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Post by: COOCH on August 24, 2012, 09:08:00 PM

(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/bighorncooch/file.jpg)

A unique oppertunity presented itself that I couldn't resist.11'8" blue shark 1900 grain arrow with a custom home made head.

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Post by: Elksong on August 24, 2012, 09:16:00 PM

WOW! That is very cool! Gongrats!

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Post by: Littlejake on August 24, 2012, 09:21:00 PM

Now that's a fish! Good shot too...

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Post by: K.S.TRAPPER on August 24, 2012, 09:25:00 PM

:scared: :bigsmyl:

Now thats cool, Congrats!!! :notworthy:

Tracy

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Post by: Sockrsblur on August 24, 2012, 09:29:00 PM

Omg! Lol that's great! Thanks form sharing

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Post by: rick7 on August 24, 2012, 09:34:00 PM

all i can say is wow congrats

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Post by: OldSkoolArcher on August 24, 2012, 09:34:00 PM

Awesome. Please share more of the story/battle.

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Post by: Bud B. on August 24, 2012, 09:35:00 PM

Story!!!!

Let's hear it!!

Nice catch :)

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Post by: owlbait on August 24, 2012, 09:38:00 PM

Stupendous! Boat doesn't even appear to be large enough to tackle that brute!

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Post by: Lee Robinson . on August 24, 2012, 09:41:00 PM

Way cool!

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Post by: tex-archer on August 24, 2012, 09:47:00 PM

Wow!!!
:clapper: :clapper: :clapper:

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Post by: duffer1565 on August 24, 2012, 10:04:00 PM

That's awesome !!! :notworthy:

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Post by: joekeith on August 24, 2012, 10:05:00 PM

Daaayuummm, :scared: Good shot dude, wow.

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Post by: Gdpolk on August 24, 2012, 10:08:00 PM

That's so awesome.

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Post by: maineac on August 24, 2012, 10:08:00 PM

Incredible, how about some details to the story. Oh and congratulations!

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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on August 24, 2012, 10:21:00 PM

OK so now you have Bait! Now what?

Congrats!

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Post by: Ken Taylor on August 24, 2012, 10:27:00 PM

Man oh man!!!!!!

Fantastic!

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Post by: Shedrock on August 24, 2012, 10:32:00 PM

Very good! Look's exciting!

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Post by: Green Mountain Boy on August 24, 2012, 10:35:00 PM

That's amazing! What were the length and weight?

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Post by: wildgame on August 24, 2012, 10:44:00 PM

Now thats a trophy of a life time!! congrats

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Post by: Matty on August 24, 2012, 10:46:00 PM

That one is awesome. Needs a story....
Let's have it. Congrats!!

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Post by: hitman on August 24, 2012, 10:56:00 PM

Great trophy! Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Lucas K on August 24, 2012, 11:40:00 PM

That is amazing! Love to here the story and see pics of the head you build.

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Post by: elkken on August 25, 2012, 12:16:00 AM

I see the BW is still killing them for ya ! Congrats, very cool :thumbsup:

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Post by: rastaman on August 25, 2012, 12:20:00 AM

The story would've great! The fish is awesome!

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Post by: Brett Wilmore on August 25, 2012, 12:22:00 AM

freakin' cool!

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Post by: Ray on August 25, 2012, 08:23:00 AM

(Looks like we better get a bigger boat) :help:

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Post by: JohnnyWayne on August 25, 2012, 08:25:00 AM

Wow :thumbsup:

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Post by: Goshawkin on August 25, 2012, 08:27:00 AM

Nice sized blue! Next time get a mako and you'll have some good steaks,mmmmmm good!

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Post by: Archie on August 25, 2012, 09:51:00 AM

Whoa! Are you gonna tell us how it ended up in your boat instead of roaming the seven seas?

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Post by: TimDougan on August 25, 2012, 10:28:00 AM

What ya going to do with that minnow! LOL Congrats. TD.

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Post by: champ38 on August 25, 2012, 10:31:00 AM

Thats incredible..would love to see more pics if u got em

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Post by: COOCH on August 25, 2012, 11:35:00 AM

Sorry about the lack of story guys but I'm covered up at the moment.Goto to get my elk gear together on top of everything else,leaving thursday.

I'll jump on tonight and fill in the gaps.

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Post by: flungonin on August 25, 2012, 08:21:00 PM

WoW, something that big you don't have to worry about water refraction!!!! Nice shot. Good luck on your Elk hunt. If this is what you get when you go bowfishing. Please post on your return from Elk hunting your Monster Elk.

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Post by: elkken on August 25, 2012, 08:31:00 PM

Best of luck on your elk hunt Jeff.

:campfire:

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Post by: Whip on August 25, 2012, 08:31:00 PM

WOW!!!! That is incredible!!!

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Post by: The Whittler on August 25, 2012, 08:57:00 PM

Under or on top of the water lol. Boy the cats in your neighborhood are going to like you.

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Post by: ishoot4thrills on August 25, 2012, 09:20:00 PM

WOW! That's awesome, dude!

:thumbsup: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

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Post by: Ybuck on August 25, 2012, 09:33:00 PM

holy smokes!
Congratulations!!!

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Post by: Stone Sheep on August 25, 2012, 10:08:00 PM

Fantastic!!

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Post by: David lozzano on August 25, 2012, 10:21:00 PM

WOW!

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Post by: kbetts on August 25, 2012, 11:05:00 PM

Very cool! Where I live, we can chum them right to the boat...just not always a legal variety.

Absolutely awesome animal. Lots of good steaks in that one.

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Post by: Zbone on August 25, 2012, 11:31:00 PM

Wow, way cool... Have always wanted to stick a shark, goes back to the JAWS thing...8^)

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Post by: JamesKerr on August 26, 2012, 07:39:00 AM

Awesome!

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Post by: rlc1959 on August 26, 2012, 07:43:00 AM

Good job. Good luck Elk Hunting . If you see perry tell him I said Hello. I will swap Elk stories with you in a couple weeks. Take care,
Randy

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Post by: on August 26, 2012, 07:48:00 AM

YOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :D

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Post by: huntnmuleys on August 26, 2012, 08:05:00 AM

Wow! Totally didn't expect to see that when I opened this... cool!

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Post by: centaur on August 26, 2012, 08:12:00 AM

One arrow to the brain? Impressive!

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 06:53:00 PM

Holy smokes were does the week go. Sorry about the delay guys I've been crazy busy this year I may have bit off more than I can chew.

Anyway this trip kinda started with a simple question." Have you ever tried blue shark? "I asked to my buddy Joe who owns the boat. His answer was no,and I commented that I didn't either and could not think of anyone who had.

Fast forward 2 weeks and I get a phone call and he asked me if I thought we could boat one with a bow.After a few moments I said that it was possible with the right equipment. His response was It's shark week the boat leaves at 2 am...... click.... This was at 9pm

Nothing like giving a guy a bit of a heads up.

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Post by: GRINCH on August 26, 2012, 08:00:00 PM

:campfire:

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Post by: Hummer3T on August 26, 2012, 08:02:00 PM

now that is cool, congrats

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Post by: KentuckyTJ on August 26, 2012, 08:03:00 PM

Was it LIGHTS OUT with that hit?

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 08:06:00 PM

Out to the man cave aka my barn. I managed to fasten together a broadhead that was more of a harpoon type head than a broadhead.It was in the neighborhood of 1600 grains that you could attach a steel leader to it was fitted to a glass shaft so that the glass shaft would fall out after the shot.Sorry I don,t have pics but will try to get some, head is on the boat still.The leader was attached to a pole and reel so the shark could be fought with a drag.

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 09:24:00 PM

What we essentially did was chum the sharks up and had them literally bumping the boat.Lets face it a 1900 grain arrow had better be a close shot.It was about 5 feet away and 2 foot deep when I hit him.It was off to the races then.

His initial run was better than 300 yards we had to start the boat and gain some line back.The initial hit was at 130pm. It would be almost 3 hours before we saw color again.That fish was mad.We also had the drag set on the light side very unsure about penetration and the hit.Dam it happened fast.

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 09:49:00 PM

(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/bighorncooch/DSC00602.jpg)

My buddy Joe fighting the shark on the first run I was busy driving in high speed reverse.

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Post by: rholzie on August 26, 2012, 10:07:00 PM

Totally cool you guys!! :smileystooges:

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Post by: on August 26, 2012, 10:32:00 PM

THAT IS FRIGGING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats,

Bisch

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 10:53:00 PM

We spelled each other for the next couple of hours trying to get back to the leader.after a few stressful moments there was the leader in sight.

(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/bighorncooch/DSC00601.jpg)

Getting ready for another shot.Only had solid gless shafts left with muzzy fish heads.We were all in at this point.The second arrow hit home and off to the races again.

This process continued for another hour.But ever time I stung him he was leaking and listing baaaaddddd.

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 10:56:00 PM

OOOps not sure what happened there it's facing the right way on photo bucket.

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 11:04:00 PM

anyway I'm to tired to figure that out right now.I shot four more arrows in that sharks head before he gave up the ghost.

(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/bighorncooch/DSC00606.jpg)

I'm not sure how this will show when resized but lets see

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Post by: rastaman on August 26, 2012, 11:06:00 PM

Awesome sir! It sounds like quite an adventure! Good luck with the elk!

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Post by: COOCH on August 26, 2012, 11:14:00 PM

That yellow shaft is the one that made him quite.

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Post by: rushlush on August 27, 2012, 10:41:00 AM

Very cool, congrats!!!

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Post by: lt-m-grow on August 27, 2012, 12:16:00 PM

That is crazy cool. Thanks for sharing and good luck elk hunting. Leave the rod and reel home though :-)

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Post by: wingnut on August 27, 2012, 01:36:00 PM

I hope you kept the meat. It is very good.

Congrats on a very nice shark.

Mike

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Post by: Tater on August 27, 2012, 04:36:00 PM

Awesome story, I can only imagine the fight the Shark put up. Bet you were both worn out after getting that big guy in the boat.!

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Post by: blaster on August 27, 2012, 09:20:00 PM

Awesome!! Nice job. Congrats!

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Post by: The Vanilla Gorilla on August 27, 2012, 09:21:00 PM

Respect!!

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Post by: BrownA5 on August 27, 2012, 09:50:00 PM

:thumbsup:

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Post by: COOCH on August 27, 2012, 10:51:00 PM

Thanks guys I'm sorry I stopped the story last night, I'm having a few issues with my camera/sd card I am rally not sure whats going on. Kinda thinking salt water.

We did butcher the shark and gave a lot of it away in return for a fair assessment of the meat.As I type it's runs about 50% love/hate. There are very few it's ok.It appears that you like it or not.

I really do appreciate all the comments.This place is great.I do tend to lurk more than share an adventure.It,s the puter that pisses me off.I'm trying to embrace that demon.

Now it's off to the man cave I need to sharpen a few broad heads There is a NM bull that is a DBW Dead bull walking.......Stay tuned

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Post by: ArkyBob on August 27, 2012, 11:00:00 PM

That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen. That had to be a rush. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!!!!

BOB

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Post by: sore fingers on August 28, 2012, 12:22:00 AM

I cant believe some of the stuff I see on here. That is Frickin Great!! Thanks for sharing Bud.

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Post by: ozy clint on August 28, 2012, 05:20:00 AM

wow! makes my 8' tiger shark look like a goldfish!

well done.

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Post by: wooddamon1 on August 28, 2012, 05:32:00 AM

Cool! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :notworthy:

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Post by: Thumper Dunker on August 28, 2012, 06:06:00 AM

Thats awsome. Bet that was a blast.

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Post by: danderson on August 28, 2012, 08:27:00 PM

Those pics look a lot better up here than that dinky camera. That widows killed some awesome critters coast to coast now. Congrats brother :thumbsup:

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Post by: COOCH on August 28, 2012, 11:44:00 PM

Holy smokes page six.I was just sharing an adventure that was a bit unique.Thanks for the positive feed back guys.I am truly humbled by this.I'm just a guy living his dream.

It was ozy clint that gave me the initial spark to even try this I just remember wanting to shoot a shark very badly after seeing that post.

You guys truly inspire me thank you. :notworthy:

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