Bowfishing for Frogs: Bowfrogging Helps Keep You Sharp for Big Game

By Patriot Outdoor News

Frogging season is a big deal in the South, though how big depends on where you live. Some states, such as Tennessee, don’t have a designated season. Others do, ranging from around the first of April to the middle of May.

In Kentucky it’s the third week in May (the 16th this year) and it has pretty much been that way since I was a kid. Back then, as frogging season approached, my hunting and fishing buddy and I would plan our strategy for opening night. There were ponds and lakes that were open to anyone, and there were others – usually on farms owned by our relatives – where only we had access. So we would gig the public waters first, trying to get to the best ones before others did and save our private waters for later in the night. Simple as it was, this strategy worked out quite well, and the only thing about it that varied from year to year was the itinerary.

A couple of two-cell flashlights, a gig with metal tines taped or wired to a cane pole, a burlap seed bag or two to hold the frogs, and a pair of cheap “car wash boots,” …read more

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