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Title: NY Frog Season
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 11, 2013, 10:37:00 PM
I have to say, I am looking forward to the NY frog opener of July 15!

  (http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/bowfrog.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/bowfrog.jpg.html)


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  (http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/manycoup.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/manycoup.jpg.html)

  (http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/cooler2.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/cooler2.jpg.html)

who else is ready for frog season???
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Stumpknocker on June 11, 2013, 10:51:00 PM
I'm in. Love em.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: VictoryHunter on June 11, 2013, 10:53:00 PM
WOW! Great shooting!
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: bretto on June 11, 2013, 11:06:00 PM
July 1st here in Kansas. We might even have enough water to support a Frog this year!!

bretto
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: ron w on June 12, 2013, 08:44:00 AM
We'll have to get back up to frog hollow and get with the program. That's a good spot!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: IndianaBowman on June 12, 2013, 09:31:00 AM
I'm in! Ever hunt them from a boat?
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Tater on June 12, 2013, 09:53:00 AM
Charlie,
   Nice shooting.....looks like fun....tastes like chicken...  :D
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: on June 12, 2013, 10:07:00 AM
I just looked at the DEC website-- Frog opener is June15, not July.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: halfseminole on June 12, 2013, 11:53:00 AM
There's a frog season there?  Here they're everywhere-always hit six or seven when mowing grass.  They're so plentiful as to be a nuisance.

Still, awesome that you can take a frog with a bow.  New goal to work toward.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: TooManyHobbies on June 12, 2013, 12:27:00 PM
Do you have a daily limit, or just open season? Kinda hard to believe there's a set season.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: LookMomNoSights on June 12, 2013, 01:09:00 PM
Great shooting!
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Guru on June 12, 2013, 06:16:00 PM
Charlie, I believe it starts June 15th bud. Snapping turtle starts July 15th.....

Cade and I hope to be out soon!
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 12, 2013, 08:34:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Guru:
Charlie, I believe it starts June 15th bud. Snapping turtle starts July 15th.....

Cade and I hope to be out soon!
Yep I was looking at Turtle season when I posted.  

June 15 is what I meant.    :knothead:

Terry,  to answer your question.. Yes and No.  tried to shoot from a kyack once.  I think at night with a spotlight could be a hoot!
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Caughtandhobble on June 13, 2013, 12:47:00 AM
Looks like a great time and even better table fare  :)
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: wetfeathers on June 13, 2013, 09:19:00 AM
I'll be missing opening day this year.  Gotta work. My froggin partner will be out of town until July 2nd anyway. Looking forward to getting out though.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Doc Nock on June 13, 2013, 10:39:00 AM
I worked at Clarkson U for a  while years back...and the back roads around Potsdam and the surrounding small towns used to be covered up after dark by the biggest frogs I ever saw!

I never thought to go try to catch them and eat em!

Doh!    :knothead:
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: KOOK68 on June 13, 2013, 11:03:00 AM
Season here in Louisiana is closed during April and May. that is when they breed/spawn.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: bsv on June 13, 2013, 07:05:00 PM
what kind of points do you use for frogs?? looks like fun.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 14, 2013, 10:40:00 PM
Burt, You can use anything.

I have used judo's and blunts.  You can use any small game head and i have seen people use field points.

Good luck NY Froggers in the morning.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Stone Knife on June 15, 2013, 05:09:00 AM
Do you guy's have Bull frogs? most all our frogs are dinks around here.
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: woodchucker on June 15, 2013, 12:20:00 PM
Hmmm..... Wonder how many Charlie's got in the cooler???
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: wetfeathers on June 15, 2013, 12:36:00 PM
Stone Knife- It's been my observation that there's only one or two Big Frogs in each pond I hunt. I don't know if there's a reason or just coincidence.  The trick is having enough spots to hit. We find bull frogs and some big green frogs. I only go once a year so I do wish we had more big ones. I hunt Erie and Catt counties.   (http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o629/wetfeathers1/IMG_7119_zps4ef1dc57.jpg) (http://s1151.photobucket.com/user/wetfeathers1/media/IMG_7119_zps4ef1dc57.jpg.html)
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Shinken on June 15, 2013, 01:55:00 PM
That right there is fixin's for meal of LEGS!

Enjoy!

Shoot straight, Shinken

  :archer2:
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Xander on June 15, 2013, 06:40:00 PM
I recently have been wanting to start harvesting frogs, afterall there are more than 1000 miles of navigable waterways within 1.5 hours all around me, in the heart of the Delta.  That doesn't even count the ditches, irrigation, ponds and backwaters.  The native specie has been driven to near extinction by over harvesting during the gold rush and later by the invasive Bull frog.

Yes, there is a reason you see only one or two bigguns per waterway, they are the dominant male.  They can and do eat anything that fits in their mouth, including other bulls.

What poundage are you shooting?  I see a perfectly good reason to build a seperate board bow for froggin!  Oh, no season or limit on American Bullfrogs here, and almost no restrictions.  Just can't have any way to destroy habitat to unearth amphibians (move logs, smash rocks, dig up burrows, etc.).
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 15, 2013, 08:42:00 PM
Jim, Yes there are Bull frogs here and No, Not many big ones.  I have found a few ponds though where there are some HUGE ones but they are off limits.

The frogs that Curt and Cade shoot seem to be much larger than what I usually see.

My limited experience seems to be a lot like Michael's.

I did not go froggin today but found a great way to spend the day with like minded bow folks instead.  Thanks again to my host and ride.  You guys know who you are   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: NY Frog Season
Post by: ti-guy on June 15, 2013, 11:24:00 PM
:thumbsup: