Archive for November, 2008
North Dakota Recap, Part 2
November 27, 2008 Campfire Stories, DeerRead the first leg of the trip here! With our full limit of cock, er, pheasant, in the bag, the four of us headed due north from Onida, South Dakota to White Earth, North Dakota. This wasn’t to long after the big snowstorm in western North Dakota so despite our expectations of huge snowbanks and [...]
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North Dakota Recap
November 26, 2008 Campfire StoriesThe two week, 5,400 mile midwest adventure has drawn to an end and I have sufficiently recovered to the point that I can post a bit about another fantastic hunting outing with friends from Colorado, North Dakota and Minnesota. What began as an annual trip with a few Colorado buddies has grown to a much [...]
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Southern Colorado Trophy
November 17, 2008 ElkI’m leaving White Earth, North Dakota today for Colorado Springs. Quite the traveler this past week, driving my F350 with fifth wheel in tow from Wilmington, North Carolina to North Dakota, now Colorado and back home at the end of the week. Yup, I said driving. Love the blue highways, not the big interstates and [...]
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Getting Lucky In Arkansas
November 14, 2008 DeerNo, this isn’t a post about Bill Clinton! Yesterday through Sunday I’m in White Earth, North Dakota for the Allie Enget Memorial Deer Hunt. Allie is Aaron Enget’s father, who passed away a year ago. The Doubletough crew were here in ’06 for a deer hunt and it was a completely different experience from how [...]
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A Surprise In The Field
November 12, 2008 Campfire StoriesYesterday I was north of Pierre, South Dakota chasing pheasants and it reminded me of this email from 2006. The story goes that a pheasant hunter named Kent Ferguson of Mohall, North Dakota was in the field when his dog jumped a mountain lion. The cat went after the dog and Kent dispatched it with [...]
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Deer And Bear Not Good Dance Partners
November 10, 2008 Wildlife In ActionThese undated photos depict a young buck squaring off with similarly young black bear and it doesn’t appear to have worked out to well for the deer. Amazing what folks stumble across in the outdoors. You don’t get this kind action sitting in front of the tube, that’s for sure.
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Getting ‘Em Started Right
November 8, 2008 Campfire Stories, FeaturedI’m on the road to South Dakota to meet up with Aaron Enget, Director of Rodeo Adminstration for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and John Tripp, whom I also worked with during my PRCA days. The Doubletough gang have hunted for years, chasing elk, bison, deer and cheap beer. John introduced his son Jack to [...]
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Patience Pays Off
November 5, 2008 DeerAnother big buck taken from Cevey Pennington’s ranch in Colorado. Last week we posted about Jody Enget and her first muley there in Elizabeth, CO. It’s a beautiful place and during my visit there last spring we took time out from branding cattle to cruise the property on four wheelers and spotted several nice deer. [...]
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