Archive for the ‘Campfire Stories’ Category
Duck Hunting Alaska, Bring Bear Spray
July 14, 2012 Campfire StoriesThis story is not dated. The author, at the time the email was written, is a Fishery Research Biologist with the Bristol Bay Salmon Program, Alaska Department of Fish & Game-Commercial Fisheries. His name is Tim Baker. Let me tell you I am very happy to be here to tell this story. My friend Steve [...]
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Don’t Mess With Canadian Cattle
October 20, 2011 Campfire Stories, SightingsThis comes out of British Columbia where a black bear had been agitating a herd of beef cattle. During his daily routine the rancher captured this series of photo proving you don’t want to be caught in a dark alley with a gang of angus. As the bear approaches, a 12-year old heifer named “I-12″ [...]
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Clash Of Titans: Marlin Vs. MegaROV
September 13, 2011 Campfire Stories, FeaturedWhat happens when cold steel meets territorial guardian of the deep? A few bill smacks until eventually they opt to hug it out and call it day. Apparently this is no rare occurence due to the territorial nature of blue marlin. The large Remote Operational Vehicle (ROV) was involved in deep sea work when it [...]
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High Tech Rednecks
January 8, 2011 Campfire StoriesA Georgia Power crew were tending to lines running through the woods in Albany and came across a pair of setups just like this: three Benelli shotguns rigged over a food plot. Hard to tell whether they are set up for remote activation or by a trailcam. Either way, mighty nice of that GP team [...]
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Ohio Buck Fight
January 5, 2011 Campfire StoriesEvery year there’s a story of elk or deer found tangled in a fence or with another bull or buck. The good stories tend to make the email rounds for several years. Here’s one that you can count on seeing for years to come. The claim is they were found in Ohio, “they had the [...]
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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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