With all of the recent surveillance the F.R.O.G team Scout has put in on counter terrorism we decided it was imperative we move and now.
All indications were pointing to a mass movement of frog activity last night and Scout and me moved in.
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Oh boy! I remember the video from last year. Looks like you're holding a heavy sack there!
Scout had located a new area that had signs of intense action 3 weeks priors. Him and me being the Commander and Supreme leader of the team struck a clandestine operation at Hayes Lake.
We took out a few bad hombres and departed knowing the Chain of Command had been disrupted.
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It seemed that this year had been predestined to come with much trials as we the team had not been able to all be in on the same mission.
The year started with Scout, Sniper and me early in May and the waters were out of there banks and flooded throughout the swamp.
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The end results were one bag of legs...
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Got these last week. A mix of bull and green.
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You did good Jacob!
Hey Guys. What kind of points for your arrows? A few years ago I saw some homemade gig type arrow heads.
Next outing involved Warren the Logistic expert and me as we slipped into Boggy II undetected and removed the "Ruler".
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And a few of his body guards.
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Austin,
I still use the gig points I made a couple of years back (do a search for the how to) but here lately have just been using hex heads or similar blunts.
The thing is with the blunts they allow us to shoot through the tangles better, but also can allow the frogs to jump off the shafts. You have to be quick and grab them if not a head or vital shot.
The gig point worked good to secure them better, but tends to get caught and deflected more often in the areas we hunt.
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I have been using a mix of broad heads and judos.
And then there was last night, to be continued....
The members of the F.R.O.G team observe the sabbath as we are all honorable men who understand the Chain of Command in Gods creations.
As such I'll leave you for now with this thought...
A minister stood at the door of the little country church after just preaching a message on the "Ten Commandments". A member approached and said " we need more "positive" messages not ones like that, that are so negative". The minister replied "Thou shalt not steal" is only negative to a thief....
After church the rest of the story.
I salute Team FROG for their relentless defense of our swamps against overpopulation by edible amphibians. Good shooting, guys! :thumbsup:
DANG !!!
Looks like it was a lot of FUN completing that nocturnal mission!
Good shootin' and now enjoy the feast!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Before going into the Apocalypse mission of Friday night Sniper and me got together for a short notice operation. Word from HQ showed that a possible obscured lake known as Big Lake was getting some hot action and we quickly mobilized.
HQ's sent us the maps and coordinates and we scrambled to the site.
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Just in case anyone get any ideas to horn in on the F.R.O.G team locations the coordinates have been cyber coded to prevent use :goldtooth:
The information proved to be unreliable as only 2 insurgents were knocked out.
speaking of unreliable, Sniper was in rare form in shooting this night and the least I can say is he showed up.
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These 2 were tried (or fried?) and brought to a military tribunal and found guilty. Their punishment was to be part of a combo of fries and turnip greens.
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Looks delish !!!
Enjoy!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Now after a few days had past HQ's again received information of a "potential" threat of a flotilla and possible beachhead at Boggy I.
Now I had already written this off as we had attempted earlier in the year (see May reports) and the Vietfrogs were nowhere to be seen (or were they?).
So were back to where this story started Scout and me have just slipped into the blackness of a swamp, the blackness that a dense covering of Cypress trees and thickets of Palmettos can give.
As we move in I pan the beam of my light across the grassy flat of Boggy I and see several sets of menacing eyes of gators.
One of my biggest fears, and yes even tough men like the F.R.O.G team have fears that grip them, even paralyze them in their minds if not driven out.
Mine is that continuing dream or nightmare would better describe it, of a gator lunging up from under the covering of the grass beds as I move silently through.
Scout barked out a whisper, frog ahead one O'clock position! I readied my bow and slide an arrow onto the string and once the light is steadied I'm at full draw and the string slips away with a resounding Whack!
Nothing more satisfying than that solid sound of a metallic blunt or gig point making contact with the wet slimy body of a bullfrog!
We alternate taking position from scout to shooter and this goes on for the next two and a half hours.
The fire fight is intense and then at times you wondered where they all went :dunno:
When we have finally made it back to the drop zone we are beat, bushed and plain ole wore out.
The bag that we also alternatively carried is now probably close to 20 lbs and feels like a 100 lbs.
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Scout and me disarm and load the prisoners for their ride to justice and say our goodbyes till the next mission.
Here a short video of the aftermath you will need to let it load a few minutes prior to viewing to prevent any disruption. The gov't still can't provide decent equipment :banghead:
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and a few still shots...
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Had I not had the dreaded T.P.you wouldn't have been able to put them on that board. Serious fillet knife you have there pal.
Looks like fun!
Wow! Good job on Friday night, if y'all would go on Saturday night I could go looks like y'all had fun though.
My Sunday school teacher has to throw pencils at me to wake me up after those all nighters with the frog team. But next time we'll work it out with ya pal.
There be some Boone & Crockett mossbacks in that bunch!
Happy skinning' and enjoy the fruits of the harvest!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Makes my mouth water looking at those babies. Congrats!
I got about 30 leg's, I say about because Scout kept shooting the leg's off some of them :nono:
Will make for some good eating later on.
Well that tears it! I'm making me some gig heads and I'm going froggin! My oldest son likes to hand grab them but I ain't that brave. My luck I would grab a Pope and Young size cottonmouth. He can hand grab em and I'll shoot them with a bow, that is if I can hit em.
Austin let me see if I can find a pic from the past on the effectiveness of the gig point.
Now like I said it's not good for all situations and you will have to adjust the prongs back to trueness after a hard contact with trees, roots, etc...(ask me how I know) but they work.
I appreciate that. A few years back I was gonna try making some frog gig heads but never did. My son is a big time frogger. We live about 15 miles from the delta and have lots of good places to hunt them. I've always wanted to shoot them with a bow, and you guys make it look fun!
Thanks for the head's up, John.
You guys are NUTS and a hoot to boot!
That whole Gator biz is enough to keep me on the bank... gawd! At least the machete would be strapped to my chest for a deep plunge like it Crocodile Dundee movie... Course, that's Hollywood!
Your story telling doesn't include the bugs, sweat, tears and briar rips on your hide, but the snake is a nice touch! :scared: :knothead:
2 things I can say on behalf of John's gig design: 1. The concrete reinforcement wire is much tougher than one might believe.
2. The Gorilla glue does a terrific job of securing them. :thumbsup:
The aftermath
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Dave,
If I told everyone about how hot,humid, and the biting no one would want to go. The gators and snakes are gravy compared with those things :eek:
John about how heavy is that gig head? Looks deadly!
Austin, you can adjust the weight by how wide and long you make it. I made mine to be around 200-225 grains to match what I normally shoot.
I have a how to on here showing the material and steps on how to make them.
Search my post, should be able to find it.
We have found that a more narrow head and not as long as the original work better and are stronger.
Austin,
Here's the link...
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=129363;p=1#000000
aside from the skeeters and heat (no gators here in mo) the fun part comes when you have to wade into some murkey back water for your arrow! May not have gators but we do have snakes and snappers.
Bow hunting them can be very challenging whereas with a gig I usually limit out quickly.
Jacob,
You are right, taking a limit (25 a night here)is a real challenge and has yet to be done by me!
Thanks John for the link to the tutorial. Looks like even I can build some of those frog points. Gonna give it a try. Looks like a fun project.
South MS- I wish I have a total limit of 8 here! lol what's tricky here is finding frogs of good size! I have a bunch of little bulls at my usual whole but the big bruisers are hard to come by. Still a blast though!
looks like shooting frogs is fun. but sad to say we don't have the sort ya could eat
Jeff,
It is more fun to me than other hunting due to continued shooting opportunities! Much like bow fishing but with better table fare
Jeff has me rather curious about what type frogs they got in Aussie land... they poisonous to eat or something?
They have some wonderfully unusual stuff there...
Maybe they really DO have green blood or soemthing yucky!?