Gar Conservation vs Bowfishing - Protecting Native Species

[E_americanus]

Hi All,
It's been a while since I have checked in on the forum, but the place looks great! I will comment further soon, and hope to be more active once again. I wanted to start by bringing your attention to a recent media article on conservation of native species, particularly gars (and buffalo and bowfin) in the face of bowfishing harvest. This is of course a controversial issue for many, but as gar enthusiasts, figured it was appropriate to post here.
Here's the link to the article (referenced in the photo), and another great piece by The Nature Conservancy's Cool Green Science blog (with photos some of you may have seen from earlier MFK photo threads!) Thanks for reading, and hope you continue to promote gars in both the hobby, as sport fish, and in general!--
--solomon

 

[Oddball]

Bravo!! If these ancient species aren't considered as sport fish they should not be part of the sport of fishing. If bowfishers really want to show how adept they are as archers let them pull on the jumping carp infestation. At least that would take some skill over shooting gars trying to mimic floating branches.

 

[Oddball]

BTW, Sol, it's about time you made it back this way. Good to see you back.

 

[Lepisosteus]

for sure leave the gar alone. bass pro shop shouldn't be sponsoring a tournament like this. they are premoting killing gars in mass numbers, carp sure go for it but leave the gar out. way to speak up solomon

 

[Duckman77]

Hey Solomon! Good to see you posting on these forums again! I saw an article of yours on the internet a short while back. I showed my wife: "I know this guy. I've been fishing with him." She was slightly more impressed than with most fish related things I show her.

Save the gar!