We had our first 'shoot' on Sat. July 24th. We had three boats and 9 shooters who chased gar, buffalo and carp on the Kankakee River.

I was a bit lazy in my picture taking, completely missing any photos of Carpsniper's pontoon boat and the four shooters aboard. Carpsniper and Bowfisher Dave were out before sun-up and bowfished using lights powered by a generator. I believe they landed 22 fish, but I can't prove it. Due to their early start, they also left early....hence no pics. Sorry!

HNIJeremy, Jim and I arrived down at the Des Plaines Conservation Area around 6:15am. We motored up to the bay the others were in and it wasn't long before we were seeing fish. We gave Jeremy (who was new at bowfishing) a quick run-down of the how-to's and he took to it like a bowfisher to water. (heh)

The weather was not ideal (a bit breezy, cloudy and cool) but we did get plenty of shot opportunities.

Jeremy on the deck.


He shoots..... he scores!! (he gets slimed too)