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Nice one buddy!
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Nice, are you shooting in the tourney at Strike next weekend?
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Haha no, I'm a terrible shot. That was only my second time ever going out for em. I broke one arrow and slapped my forearm a couple times. Also my shoulders a bit sore. It's the same bow I hunt with and I think it's at 65 lbs. I need a women's bow and set it to like 30! Haha
Are you allowed to chum for carp if your shooting them? Or is there any other method of finding them beside drifting? We just rode up the snake and drifted the bank.
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Nice carp.
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You are better off to keep moving. You'll shoot more drifting than waiting.
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Nice swamp donkey!
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Great looking fish[fishin]
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That's a bruiser! Great fish.
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nice one man!!!!
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Okay, so what do you do with a carp of this size after shooting it? Coyote bait, cut bait for sturgeon fishing, plant it in the garden, eat it or smoke it? I have never gone after this species due to not knowing if they were good to eat or smoke? What do the rest of you do with carp if, or when you catch them?
Thanks, Chuck
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Thats a big one, congrats.
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[quote forrest2906]Okay, so what do you do with a carp of this size after shooting it? Coyote bait, cut bait for sturgeon fishing, plant it in the garden, eat it or smoke it? I have never gone after this species due to not knowing if they were good to eat or smoke? What do the rest of you do with carp if, or when you catch them?
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Ive heard you can eat them...but takes some work to prepare them...you could use them for fertilizer...I believe fish and game USED to say dont throw them back in the water...just throw them on the bank somewhere...
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If you aren't going to take them home for fertilizer or eating, then please dispose of it properly, and don't leave it on the bank. Cut the gills and then the gut. Make sure that you perforate the air sac in the belly area. The carp will then sink and not float to the shore. It will feed the lake ecosystem and won't be offensive to land owners or others that use the lake. Not much smells worse than a bunch of rotting carp!
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] I shot 8 or 9 in the same area...