Thought i'd move this night of frogs to another thread from the "Frog Point" How to.

Kirk, Tommy, Kirk's son and son in law (Drew and Riley) and myself set out last night on another frogging adventure.

Hot, Wet, and Rainy was the order of the night and add in the humid condition of the swamp, needless to say we were wet most of the night.

Off to church... will post the result later and keep it short...

Yummm!

I'll bet there is a batch o' legs there!

Enjoy the feast!

Shoot straight, Shinken

 

Our weapon of choice were the "Pitchfork" and we planned to give them a good testing hopefully.



Things learned were that the smaller size 2 3/4" wide worked best and was structurally stronger although the larger was fine it would hang up in the tangles we were shooting through. I managed to hit  a thumb size sapling and bent back one of the legs, it takes a lot of hand pressure to bend back in shape, tough metal.

So are you making those on a insert to screw in or are you gluing them in the shaft

The areas we have learned to prefer for frogging are the dead lakes or oxbows that litter the upper and lower Pascagoula River WMA the river rises and falls several times a year and fill these small dead lakes.  Dead as in no current which produces an ideal enviroment for the frogs to breed and lay their eggs in.  The frogs can get quite large here.



Several were in the 12" and larger size range with these two being a bit larger   :eek:

Jacob,

I posted a how to (Look for the "Frog Point" thread) the heads are Gorilla Glued into a aluminum insert the kind that has the threads all the way through GT in my case.  The concrete re-enforcement wire used is just the right diameter to almost self tap into the threaded insert, just apply the glue and twist into the insert.

The 5 of us reached the edge of Boggy Lake at around 9:15 PM and retired for the night at 10:45pm we all had several opportunities to make good on our shots, others just did a better job of doing it   :rolleyes:

Tommy (Pascagoula Archer) killed everything he shot at, altough he did shoot more than once...twice...thrice...ok 4 times at one patient frog  

Drew,

Admiring a couple of frogs, hand grabbed several, and took my bow away from me and scored on 3 for 3 shots just to add salt to my already sore wounds.

All total, 27 frogs for a little less than 2 hours, not bad at all, not bad at all indeed!

Nice job guys!!  

Lots of fun and fine eating cant beat that!

That my friend looks like a ton of fun!

Wow! Y'all wore them out! Looks like a blast.  Great Job.  

Good Catch.  Good eating  

Small game has always been one of my favorite forms of practice. Though close, you are forced to aim small and if I'll tell myself to pick a front leg or spot on the back i usually connect. Even these little critters unnerve me at times.

Yum Yum! Brings back some good memories right there. Congrats.

May  go this weekend to redeem myself  

How do you prepare them for dinner?
Glenn

Mmmmmmmm, I can hear the grease crackle and see the legs jump'n in the fry'n pan!!!