Archive for tag: Minnesota

Gear Review: 1999 Garmin GPS III Plus

January 6, 2010 Gear Review

With all the “decade in review” commentaries floating around, particularly with looks back on technological advancements, my thoughts floated all the way back to 1999 when my Dad escorted me to Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota.  I had it stuck in my mind that I would canoe the length of the Mississippi River and [...]

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Minnesota Monster

April 16, 2009 Deer

Here’s a bruiser passed along from Doubletougher Bubba Enget of North Dakota.  Those NoDak folks have consistently knocked down some mightly impressive bucks and this one was taken just across the Minnesota border from Fargo, near Cotton Lake.  The hunter is Dr. Riddle. The buck reportedly grossed 191 inches with an inside spread of 24 [...]

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The Blizzard Buck

December 17, 2008 Deer, Featured

As most folks settled in for the big white blowdown that swept the midwest, leave it to a Doubletough regular to hit the woods.  Billy “Bearpaw” Groom of Minnesota settled into a ground blind near Ely, MN with temperatures around the -8 mark and got ‘er done with a bow.   “I was watching an [...]

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Harsh Winter

October 14, 2008 Sightings

Cory Glauner of GotHunts.com had me thinking over the weekend of these photos when he Twitter’d about the big snowfall they got out in Idaho.  These shots came our way from a guy who has shared the Doubletough campfire, Bill Groom of Minnesota. According to “Billy Bear Paw”, wolves tracked down this buck by a [...]

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