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In just five short days I’ll be helping to host the TeamWON Eradicators at the annual Southern Illinois Outdoors Bowfishing Shout Out. I’ll be dragging my friends and colleagues from TeamWON Eradicators out into the murky, muddy, backwaters in search of bighead, common, grassy all manner of carp, we’ll be looking for gar, drum, and shad as well to stick with our arrows, but what’s got TeamWON all stirred up are the infamous Flying Silver Carp.
The carp that fly through the air with greatest of ease and then whack your head, back, boat, cameras, and anything they can with their large, slimy, flying, fishy bodies. They flip and flop and slime the heck out everything in the boat when they land at your feet. Fun stuff eh?
Messy old river rat that I am, I’ve learned duck, bob, weave, and occasionally just take full force hit from these flying slimeballs that can weigh upwards of 30 pounds. But all this talk of carp whacking has the rest of the team in bit of twist about PROTECTION. Ideas have ranged from batters helmets and hockey masks to head mounted umbrellas with an aftermarket spike affixed to it.
I know that you folks don’t want to miss out on one minute of the fun that will ensue when my flying carp neophytes join me on the river; to learn to bob, weave, duck, and to display their “interesting” approaches to what I’ve come to call “ Flying Carp Body Armor”. In fact we are so sure that you’ll want to be part of the fun that the TeamWON Eradicators have banded together with our fabulous and generous sponsors to offer you a chance to win a great gift package valued at $500
Wondering what’s in this great gift package offered up by those of us headed to do battle with the flying silver carp?
For starters, The Wild Woman is offering up some great Bowfishing items:
From our sponsor Big Time Bowfishing – we have a great DVD that will take you along with renowned bowfisher Sam Wood on some his most extreme bowfishing adventures.
Cajun Archery has generously provided us with not only their lovely Girls Bowfish Too shirt, a great Cajun decal for your boat or ride, a hat to keep that pesky sun out of your eyes while you look for the carp, and one of their famed Yellow Jacket Carbon Fiberglass fishing arrows with a piranha point – and safety slide, ready to go on your next trip out looking for those invasive carp and other rough fish.
Carp chasing will make you hungry – So Casey’s General Store has thrown in a certificate for a free large pizza a dozen doughnuts!
Bowfishing and flying carp nearly always equal wardrobe malfunctions. Coming off the water – it’s time to shed those slime and scale covered clothes. But where oh where to tactfully stash ones clean undies? God forbid they come tumbling out of your gear bag and the whole bowfishing circuit learns you wear granny panties or worse yet Mickey Mouse undies. Spairz has solved that problem for all women who want the convenience of always have an extra set of undies along with their innovative packaging – seriously gals – these discreetly packaged panties will fit right into your pocket, purse, tackle box – and best of all they look like a pack of gum! No more embarrassing moments!
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| Everyone needs a memento of a special trip and this lovely gar scale necklace created especially for TeamWON by Dianne Ullery fits the bill perfectly! |
There will also be a few “surprise” items in my bag of goodies from our other friends at Buck Gardner Game Calls, and J and J Guns and Knives.
This is just what I’m giving away – all of the TeamWON Eradicators are also giving away some nifty things as well including a $100 gift card for Cabela’s, courtesy of the Sportsman's Channel!
By now I’m sure you’re asking where do I sign up? How do I enter?
Tell me – tell all of us – in the comment section below:
What would you do to protect yourself from the infamous flying silver carp?
Rules:
One entry per person
Contest will run from August 8, 2011 - August 15, 2011.
One winner will be selected from 1 of the 5 blogs listed below and will win the entire prize package.
One entry per person
Contest will run from August 8, 2011 - August 15, 2011.
One winner will be selected from 1 of the 5 blogs listed below and will win the entire prize package.
Want to increase your odds of winning? : After you leave your comment here, please visit the other TeamWON Eradicator’ blogs to enter there as well for more great prizes, giving you a better chance of winning all the prizes listed on all 5 blogs.
The winner: 1 entry will be randomly selected by EACH blog. Between those 5 finalists - 1 winner will be selected as our grand prize winner.
Be sure to stay tuned this week as we all ready ourselves for “The Great Carp Caper”!
Follow me on Facebook and Twitter for updates as the week progress and LIVE updates from event! (Provided some some slimy flying carp doesn’t knock my smartphone in the murky depths of the Kaskaskia!)
Best of Luck to all and keep those arrows dancing!
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27 comments:
Barb Montgomery
Please post some video of The Hunters Wife getting smacked by a carp for us.
add to that a pair of waders to protect my legs from all that flying slime!
Tammie Schreiber
I’d NOT BE
– in that boat;
– on that river;
– anywhere near those crazy-arsed flying carpa piscis. !
Vini Vidi Comedi
Tammie Schreiber
abreast down the river to get the beasties jumping. I would be in the door
of a blackhawk shooting down on the flying missiles at a height just safe
enough to not get hit but still be in good bow range. Now we all know that
the standard M-60 door gun would be a lot of fun, and extremely effective,
but you can't put the help
in harms way. Good beaters are hard to find... Then, when I connected I
would swing the carp into the rotors and into instant chum. While all this
was going down, Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" booming up and down the
river for all to hear... SWEET!
Thanks for the giveaway.
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