Archive for the ‘Sightings’ Category

He’ll Make A Nice Belt. And Boots. And Hat Band.

June 28, 2010 Sightings

I would have loved to see Steve Irwin get hold of this 15-footer found near a mall in Florida.  More photos after the jump.

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Trophy Roadkill

June 10, 2010 Sightings

This massive whitetail was supposedly a roadkill victim near Wahpeton, North Dakota.

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Turkeys At Chickasawhatchee

May 26, 2010 Sightings

Here are some beautiful photos taken prior to turkey season in the Chickasawhatchee Wildlife Management Area in Georgia.  Located southwest of Albany, the Chickasawhatchee Swamp was the site of “a decisive battle of the Southern Indian Wars” on July 3, 1836. Happy hunting to everyone this turkey season and if you haven’t already, pick up [...]

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One Is Odd, But There’s Two

May 5, 2010 Sightings

Check out these photos of a pair of albino moose taken a few years back on the upper peninsula of Michigan, apparently somewhere near Wisconsin, outside the town of Marenisco, MI.  Hard to believe they survived on their own, a good bet is they wandered off from someone’s farm.  If you know anything about them, [...]

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Tough Time On The Prairie

April 17, 2010 Sightings

During an afternoon hunt last October with his family, Doubletougher Aaron Enget came across this pronghorn that had not-so-recently stumbled into some bad luck. No word on what may have brought the buck to its end, but the kids were more than happy to check it out. Doubletougher Aaron Enget of Colorado headed out to [...]

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Let’s Walk The Dog AFTER Breakfast

March 31, 2010 Sightings, Video

Fascinating 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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No Overnight Camping

February 27, 2010 Sightings

The story goes that the Arizona Game & Fish Department set up these water tanks in the White Tank Mountain Recreation Park, about twenty miles west of Phoenix. Mountain lions had been seen in the area and the idea was to draw them in to “monitor their activity” and perhaps attempt to get an idea [...]

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Have You Seen This Deer?

February 15, 2010 Sightings

Strange goings’ on in the foothills of North Carolina.  So strange in fact, a local paper has dedicated a page to mapping sightings of a piebald deer along with a contest to name the creature for a grand prize of ten dollars. Cleveland County, home of Bridges Barbeque in Shelby, is about an hour west [...]

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