I would think the Indians, probably netted the gars, but I could be wrong. By all means, do keep at it. I am sure there must be a way, to do this. Maybe it is the angle of attack? I would like to hear of your progress. I know what you mean, by trying to do it all primitive. It would be cool to try to solve a problem with only the natural resources at hand. Modern people seem to have this notion that prehistoric man was a nit wit. When in fact they were quite ingenious, and skillful. If not, we would not be here. Look at what they had to go through to survive. A little more modern, but nonetheless a point to be made, is that the Egyptians, could make a gold leaf so thin, that you could actually see through it enough to read a newspaper. We can't do that today, with all of our technology, and " Superior " intelligence ! I by no means, meant to stop trying to get a large gar by strictly primitive means. How about the toggle idea, with a small medium thickness, point, so it would have a chance of going in between the scales, and or sliding in under a scale, and into the body of the fish? Or a small triangular point, like the Danish used to Peirce armor. Claude Van Order made some, that were pretty neat. In fact I think Eddie (Mullet) used one on a hog, and it went right through the skull, one shot, one kill
........sort of a stone bodkin......but, by all means, keep at it. We can all benefit from what you come up with, both failures, and successes.
Carry on sir.
Wayne
