shot a gar!Now what?

[Renacs]

I shot a big gar and i want to skin a bow with it. Is there any special steps to do?

[macbow]

I"ve seen side quivers and arm guards and other accessories with the scales on. Have not seen one used on a bow yet.
Guarrentee the scales would have to come off. I have used grass carp skins and they look pretty good.
Ron

[macbow]

I"ve seen side quivers and arm guards and other accessories with the scales on. Have not seen one used on a bow yet.
Guarrentee the scales would have to come off. I have used grass carp skins and they look pretty good.
Ron

[Grizzbear]

Dont forget to eat the back straps. Some of the best fish ive eaten.

Step one would be to post a pic of your gar on this thread!

After that, someone else id going to have to tell you the rest>

Congrats on your big fish!

Bisch

[Bjorn]

Yeah! We gotta' see it first.

[Friends call me Pac]

Give it a try as table fare.  Here is a how to to clean one that I made a few years ago.

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=078962

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I also would love to see pictures. as far as skinning a bow, I am of no use, maybe YORNOC would know, he does a lot of snake skinning projects.

[John Scifres]

This is a grass carp but the principles are the same.

 Grass Carp Skin-a-Long Courtesy of Tim Ott  

And here's what to do afterwards.
  Carp Skinning a Bow

[chowder]

Make a cool quiver, I made one and wrote a article about it for primitive archer magazine many moons ago. Cut up the belly with tin snips remove head and hide , scape it good , salt it down , dry it out, sew it up and make a strap, kinda cool

[toddster]

My brother and I bowfish and love gar, they are little pain to clean at first but once get it down, easy and the backstraps are awesome.  We use a hatechet got down the top, to open up the enamal scales, then filet away the skin from the meat on each side then the meat from the ribcage.  As far as using scales, they are enamal, might be able to same skin and tan it like carp, but not the scales.

[Hud]

They might know at 3Rivers, I talked with them about snake skins,

Forget the eggs, they are toxic to anything that eats them.

[Renacs]

http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/Renacs1/

[Renacs]

Well i hope these will show up.

[Dogboy900]

Cool pics, I have no idea about how to skin a bow with it, but nice fish  

[slivrslingr]

Nice fish!

[ishoot4thrills]

Here ya go:

 

Nice gar, dude!

Check Youtube.com for info on cleaning gar to eat. Sorry, can't help you on the bow-backing though.