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Dinnertime In Doubletough Country

The wilderness is a tough place and this series of photographs are not for the faint of heart (if you’re a regular reader, you don’t need such a warning!).  They made the rounds last year and show a pack of wolves tracking and bring down a bull moose.  Unfortunately the bull recently shed his horns [...]

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Big Blue Released Off Hatteras

Check out the blue marlin released by the crew of the Qualifier back in July.  Operating out of Oregon Inlet, the hookup was in the Gulf Stream that runs south-to-north just offshore of the Outer Banks.  The captain estimated the fish would have weighed in at around 900 pounds and along with it, they released [...]

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When you look through the Boone & Crockett and Pope & Young recordbooks, the state of South Carolina doesn’t stand out in comparison to the likes of Kansas, Illinois, Iowa or other midwestern spots.  Don’t let this fool you, there are big boys roaming the woods and we’re not talking cornfed lineman in Clemson!  Doubletough [...]

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Big Permit Lands Coach On Costa

Stephen “Coach” Johnson of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina sent in this fishing report:  ”I was fishing Islamarada trying for tarpon and ended up with a permit weighing about 35 pounds!”  The photo (he’s the one the left) is featured in Costa Del Mar’s online scrapbook, “All Out Battle“. Coach was featured on Doubletough Outdoors a [...]

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A Long Week For Two Bulls

This story came from Bubba Enget of the Doubletough camp around February of last year.  It is a remarkable account of two bulls locked up and facing certain death if not for a local rancher….   It’s not all checking hunting and fishing licenses. Sometimes the issues are bigger. Like when a Nevada game warden [...]

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Not Hard To Spot This One

Doubletough pardner Billy Bertram aka Beach Billy forwarded this hero shot of his friend Andy Cool and his trophy.  Andy was in Alaska back in May and knocked down this brute.  From the looks of the landscape, it probably wasn’t to difficult to spot and looks like it was a glorious day to hunt!

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Penn International Is For Sissies

A state fishing record is always news but what makes this a Doubletough story was the angler’s tool:  a plastic Barbie toy fishing rod!  David Hayes of Elkin, North Carolina landed a 21 pound catfish shortly after his granddaughter handed him the rod while she took a potty break.  Received as a Christmas gift, little [...]

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Patience Pays Off For Raffle Winner

Robert Dunn knew what he was looking for and was willing to wait on just the right bull elk, even when faced with opportunities any hunter would be happy to simply see, much less have a shot on.  Jim Mullins of Mullins Outfitters announced this week that Dunn, winner of their 2008-2009 Arizona Big Game [...]