Archive for tag: record
What Can $20k Get You? The #7 B&C Moose.
June 16, 2010 Featured, MooseThis German hunter was a client with South Nahanni Outfitters and took this record moose during one of their 10-day, $20,000 hunts in 2008. Estimated at seven years of age, the moose scored 258, qualifying it as #7 on the all-time Boone & Crockett list and #1 on Anchorpoint.
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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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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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Everything’s Bigger In…Nebraska?
February 17, 2010 DeerWhen you’re from Texas, you have big expectations. Those expectations stick with you, even when you venture across the state line. A man’s gotta have standards, after all. Wesley O’Brien of Lexington, Texas drove 750 miles to Richardson County, Nebraska (as far southeast in the state as one can be) to hunt private property with [...]
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Bear Record Confirmed
December 18, 2009 After the Hunt, BearIt took five years to do it, but the state of North Carolina finally confirmed Billy Walkowiak’s 2004 black bear as the 17th largest ever taken in the state. Billy’s bear had an official weight of 647 pounds and was estimated to be nine years, nine months old. It was shot on a dog hunt [...]
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Mexican Muleys
September 12, 2009 DeerThis one made the rounds back in early ’08 with the subject “Pending new world record from Mexico”. The actual story is that it was shot way back on January 9, 2005 and is indeed an SCI world record, but is #2. More on that in a minute. This buck was taken by Jason Gisl [...]
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White Marlin Are For Sissies
August 14, 2009 FishingWhat happens when a Tarheel enters a white marlin tournament? Broken records, that’s what. Robert Farris of Charlotte, North Carolina took three hours to land this 1,062 pound blue marlin during last week’s White Marlin Tournament in Ocean City, Maryland, breaking the state record set in 1989 by 120 pounds.
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World Record Catfish May Not Be Official
July 17, 2009 FishingDid you happen to see the report this week about the 11-year old who caught a whopping 9-foot, 193 pound catfish? A Doubletough story for sure as Jessica Wanstall of Sittingbourne, Kent, in the United Kingdom, spent twenty minutes while “my arms turned to jelly” before landing the big fish. The article states the International [...]
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