my high tech start to trad shooting

[redneckrampage]

ok so i admit ive only recently been bitten by the trad bug, but i can thank my love/insane obsession to the sport of bowfishing to help me rid my hunting gear of all sights, wheels cabeles and machined aluminum when in the woods.  after i got home form the middle east i had a homemade reel seat on an old browning compound fall to the bottom of my brand new carp rigi made a couple calls and had a new pse kingfisher at my door ina few days, well fast forward 2 months and i noticed both limbs cracked and warped beyond repair and backordered for 3 months i went back to the compound with a firebrand intensity, which i have been able to dunk in lake redrock and get thrown around the boat amongst flopping fishand then last march ams came out with their fishhawk bowswith an advertised 15 percent let off, after 2 tubs of fish i noticed i could handle the little to no felt letoff all day long and i started looking once again for hunting gear and hit up ebay where i found my root gamemaster that i used this year for sevearl wonderfull and heart pounding near misses....yes i admit after 2 years of nothing but aiming low i thought hey deer aim dead on....well i shoulda let bowfishing shooting take over as i missed 3 does 6 times, all shots went high, and after a visit with kent osterem from mahaska bows i now own a very gently used mahaska flatbow and have found a bow that i deem too durn nice for fish use, but hey thats what the fishhawks are for, just thought id share how i got started....and if anyone wants to go shoot fish in southern ia lemme know im itching to get out, i have to get a part for my troller but i wont let cool temps stop me

steve

[30coupe]

I get to Redrock during the summer once in a while. My folks live in Newton during the summer, Texas in the winter (not snowbird Texas, but on Lake Texoma--fishing fanatics!)

I have fished for carp below the dam a few times, but haven't spent much time on the lake.

Aren't Kent's bows sweet? Not fish bows, but awesome shooters and great looking. I think I'll set my 52" Herters up for fishing. Maybe I'll give you a PM next time I head south and we can terrorize some carp. BTW have you tried catching them with a fly rod? What a blast!

Russ

[redneckrampage]

30, ive heard the carp on the flyrod is great but the closest i get to rod and reeling carp is my bass pro snagging rod with a 10/0 trebble....thats a fight with a tail hooked carp, but if your going to be down this direction i may get my new speed controller for my troller and hit the water im itching to get out again...as for kents bows i dont think ill buy another but one he makes