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Missouri Man Shoots Fish With Bow, Turns Out To Be A World Record
When fishing with a rod and reel gets too boring, what do you do? Just try bowfishing. I can honestly say I’ve never tried, nor witnessed someone bowfish myself, but I can imagine it’s pretty difficult. The Missouri Department of Conservation called it “quite tricky,” and even says: “Connecting with a fish is harder than you might think.” So, with that in mind, it makes this story that much more impressive. But for Mitch Dering out of Fairdealing, Missouri, it […] The post Missouri Man Shoots Fish With Bow, Turns Out To Be A World Record first appeared on Whiskey Riff.
Two Missouri fishermen set state, world records
Two state record fish were recorded in the Duck Creek Conservation Area in southeast Missouri last month, and one of them is a world-record bowfishing catch. Fairdealing resident Mitchell Dering caught a 4-pound brown bullhead on March 14 while bowfishing — a new world record, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation — and Tyler Goodale of Doniphan lured an 11-ounce flier on March 26.
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