If you haven't tried it yet, it works great. Even an indifferent marksman can get his share... it doesn't seem to matter much where you hit them, that barbed arrow holds them pretty solidly.
I've seen bullfrogs shot clean through the foot and still brought to bag.
The only bad part, is that as y'all know, a fishing arrow doesn't possess alot of killing power, and Rana catasbeiana, the American bullfrog, is a critter that sometimes takes alot of killing. His lifeforce is nailed to his spine.
Therein lies a story...
One night, Cousin-Neal and myself were returning from a hunt that had lastedseveral hours. We'd been working two very large stock tanks and our stringers were heavywith several strapping bullfrogs as we worked our way on footthrough the woods back to the truck.
We were about 100 yds froma fence thatseperated us from land that we had permission to use (yes, sad to report, but in our younger years we poached like cajuns, we've since gotten smarter and don'tdo that kind of stuff anymore).
As I recall, I was walking point, using my 6 volt headlamp for illumination, with Neal following up several feet behind me.
Without warning, I was jolted from some quiet reverie by an ungodly clamor...
There was a shrill, primordial squall of pure mortal despair, followed by alot of heavy breathing and the sounds of an immense struggle.
My first thought was that some huge species of Hobgoblin had snatched Cousin-Neal off of the trail, and was now engaged in the preliminarystages of pinching his head off...
'tweren't so
Come to find out, that the heavy clip-stringer of Neal's, which due to his marvelously advanced state of greed was filled nearly to full capacity, contained at least one Rana that wasn't all the way dead, he was just mostly dead.
Neal had made the poor choice of wearing shorts that night, so Mr. Bullfrog had simply reached out through the darkwith a clammy, clawed appendage and copped himself a couple of feels...
Hence, the source of the ruckus.
Poor Neal was so unhinged by this violation of his person, that to this day if he doesn't stick with his meds he's just a wreck.
So, bowmen be forewarned. If you go after ole' Rana with a stick-and-string, make sure he's all the way dead before you clip him on, or risk being scarred for life.
Especially if you wear shorts and are predisposed towards nervous disorders!
Fishing arrows for bullfrogs? You bet!
