Archive for tag: North Dakota
North Dakota Velvet Elk
April 10, 2009 ElkDoubletougher Bubba Enget forwarded these photos of Vent Wallace and friends with a fantastic bull he harvested in North Dakota back in ’07. It’s only April and already we’re thinking about the upcoming season! Hey, if I can get up there before the cold and snow rolls in, book it! See more photos after the [...]
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“This Thing Is A Damn Monster!”
March 11, 2009 Campfire Stories, Elk, FeaturedDuring a hunting trip to North Dakota last fall I met quite a few characters, many of whom I recognized from emails shared among this group of friends. One of these was Terry Doll of Mandan, ND. A childhood friend of Doubletough contributor Bubba Enget, Terry at one point offered to be my “translator”, since [...]
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Cat Cam
January 21, 2009 Wildlife In ActionTrailcams and game cameras have revolutionized deer hunting by allowing hunters to monitor deer activity and track specific animals, but along with those images are some fascinating shots taken of wildlife in action. We’ve noted a couple of the funnier ones (1, 2) but this shot of mountains lions working over a doe brings home [...]
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North Dakota Bear Report
January 14, 2009 SightingsYup, I said North Dakota. This black bruin showed up about a half mile north of Hannover, or 20 miles north of New Salem, way up in the northwest portion of the state. I’ve been there a couple times and it doesn’t strike me as bear country, but there are a lot of coolies and [...]
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Apparently This Happens A Lot
December 16, 2008 Campfire StoriesHere’s a follow up on the post from a couple weeks ago, it seems the folks in corn country have had more than one buck jam up their equipment. I thought I had seen something familiar when those latest pics came through and going back through my archives, Doubletougher Aaron Enget of Colorado sent these [...]
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Big Memories For One Fortunate Youth
December 8, 2008 Deer, HeroesFrom North Dakota comes the story of Jacey and her big whitetail hunt. Due to disabilities, Jacey requires a wheelchair but this does not deter her from her love of the outdoors and a chance at a big 2008 NoDak buck. Her friends and family prepared a ground blind that would accomodate the chair and [...]
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North Dakota Recap, Part 2
November 27, 2008 Campfire Stories, DeerRead the first leg of the trip here! With our full limit of cock, er, pheasant, in the bag, the four of us headed due north from Onida, South Dakota to White Earth, North Dakota. This wasn’t to long after the big snowstorm in western North Dakota so despite our expectations of huge snowbanks and [...]
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A Surprise In The Field
November 12, 2008 Campfire StoriesYesterday I was north of Pierre, South Dakota chasing pheasants and it reminded me of this email from 2006. The story goes that a pheasant hunter named Kent Ferguson of Mohall, North Dakota was in the field when his dog jumped a mountain lion. The cat went after the dog and Kent dispatched it with [...]
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