This is just my opinion but these jokers that shot the mako with a bow are pathetic.
Really..
A shark in the back? I'm sure some will more than disagree with my opinion but I think this crosses the line a bit and I think this is pretty inhumane.
That's all I have

How is it any worse than reeling one in and then putting a flying gaff through it?

I remember seeing a tiger shark in the movie Jaws that had an arrow stuck in it

Can't get my arms around using humane and shark in the same sentence.

^^^ what they said.

Also wanted to add, you may be on the wrong forum.

The hippies have checked in

A kill is a kill. Shooting a shark with a bow is no different than reeling one in and gaffing it then popping it in the head with a bang stick

Personally I think it's pretty cool

Those videos kick [censored]! How did I miss this?

And these sharks suffered less than some of the bungling gaff jobs that I've seen... heck, some of the lousy gaff jobs I've done... LOL

I think PETA members would agree with you but not anyone on this forum.

Probably the worst thing about the episode was that the Mako was a world record taken by bow at over 800 pounds and he didn't have it mounted.

Hey the Joker that shot the MAKO checking in! Im glad a few of you got to see the show at least. Trust me, I get a lot of Hate mail about the shark, but I get way more good publicity than negative. You either love it or hate it. I personally love going out there. Just something about the unknown of the ocean. Glad you guys enjoyed it. And I do have the measurements in case I decide to mount him, but it was 11 feet long! My house is just not quite big enough yet....

I haven't seen the show yet, but Mako's are good eating!

I certainly won't be sending any hate mail your way. I'm def not with PETA nor a hippie.
I do respect the fact that 400 pounds of meat went to the needy(didn't see that on the show but read that in the article just little bit ago)
To each his own on what we all hunt, but my buddy and I were watching it and didn't care for this particular "hunt".

Just voicing my opinion.

Let the bashing begin.

Well what about it was over the line?
Elaborate on why you think it's wrong

I think guys get hung up on the fact that it is such a close shot. They forget everything that goes into the trip. We are in the wide open Pacific Ocean. The shark is not hooked prior to being shot with the bow. It takes ALOT to get a shark to commit and get that close. There have been alot that have shown up but would not come into the boat. But there is no doubt that we could have hooked them with ease. The 400lbs of meat was donated to a shelter and they were very happy to get it. That meat is around $8-10 a pound. In my mind, this is about as "fair chase" and difficult of a hunt as you can get. You need alot of things to line up and go your way. That day everything worked out perfectly and I am proud that we were able to do something nobody else has ever accomplished. Im sure one day it will beaten, but that is what records are for!

Congrats

Good stuff, Jeff !!

Congrats and well done Jeff.

Im not quite getting the logic here. You're mad about him shooting it with a bow, but it would be OK for him to catch it on a rod and reel? Not much of a difference there. Both ways the shark dies in the end. And Jeff is right, its a very impressive feat to get that shark close enough to the boat. In my mind it seems actually a lot more "sporting" to do it that way.

And congrats Jeff, I saw some of the promos but never saw the episode. Is there anywhere I can see it online?

There is no logic, like most other anti-bow fishing threads.

They say they don't like it but never give any legitimate reasons why, just thst they don't like it

Take the op for instance, says it's pathetic and crosses the line but doesn't elaborate beyond that.

There is a 9 page thread over on the TFF about bow fishing and it's like talking to a brick wall

Been many years, but I bowfished sharks on yearly trips off the Florida Keys. Much more sporting than you would think. Nothing inhumane was done. And each Shark was cut into stakes and eaten by my family over several weeks. I obviously see nothing wrong with it. I hunt and fish and that's what it is.