Archive for March, 2010
Let’s Walk The Dog AFTER Breakfast
March 31, 2010 Sightings, VideoFascinating footage of a female mountain lion and three young cats showing up in a driveway in Palmer Lake, Colorado. Located between Colorado Springs and Denver, living in this rural community requires checking outside before opening the door: Doubletough contributor Aaron Enget has had several run-ins with bears there, from tipping trash cans to roaming [...]
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Doubletough Roper Lives To Hitchhike Again
March 25, 2010 AsidesThis isn’t hunting related but being that it happened to a friend of mine who darn sure fits the Doubletough mold, thought it worth sharing. If you are not familiar with rodeo or roping, when a cowboy successfully ropes a calf they must dally their rope on the saddlehorn, ie. wrap it a couple times [...]
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March 23, 2010 HeroesKudos to the helicopter pilot for giving a helping hand to this yearling that was wandered on to thin ice.
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What You Heard About Kansas Is True
March 21, 2010 DeerKansas produces monster bucks year after year and one guy who can tell you this firsthand is Chris Ashley, Primos Prostaffer. This buck measured 209 1/3 last fall and the two buddies with him knocked down bucks on the same weekend, measuring 159 and 156. Thanks to Beach Billy for sending this in! Billy’s buddy, [...]
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Never Store Bait In The Plane
March 19, 2010 Campfire StoriesThese undated series of photos show just how wrong things can go in the wilderness. According to the email, a party of fishermen and chartered pilot left bait and a cooler inside and it wasn’t to long before “locals” picked up the scent. The pilot called in an emergency drop of two new tires, three [...]
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On Safari: Namibia
March 16, 2010 African gameFrequent Doubletough contributor Beach Billy forwarded this photos from a friend who finally made a trek to Africa to pursue game dreams are made of….and what a really cool New Years card is made of! His cousin, her husband and their son hunted with Jamy Traut of Eden Safaris in Namibia: Eden is located east [...]
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Big Georgia Buck
March 13, 2010 DeerCheck out this bruiser taken on Magnolia Plantation near Madison, Georgia. The hunter was Jack Adamson. Shot on Christmas Eve 2009, it grossed 149 6/8. Thanks to Beach Billy for sending this in!
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European Mount, Au Naturale
March 10, 2010 After the HuntLet’s just consider this an “update”: a year after taking my own bison, Doubletough contributor Aaron Enget visited the ranch of a PRCA stock contractor in South Dakota who was considering offering bison hunts on his property. He had done rifle hunts and had been asked about bow hunting his herd, but was unsure how [...]
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