Archive for the ‘Campfire Stories’ Category
Greatest Shot In The World
July 18, 2010 Campfire Stories, RabbitThis is Beach Billy “back in the day”. This was just moments after we pulled in the Lodge at Magnolia. I shot the rabbit from the moving school bus (scout) with my Dad’s 357 and the rabbit was on the Run! The Greatest shot in the world!
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Wile E. Hitchhiker
June 14, 2010 Campfire Stories, FeaturedThis blog is no fan of coyotes but this email is worthy because of the Doubletough coyote at the center of the story. When a brother and sister struck a coyote at 75mph they assumed they had killed the animal and drove on. They didn’t realize this was the toughest creature ever to survive a [...]
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Handload Goes Bad
May 14, 2010 Campfire StoriesI just hope the guy got a big “D” for “Darwin Award” imprinted on his forehead when the top of the cylinder blew off this Smith & Wesson .44. Check out the closeups after the jump.
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Bearzilla Killed In Florida
May 12, 2010 Campfire StoriesA bruiser of a bruin caused a tractor-trailer rig to wreck as it lay in the road, the victim of what has been assumed to be a separate bigrig-bear accident. The incident occured on April 23, east of Tallahassee in Jefferson County. The black bear was estimated to be right around 600 pounds, making it [...]
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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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Lady Walks Dog, Discovers Potential Record Buck
March 3, 2010 Campfire StoriesNot every trophy animal dies honorably; starvation, disease, predators, hit by a car, any number of things can happen between coming of age and appearing through your scope or bow sights. That seems to be the story here. A lady walking her dog happened across the buck in a field back in early February. There [...]
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Why My Wife Only Swims In Clear Water
February 9, 2010 Campfire StoriesMy wife was raised in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but will not swim in the ocean. Sure, I’ve managed to coax her in but the slightest touch of seaweed, undulation of the bottom or, god forbid, she steps on a crab, and she is outta there. To much out there with teeth and she [...]
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