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Offline kbetts

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #40 on: June 23, 2012, 09:43:00 AM »
That would make a cool wall mount.
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Offline Hit-or-Miss

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #41 on: June 23, 2012, 04:16:00 PM »
As much as I like hunting with my bows, looking at those prehistoric teeth, I would be tempted to shoot the thing in the head with my .33 Winchester before I hauled it in the boat!
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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #42 on: June 23, 2012, 04:25:00 PM »
Did someone shorten the upper limb on that bow 4-5 inches, or is it an optical illusion?  :eek:
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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #43 on: June 23, 2012, 04:50:00 PM »
According to Ark. Fish and Game, gar meat is edible, but very boney, and the eggs are highly toxic to predators and humans. There are several species of gar and they can live 20 yrs.    :nono:
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Offline Blackhawk

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #44 on: June 23, 2012, 05:11:00 PM »
I believe this was a female.

Found this on the internet:

"Alligator Gar Life Cycle - Grow slowly and take a long time to mature. Females mature at 11 years old and live up to 50 years. Males mature at age six and live to at least 26 years old."
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Offline NormanDale33

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #45 on: June 25, 2012, 11:59:00 AM »
That fish will give me nightmares...wow!
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Offline Tom Leemans

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #46 on: June 25, 2012, 12:10:00 PM »
That'll skin a few bows...
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Offline bansheewins

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #47 on: June 25, 2012, 12:16:00 PM »
Can't say it enough, WOW that is a huge ugly fish.
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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #48 on: June 25, 2012, 12:25:00 PM »
It looks like it ate something the size of a pig!
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Offline TxAg

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #49 on: June 25, 2012, 01:17:00 PM »
Cool write up on the story...

 http://www.caller.com/news/2012/jun/16/gar-gantuan-feat-at-lake-corpus-christi/

Good to see it went to use....he ate it before it was officially recorded so no new state record  :(
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Offline Margly

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Re: giant gar with a recurve
« Reply #50 on: June 25, 2012, 02:23:00 PM »
WOW!!
Thats a monster :)
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