Shooting Invasive Flying Carp with a Bow

We're here at the Illinois WrestleUp Era! We're going to be at the next contest giveaway! Oh yeah! Alright Brandon, so here's how it's going to work today. We're out here, everybody's heard of bowfishing. We're going to get more and more increasingly ridiculous. So we're going to have the first hour to bowfish. We're going to have a competition between you and I to see who can shoot the most fish. Then we're going to move on to an even sillier method for catching fish. And even sillier, and even sillier. At the end of the day, we're going to see who caught the most fish. And loser is in for a real treat. I'm pumped. Get ready to lose, buddy. Are you sure? Yes, sir. Alright, let's do it. Here we go. Let's shoot some fish. Here we go, Mitch. It's happening here. It's happening. That looked like it. That looked like it. In front of it. Oh, look at him now. Oh, I thought I had him. Oh man, we should have waited. I got it! We're on it! 1-0 for us! Hey, it's not in the boat yet. Okay, so unfortunately, Brandon's got first fish. Not very surprising. It's not in the boat yet. Is that two fish? No. Hey, hey, hey. I missed. Oh yeah, baby. There we go. In the boat. You are shaking with excitement. Dude, I'm so pumped. Look, he's literally trembling over here. Alright, 1-0 to Brandon. I don't like that. He did have the good side. He had the inside side. So I'm making excuses. Nice fishy high five. Time to get on the scoreboard for me. Wow, that was a freaking log just flew by my face. Oh, there they go. Look at that. Oh, look at him, look at him, look at him. Why are we not loaded? It's so good right now. Oh, that was a big one. Got him, got him. I'm on, I'm on, I'm on. Woohoo! Popcorn, baby. Oh no, did he come off? No, he's on. Well, not yet, not yet, not yet. Don't be counting, don't be counting scores now. Come on. I need this. Oh, how you feeling? You nervous? You shaking still? No, I'm not shaking anymore. Oh, you're nervous now. I know I'm going to win. It's not that good of a shot. Alright, there we go. 1-1, buddy. Yes, sir. So I don't think we talked about this, but look at this. It really is a stunningly beautiful fish. And you can see it here. And the sad thing is, it's just not supposed to be here. So these Asian flying carp are planktivores. See this big giant mouth? And look in there at those gill rakers. So what it does is it swims around with its mouth open, gulping up all of the plankton in the ecosystem. And it's a pity because they're beautiful. They just don't belong here. They belong in Asia. But they are terribly invasive. They can spawn multiple times per year and give over a million eggs per spawn, which is why they make up something like 75% of the biomass in this river. And it's choking out all of the native life. So while they are very cool fish, they just don't belong in this river, which is why we're here shooting them and removing them from the ecosystem because it's performing a very important service and it's just a ton of fun. But really cool. 1-1, dude. Here we go. Well done. Competition is hot. Oh no, I'm going to lose him. Get it, get it, get it, get it. Minus one. No, still counts. Yeah, didn't get the bucket. No, that still counts. He's not conserving anything with that fish. He threw that thing right back. Damn it. He threw it back. It doesn't count. There's no way I'm back to zero. There's no way. He just got back to zero. Came in the boat. 1-0 now. I'm still winning, as expected. Forest blew it. But it's all right. He's going to come back. He's a comeback kid. Look at him. One job. I'm so sad now. After that heartbreak, I needed to get back on the horse. So I threw back a couple of two-hearted IPAs, and it's safe to say my team wasn't too happy with my shooting. Dude, I landed the best shot of that one. If you had nailed that one, I would have won a f***ing Emmy. I can't believe I didn't hit that. Damn it. Luckily, Brandon is here to pick up the slack. Oh, he's on, he's on, he's on, he's on. Nice. That was a great shot, dude. I was watching that. That was awesome. Square through the fish. 2-0, baby. You suck. Mine should count. It doesn't, but it should count. Of course I'm upset. But then all of a sudden. Got him. I'm on. Great shot. Dead center punch. Straight through the center. In the air. All right, I'm back on the board, baby. I'm about to quickly get another one. Got him. But Brandon makes another great shot to put the score 3-2. And I'm about to make my best shot of the day. Got him. Woo. Let's go. Straight through the fish. Let's go. There we go. Bingo. All right, we're at 3-3, right? Technically 4-3 if you count my one that went back in the water. If you let it back in the water, it doesn't count. All right, fair enough. It's a tie game. Kyle, where are we at time-wise? We're at an hour. Guess what that means. Beautiful. It's time to move on. Things are about to get crazy, but not as crazy as what's coming up later on in the video. The most chaotic fishing I've ever done in my life. And a not-so-delicious treat. Let's go. All right, Brandon. We're all tied up. Tied up. But I told you, we have to keep going. We have to be progressing into more and more ridiculous methodologies. Yes? I'm excited. Absolutely. All right. So here is the next trick. Put on these gloves. Bare claws. These are the spiked gloves that the guys were making in the Marriott last night. Amazing. As you can see, they're glued on tacks. And because we've had so many fish jumping in the boat that we weren't able to shoot, now we're going to see what we can do with our hands. That's awesome. Ready? High five. Do a little one. That's scary. All right, let's go. Oh, man. It's going to be hard to not injure ourselves. And at this point, little to my knowledge, things could actually get pretty dangerous. Oh, dude. Are you good? You're bleeding, man. Here's a good tool. A good puddle of fish. Oh, they're right there. Behind you, behind you. Look at them. Get them. Oh, you had them. He hit your hand. Oh, Jesus. They come at you much faster than you think. Holy s***. Look at it. Oh, my God. Look at it. Holy crap. Oh, get them. Oh, s***. Got them. Did I lose all of them? Dude, we had like five there. You got to bump it between your legs. You got them. That counts. Don't lose them. Teamwork. Oh, man. They are hard to hold. Okay, I got it. You got it? I don't think so. You got it? Okay. No, you don't. Four to three. Brandon is up. Let's go. All right. Hand fishing officially works. I'm shocked. I did not think the spiked thumbtack gloves approach was going to do it. Yeah, no. All right. Let's go. We got more. I got to catch up. I'm always behind today. Like that. No. It went into my lap. Oh, my God. Here we go. Oh, my God. They're in the boat. Come here. Yes. Get it. Oh, damn it. It's so slippery. That's like three I've had. Behind you. She's here. Got her. All right. That ties it up. Brandon, that's four to four. Hey, guys, if you're enjoying this adventure, big shout out to our sponsor, Two-Hearted IPA here. And if you guys like this, Brandon, are you having fun? I'm having so much fun. And you want to have fun like Brandon, all you have to do is like, follow, subscribe, and lay a comment somewhere. And I'm announcing our next competition now, which is ice fishing with Two-Hearted IPA this winter. Snowmobiles, airboats, you name it, we're doing it all. Yeah, you heard me right. Airboats on the ice. So make sure you guys follow along because these adventures are super fun and I want to take you on one next. All right, dude, it's all tied up. The score is four to four and we have one more round of hand fishing to go before we move on to arguably the most chaotic method of fishing in the world. Man, it's so crazy. I'm so covered in fish slot. I absolutely stink. And I'm having the most fun I've had in years. It's actually terrible. Like, I'm actually scared. It hurts. I'm bruised. They're everywhere. It's wild. Right there. No. Whoa. Oh, God. I'm scared. I'm actually getting scared. Oh, my God. Get it, get it, get it. It's so scary. This clearly isn't working. I need a competitive advantage, so I'm going for an equipment upgrade. All right, we got a glove upgrade here. Captain Nate offered me his personalized thumbtack gloves. A lot of flexibility, good dexterity, nice and breathable. Boris is cheating again for you. I know. I got to do anything to win, bro. And right as we change locations, one fish fell right into our laps. He's got it. This guy is crazy. Oh, dude. Are you good? You're bleeding, man. Am I bleeding? Yeah. I bet. I failed myself. That was totally me going for my hat. But I got the fish. No, dude, if you lose this fish on purpose, I swear to God. I got a few. I got two. We're good. Yes! And for the first time in the whole day, I take the lead. Yeah, my head's bleeding because I fell in and felt my hat going off and went to grab it. Yes, dude. That's hilarious. All right. These gloves are deadly. I've literally cut my own head open. But guess what? I'm in the lead for the first time today. The first time today. Kyle, where are we at on time? A little nervous. It's been an hour. Is it over an hour? Yep. All right. That means it's time to move on. All right. Let's see what we've got. We're on to the next trial and tribulation. We're going to take an inner tube. Okay. It's going to be a bit of a contact sport here. We're going to go on an inner tube off the back, winner takes all. Okay. Here we go. This seems incredibly stupid. I'm really into it. All right, Brandon, grab this guy here. Come on, do our new special of death. Okay, so just turn that sideways. Perfect. I have these cam jams here. These are the best. I use these things to secure everything. A quick shout out to Night Eyes for making the best gear ever when it comes to securing stuff, from gear ties to cam jams. There's nothing that I don't use up there. Pull that tight, and we're good to go. All right, Brandon, this is it. I'm up by one point. We both opted for nets. I got circus clown. You got traditional black. There's a lot on the line for the circus clown. Nate, send us off. Let's go. If you can dodge a fish, you can dodge a ball. Oh, God. I'm so scared. This is not good. I'm so scared. Such a bad idea. Oh, here it goes. It's starting. Oh, my God. Beer here. Okay. Got a fish, baby. Let's go. A little too hard at IPA. Dude, that was so much fun, Brandon. Amazing time. Let's go. You smoked me. It wasn't even close. I got to ask you, what is my punishment for losing? You're going to have to do the car blues. What the hell is a car blues? We're going to show you. Bring it over. Oh, no. Oh, God. Oh, it's dripping blood. Okay, do it. More, more, more, more. Finish your beer. I'm not a baby. Oh, it tastes so bad. I can't do it. That was not fun. But this video was awesome. Thank you guys for watching. Make sure you like, comment, and subscribe if you want to be entered to win into our ice fishing trip. Let's go, baby.