too many at 15 yds...standing for a perfect shot...this years buck,everything was perfect including the sun at my back and the buck 14 yds. away...i didnt shoot,had plenty of time...NOW lets go back to the days when i went out and slayed bunches of carp...boy here comes a carp and i sent an arrow thru them anywhere from a few feet to over 20 yds...and hitting them solid:yikes: ...the place i went you could shoot carp all year long,there was so many and the water is purty shallow(alum creek)...it really boosted my confidence level sky high...and when deer season got here and the 1st big boy came by...it got an arrow thru the breadbasket the second it turned its heavy racked head away...even at 35 yds. a big ole buck looked to be an easy shot...and it was...even a big ole carp is lots smaller target...but the average size buglemouth i was sending to the promised land was bout 8-10# i'd say...prolly bout the size and shape as a big ole bucks kill zone...so there is no doubt in my mind that gettin back to carpin would make more confident in my shooting at deer...i want to get back to it...BUT the problem is killing something that i have no desire to eat...i say every year i'm slayin some pigs,but just cant do it...i have been getting more juiced up bout carpin again the last several years...this year is even stronger to head for the carp hole...i still know where they are,i know where they live:mischeif: ...i still have the equipment:rant: ...:chicken: ...and as of now i am going...:rolleyes: I know my wife will try to talk me out of it again :tsk: ...but i think i have to ignore her and get out there,stick some pigs,a few hundred or more:bouncy: ...:woohoo1: and regain that high confidence level to start killin these big bucks that i am beating every year xcept for the shot!!!:rant: its time to get some confidence practice...:mischeif:

[geezer]

Well shoot the carp and till them into your garden and put one under each tomato plant and you can eat them indirectly.

take care
geezer

[mullskinner]

boy i would love to go shoot some carp !!
with my new " carp bow ":rolleyes:
:gaga:

[Arrow 1]

If you are going to shoot carp, make sure it is an old bow. One you do not care about. It will get slimed and carp eggs will stick to it like epoxy.

I have an old Bear Kodiak Hunter I have killed a few thousand with. It looks like it has been through a war, but it still shoots great.

I picked it up at a pawn shop many years before Ebay or the internet.

[mullskinner]

yea thats for sure man the mud and slime..i got a junker carp bow ..


http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f61/123sknr/100_0332.jpg

" CARP BOW " :gaga:

[Thunderflight]

I'd really like to try bowfishing this year. Our creeks are infested with gar, but the waters black and you can't see them until they break the surface and that's only for a second. I'd like to try going at night in a boat.

[mullskinner]

thunder ,
i have seen that on tv before shooting gar after dark with a light ..
look real fun ..and i think it was real and not a "JIMMY "

[coonskinner]

thunder ,
i have seen that on tv before shooting gar after dark with a light ..
look real fun ..and i think it was real and not a "JIMMY "
now you know who blacksnake is...:mischeif:

[mullskinner]

YES I DO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:coolgleamA:

[coonskinner]

[COLOR="DarkGreen"]well i still have my original carp slayin bow...its a 55# firedrake by browning...64" long...its was my all around bow and it had one nice buck to its credit...it has the accessory hole in the front that acepts the screw in bear bow reel...very old...i think i have another bear kodiak hunter with the accessory hole...i will go thru my bows and see what i have...guts blood and mud really dont bother me...COLOR]

[hoot gibson]

we used to walk the licking river after dark and shoot them with a light , wow , that was fun , hoot

[mullskinner]

HOOT,
man we thought you were hanging out with coonskinner tonight ..:confused:
man glad we wasn't talking about you ...:rolleyes:

[coonskinner]

yup i was at his home tonight but i didnt know he charged admission...:yikes:

[mullskinner]

COONSKINNER .. I SAID YOUR NAME ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES AT JD'S THE OTHER NIGHT :rolleyes:

HOPE YA GOT THE WORK DONE ON THAT BOW FOR FREE ...:gaga:

[coonskinner]

nope i dont get no discounts or xpect them...they make a nice bow at a real reasonable price and i'm very grateful for that...:mischeif:

[mullskinner]

DEM BOYZ MAKEA NICE BOW !!!!!!!!:coolgleamA:

[hoot gibson]

who me charge admission , nope , but i do get a commision..:shhh: hoot

[mullskinner]

:eek: :D

[coonskinner]

hoots driveway is 2.5 miles long...he has this guy with a real fast car and flashing lights that charges admission at the entrance near the pizza store...i tried to get past him but he caught me,so i has to pay an xtra penalty,i thought my dakota was fast,but not fast enough i found out,he caught me before i got to the ponderosa...:(

[mullskinner]

COON,
hoot prolly had the money in his pocket to buy that ...morrison ...:rolleyes:

[coonskinner]

his guard has enough for a downpayment:biggrin:

[hoot gibson]

if i can get 3 more people to drop by , then i can go buy it ,, :D the friends from dayton were over , and it cost them 125.00 for just six miles over , the farther you are away from home the more it cost i guess, , sorry coonie, i should have warned you ,, h

[mullskinner]

his guard has enough for a downpayment:biggrin:

COON ,
did you tell the guard you knowed hoot :confused:

prolly shouldn't have :rolleyes:
thatz what gets to me good honest people trying to get to tree mans before he closes ..was it one of them pretty chick guards :confused: did ya get frisked at least for your trouble :confused:
:gaga:

[coonskinner]

GOT FRISKED AND DETAINED FOR A SHORT TIME,TIL I PAID...AND IT WASNT A CHICK BUT A GOON...:yikes: ...WHAT WAS THIS THREAD ABOUT???

[mullskinner]

lets all just move on and put this behind us :rant:
and get back to killin carp and sharpening our skills ta make us better deer slayers ..:bouncy:

[coonskinner]

lets all just move on and put this behind us :rant:
and get back to killin carp and sharpening our skills ta make us better deer slayers ..:bouncy:
i do agree...:mischeif:

[hoot gibson]

i will go look up a local place for driving school ..:biggrin: h

[coonskinner]

i will go look up a local place for driving school ..:biggrin: h
my drivin aint really that bad,its my puttin i gotta work on...:Modified_police:

[mullskinner]

this is the dang carp killin page now lets talk killin carps ...:rolleyes:
i got to rig a reel for carp killin ..:confused:
did i ever tell ya about the time i was shootin carp with out a reel :confused: prolly don't have to tell ya what happened :rolleyes: shot him in this shallow swamp ..stuck him ...he left the shallows pretty quick ..hit a deep beaver run and is prolly still swimin:confused: so if any body sees a carp with a orange fiberglass arrow in him at egypt bottom IT'S MINE ...:gaga:

[hoot gibson]

thats the reason i bought my first bow in 1974 . i shot as a kid , but it seems girls ment a little more in high school than a dumb ole bow , but any way , i bought a bear blackbear , brand spankin mew . 45# i killed a slunge of carp with that thing .the north fork of the licking river was great carp shooting , a friend of mine from kirkersville got me started . used to shoot alot of them at night , one hold the light and the other one shoot , kinda remindes me of the story where i slipped a gig handle between jay skaggs leggs when we were giggin frogs , i said snake , and jay looked down and seen that gig handle sticking out between his leggs , he screemed like a woman and headed for the bank , i almost lost it , untill he got the pistol out , pointed it at me and said ,, hoot you ever do something like that again , i will kill you , i think he ment it , i didnt know he was THAT! afraid of snakes , hoot

[mullskinner]

hoot,
on more than one ocation i have been threatened to death ...me and my buddie used to take this old beat up john boat to the back waters of senacaville ...took a long pole and one feller would push us around and the other would do the shootin ..found out later we could get out of the boat and just walk around and pull the boat behind us and put the shot up carp in it ..any how tommy was up doin the shoottin and i was pushin with the pool ..tommy missed this carp at about a foot and sunk his arrow 2 foot in the mud ..now he was all bent over the side of the boat trying to fetch the arrow and yes we was taken on water ....hoot i did not know tommy was afraid of big woods spider's i say's to tommy don't move ya got a spider crawling up your back i just gave him a little goose with the pole ...heeeeee jumped out of the boat ..i have not been called things like that since ..or threatened either ..tommy ended up being my brother in law and his sister ended up looking like counry roads last avatar and tommy is now my x brother in law and back to just a buddie ..

;)

[coonskinner]

i have hit a carp in the head,neck and spine...killin em stone coaled dead...not even the sligtest quiver even from nerves...:mischeif:

[mullskinner]

i didn't hit that one in the head ....:yikes:

[Turkeyfoot]

The retriever reel is the only way to go for fast action and speed in reloadin:bouncy: Makes the old windup reels obselete for sure. A little pricey but coupled with the new arrow slide system it the only way to go nowadays. Arrows are too expensive to lose:yikes: ....TF

[coonskinner]

i use an old bear wind on model that screws into the front of the bow...i tie the string thru the hole in the fish arrow...and i'm set...simplicity ...:mischeif:

[mullskinner]

The retriever reel is the only way to go for fast action and speed in reloadin:bouncy: Makes the old windup reels obselete for sure. A little pricey but coupled with the new arrow slide system it the only way to go nowadays. Arrows are too expensive to lose:yikes: ....TF


turkeyfoot,
i have seen them they look like they would work fine ...
BUT i ain't puttin one of them on my curve ..:rant:
i might just make something out of a old coffee can and tape it to the bow !!!;)

[coonskinner]

turkeyfoot,
i have seen them they look like they would work fine ...
BUT i ain't puttin one of them on my curve ..:rant:
i might just make something out of a old coffee can and tape it to the bow !!!;)



can!!!been there,did that and it works...it was my first bow:mischeif: reel

[mullskinner]

i might try one of them big old shoot thru reels ...:rolleyes:
with some of that fancy carp line ....:bouncy:

[coonskinner]

I HAVE USED THEM BUT FORGOT MUCH ABOUT THAT XPERIENCE,I KNOW I DIDNT USE THEM VERY LONG AND WENT BACK TO THE BEAR...:mischeif:

[mullskinner]

yea,
i'm looking right now for something ...i had one of those green reels around here can't find it ..it came as a kit with that orange arrow that carp still has ....:confused:

[hoot gibson]

i also like the simple screw in , or tape on reel . im more into quality than quanity. i like to keep it simple , went with a couple guys about 4 years ago , and thats all they did was work on there arrows with the slide rig ..

[mullskinner]

HOOT,
keep it plain and simple ... ;)

[coonskinner]

hoot i went with a cp guy and boy did it get ugly,this poor guy had rings and harnesses not only on his bow but felt you needed rings and harnesses on the arrow too for better flight,he also had a wind reel...well i can say he never shot one arrow because it kept fouling up...i got several carp real quick before we had to leave cause he was aggrivated and we came in his car...:mischeif:

[hoot gibson]

funny how when you get that string wrapped around something , how quick it will come back to you , i even had it about jurk my finger off. :dizzy: hoot

[coonskinner]

ha ha i been hit in the head a lot...:coco:

[hoot gibson]

coonie , funny but thats what your wife said also. mabey she done the hittin ,:dizzy:

[bowmiller]

back up there a minute, Hootie. I don't recall having too much difficulty with my retriever reel and slide rigs that day. indeed, me and doughboy:D went to my secret hotspot one day late last April and I know we skewered a hunnert quillbacks, suckers and carp a piece and couple of monster gar as a bonus. nery a backlash, fouled up line or anything. we had four doubles that day and if my point were in better shape I'da had the first triple ever. I don't know nobody that ever shot three fish at the same time with one arrow. that poor warhead at the end of my arrow done hit too many rocks. lined up shot perfect, let her fly. perfect shot went through two fish, rolled the third. real pisser.:irked: wouldn't trade my retriever reel for anything, especially when the action is fast and furious. guarantee I'll shoot two arrows for every one of your shots with a manual wind reel. :p

[coonskinner]

whoo boy,i have shot 3 stacked more than once,in alum creek...very close shots there so its easy to do...some places i did it on buckeye a few times too til the columbus poe-leece officer run me off...i have shot um teen doubles...at alum creek and hoover...:mischeif:

[mullskinner]

HOOT,
ohh what a tangled web you weve next time you start talkin bout somebody make sure they don't post here ...:bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:
BOWMILLER CAUGHT YA !!!!!!!!!:yikes: HEEE HEEEE..:whistle:

[CARPN-JAKE]

I've gotten a few triples...and a bajilliion doubles...Like you said though..Gotta have sharp tips and a lotta luck.

[coonskinner]

or shoot them at two feet from bank when theyre stackin up and using a 55# recurve bow...:mischeif:

[mullskinner]

back up there a minute, Hootie. I don't recall having too much difficulty with my retriever reel and slide rigs that day. indeed, me and doughboy:D went to my secret hotspot one day late last April and I know we skewered a hunnert quillbacks, suckers and carp a piece and couple of monster gar as a bonus. nery a backlash, fouled up line or anything. we had four doubles that day and if my point were in better shape I'da had the first triple ever. I don't know nobody that ever shot three fish at the same time with one arrow. that poor warhead at the end of my arrow done hit too many rocks. lined up shot perfect, let her fly. perfect shot went through two fish, rolled the third. real pisser.:irked: wouldn't trade my retriever reel for anything, especially when the action is fast and furious. guarantee I'll shoot two arrows for every one of your shots with a manual wind reel. :p

ttt .......:eek:

[hoot gibson]

heck boys , i know he post here , thats why i said it , he is one of those guys who shoots( ALL) trad equipment , but when it comes to killing fish , hes got to shoot them all even if hes got to go high tech . :p it was perty sad standing there trying to pick out the big ones , and bowmiller and cartman were killing everything that swam . next time your over i will show you a picture of three fish on one arrow:D , you can shoot 2 arrows to my one , and i will be happy knowing i done it the ole fashon way .heck you probably wear them thar crotch boots to:bouncy: .. by the way , any i.w. harper left .? we are due a drink ,


your friend and mine ,, hoot

[mullskinner]

HOOT,
send me some of them little carps ..
i'm going to smokem .....:confused:

:coolgleamA:

[hoot gibson]

i smoked alot of stuff in high school , but never carp/:coolgleamA:

[mullskinner]

HOOT,
that's pretty hard to beleive coming from a feller that et sea gull..:whistle:

[CARPN-JAKE]

One time my bro and I were out wading around while they were spawning...Well we're watching one group of fish splash around when we see the big female pop up...My bro and I both shoot at her and hit her at the same time but I got 2 extra males in the process and my bro got 1 extra...Now we have 2 arrows and 5 fish floppin all around...Talk about a tangle..lol

[bowmiller]

maybe I can shoot three to your one. sad part is all it means is I'll miss two or three times as many as you. ;)

sorry to say we killed the Harpers long time ago. you could come over and sniff the empty bottle? :idea: might have some glue or magic markers you could sniff if that don't do it for ya. shop needs swept anyway. be even worse after today. bring the good broom. :p

[Thunderflight]

Next time I'm in town you all need to take me bowfishing. Hoot can come too, but the minute I hear a banjo I'm outta there.;)

[bowmiller]

ok. I ain't never heared no banjos this far north. :whistle: besides, if I'm worried about it, I'll make Patterson come with me. I can outrun him :D

[hoot gibson]

i guess i will have to bring another bottle , no thunderflight i will not go carp shooting with you , well we might , but you have to buy lunch. gee wizz guys , i have a secret carp spot for sale , all you can shoot , and not crowded , only people who shoot there are bowmiller and cartman . start the bidding.. hoot:p

[coonskinner]

oh noot you sneaky wascal...:mischeif:

[Arrow 1]

My first reel was one I made from a tuna fish can and two pieces of plywood. Over the years my choice of reels has evolved. I am now shooting the Retriever, I really do not see the need for the rings and harnesses on the arrow. I tie my line to the rear hole in the arrow and just shoot it that way. Works great!

[coonskinner]

i believe my first was made out of a lg. maxwell house coffee can and was taped to my bow with electrical tape...:mischeif: