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Frog Gigging Clinic at Blind Pony Lake Conservation Area

July 27, 2012
By MAGGIE MENDERSKI/Democrat-News
  • This frog was caught with hands instead of arrows or gigs.
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  • Claire Battson, 11, enters the pond to search for frogs.
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  • Wyatt Rice, right, holds the bow he just pulled from the water. His friend, Justin Morris, looks on.
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  • Wyatt Rice pierces a frog with his arrow.
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  • Reagan Damron, left, and Hunter Damron, right, prepare to swim for frogs.
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  • Marc Bagley, left, Wyatt Rice, center, and Justin Morris, right, carry their red keep bags and bows as they head toward another pond.
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  • Chelsea Bradshaw, right, reaches for a frog that she just gigged.
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  • Reagan Damron, Hunter Damron and Claire Battson wade into the water looking for frogs.
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  • Reagan Damron steps out of a pond at Blind Pony Lake Conservation Area. While some frog gigging clinic participants used gigs or arrows, Damron opted to catch this frog with her hands.
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