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wild guide: carp-e bow’em
Statuesque, every muscle tensed as I waited in
anticipation. Twenty yards in front of me, dry reeds
rustled creating a riffle on the surface of the water.
Who would have thought bowfishing carp could be this
intense!
As the massive fish slowly made its way through the
bulrushes, it was eerily similar to the sound of a deer
shuffling through dry leaves on a fall hunt. Patience
took precedence and, when the big fish finally broke
into the open 10 yards away, I drew my recurve, aimed,
and released. On impact, mayhem best describes what
happened next. Splashing and dashing, the giant
carp ran. As line spooled f