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| 2007-08-14 |
| Fish have been smacking Chris Brackett in the head all day, but it's cool: That's just the life of a celebrity. Brackett, 29, reigns as the godfather of "extreme aerial bowfishing," one of the Illinois River's newest pastimes in which boaters use bows and arrows to shoot leaping fish. Send him to Iraq - there've got to be some leaping jihadis. Their specific target is the Asian silver carp, an invasive species remarkable for jumping into the air when disturbed by rumbling boat motors. The big fish -- they can weigh up to 60 pounds -- jump as high as 10 feet, and they'll smack you if you don't see them coming. Or even if you do. Check out the video at the link. |
| Posted by:Spot |
| #2 Paging Ted Nugent to the white courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-14 22:43 |
| #1 Let me guess; you probably don't want to be downrange when the fish start jumping..... And are there the suction cup arrows for beginners? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-08-14 14:22 |