Hey guys. I want to do some frog shooting with a bow this next spring and was wondering if anybody still makes a gig head. I know there used to be a guy that did it but can’t find any info on him. If not then maybe that may be a project to work on after hunting season.

I've have good success with regular pronged "fish" points. In front of a fiberglass arrow, I feel they're a better option than a multi point gig head. And easier to remove the frog.

It's fun, and good eating.

Good luck.

I typically use a fish head.

Who didn’t grow up frog giving?;) What a blast and good to eat. I never did it. But I bet you could make a good frying point out of a target tip. Just drill two small holes on an angle at opposite sides of the point. Then epoxy in two short pieces of wire. I might have to try it. It would be Pretty similar to a fish point.

Not sure epoxy would hold, but pretty easy to solder.

I agree soldering would be the better job. Some epoxies though are very strong.

If only I knew of someplace where there was a decent population of frogs!

I did it for many years with a bow. We always just used blunts. They smack em hard and don’t go all the way thru.

Those are good ideas. I guess I was thinking about prongs but the fish head would be stouter for sure.

Frog hunting with a bow was common hunt by archers years ago. Don't know how popular it is these days. Used to make Judo-type heads using long field points and spring steel wire.

The diving supply places still sell a true gig style head. They are usually metric sized.

I am always interested in different types of archery: aerial targets, ping pong balls at 10 yards, bowfishing, shooting waterfowl. Frog hunting sounds like a blast.

Some of the comments I found on the net recommended using a bowfishing reel and fishing point, or a loose arrow with a blunt head or barbed fishing point. Here is a picture of some points that I found. You might be able to cross drill a field point and insert steel wire similar to what was mentioned above. Someone here used weed eater line to limit penetration on squirrels, that might work for barbs on frogs. But, I did not come up with gig heads for arrows.

Did someone mention my name? The Supreme Leader and Captain of F. R. O. G (Frog Relocation Operations Group) here to share an old how to tutorial link on a arrow frog gigging head.

https://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=82452.0

And an old video on bow hunting frogs.

https://youtu.be/Y3V0HNxydvU

The gig heads work best in smaller sizes then what I originally made (explained in the how to) but we also have reverted back to using hex heads in most cases due to the tangles of vines etc… we normally are shooting through. The gigs work great though in more open environments.

We used to take 3-4 large fishhooks,straighten them out then lash them to the front of a wood arrow. Instant frog gig!

SB, that's simplicity and genius. And not a lotta dollars! Betcha solder would work fine too.

That sounds like the perfect frog Point SB. Think I’ll try making some of those.

I have also heard a small piece of Red felt on a small hook will catch them too.

From years of fishing ponds, with a good population of bullfrogs and lillypads, the best bait to use is a top water frog. Late evening when the bullfrogs are moving up on them around the pads, cast the frog in pads, let a sit and give it a twitch every now and then. Gently pull it up on a pad and slide it off. The big’ uns will take it just like a bass. Lot of times, if you see a big frog wasting around the pads, cast up a couple feet in front of him and watch him attack. Great topwater action.

Tip…. Make sure the hooks are exposed.

I use empty .357 brass gorilla taped on to old arrows, the rim of the case keeps em from slidin off.

Man! With frogs like some of you are describing, guess no "skinning-dipping" by young boys in those ponds?

When I was a youngster my grandmother would clean and cook any frogs we brought home. She lived on a lake and our place up north was on a lake so we had great opportunities to get and eat frog legs. She would send us out as she called it, to get them LEGS. Great memories of her pulling of their jammies and tossing them in the fat.

Fast forward to 2021. Michigan has outlawed hunting frogs with anything other than a spear/gig.

Copied from the 2021 Michigan Fishing Guide. Amphibians and reptiles MAY NOT be shot with firearms (including spring, air, or gas propelled),bow and arrow, or crossbow.

From what I have been able to discover in a few minutes of googling some of the legislatures feel gigging or shooting or harming a frog in any way is cruel and not to be allowed. So as a compromise they decided to allow you ten frogs for the season, at night, without a light, with a handheld gig. Unbelievable, Good Day

Riverwolf, that's about how we did it. A target arrow works great to pin them to the ground, but you had better hurry to them, or they can get off. Simple, but it's faster then freeing them from barbs.

As a kid, I spent some time on Sulphur Fork Creek near Springfield, Tennessee fly fishing. Occasionally I would spot a nice frog on the bank. Dangling a fly in front of them was to much. Sometimes they had to come to the bait, but that didn't stop them. A big bullfrog feels like a 2 pound bass on the line. I have also caught them with a red string on a hook, but the fly was more convenient. Those were truly the "good ole days".

Man I’m digging that using straightened out fish hook head thing. I guess when hunting season is over I’m going to the deep underground laboratory for some experimentation!

I just shoot them with a field point, it pins them to the ground.

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