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Froggin #6935750
07/19/20 10:50 PM
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Had a great time with the new blowgun on a small pond last night! [Linked Image]
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Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935756
07/19/20 10:55 PM
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looks like an awesome good time. used to love messing with blow guns but never with a line attached to the dart.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935764
07/19/20 11:15 PM
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I've never had the luxury of hunting frogs from a boat only from the bank. I've used gigs, fishing poles, bowfishing equipment and rifles. This blowgun deal is by far my favorite way thus far! Those ones sitting 10-15 yards from the bank in the moss that were out of reach for everything but the bowfishing rig "which damaged a lot of good eating" are no longer safe! I've got a picture of a beautiful shot on one of them but it's a little bit graphic and not sure the mods would allow it.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935767
07/19/20 11:22 PM
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All be darn, that’s a good idea there!

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935777
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They work great!

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935796
07/19/20 11:53 PM
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That looks like a good time for sure.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935798
07/19/20 11:58 PM
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Where did you get the idea to use a blow gun for frog gigging?

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935807
07/20/20 12:24 AM
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have you seen the videos of hunting the iguanas in florida with a blow gun? check those out on youtube.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935935
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Got the idea from Tim Wells on relentless pursuit. He shoots fish, frogs, iguanas, warthog, baboons, rams and black bear with a blowgun. The big furry stuff is out of my league but the fish and frogs are a lot of fun. My buddy got a nice gar with his a week ago. Can't wait to get after a squirrel or rabbit with mine.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935993
07/20/20 08:56 AM
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Boy that looks like fun!

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Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6935995
07/20/20 08:56 AM
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Thank you for sharing. We some frogs while chasing snapping turtles but none like those big ones.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6936087
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There were definitely a couple of jumbos in the bunch. We were kinda disappointed because the big pond that we normally hunt was absolutely barren of frogs. We haven't hunted it in 2 years so I know it wasn't us killing them out. The last time we hunted it there were tons of big frogs that we couldn't even begin to catch because they were too far out. Now 2 years later poof! No frogs.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6936115
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We use to catch them with a fly rod and a small fly.


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Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6936124
07/20/20 11:23 AM
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So i’m assuming you use the little broadheads huh?

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6936239
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We use the razor heads. They have more holding power than the little broadheads.

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We use the razor heads. They have more holding power than the little broadheads.

Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6936323
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Re: Froggin [Re: Davisfur] #6936330
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These are the darts we are using. They have had the cones drilled out to slide down the dart and then the back end of the dart is flattened with a hammer slightly and the cone pulled back up over it with gorilla glue to keep the cone from popping off the back. They have held up great so far.

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