Archive for tag: record
Record Amberjack In Carolina
April 7, 2009 FishingMike Krantz of Wilmington, North Carolina got the spring fishing season off to a great start with a 126-pound amberjack, besting the state record caught in 1973 by 1.5 pounds. Krantz left Bogue Inlet last Tuesday and headed for the warm waters of the Gulf Stream with his father, Ron Krantz, and friend Andy Duskie. [...]
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Must Be Somethin’ In The Gumbo
March 4, 2009 DeerThis one comes out of Tensas Parish, Louisiana: Bowhunter Billy Husted harvested this buck which green scored 215 7/8 and projected to be a Pope & Young record for the state. The story goes that it was taken on private property and this was Husted’s second outing after a near thirty year absence from the [...]
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Ultimate Hat Rack
September 18, 2008 AsidesDoes this hot get your motor racing? How about now: it’s still out there. Big guy here was sedated so Bob Zaiglin of Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas could measure the rack. ”It was a unique opportunity for me and my students to see just how big antlers can grow on deer that [...]
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NoDak Season Opens With Dreams Of A Bosse Buck
September 8, 2008 DeerAs whitetail seasons open across the country, those of you with tags in North Dakota are surely thinking of this monster taken last year near Brampton. Bruce Bosse got it with his bow as the season opened. Sporting 23 scoreable points, it was expected to score around 240 and possibly be a new non-typical state [...]
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Penn International Is For Sissies
August 22, 2008 FishingA state fishing record is always news but what makes this a Doubletough story was the angler’s tool: a plastic Barbie toy fishing rod! David Hayes of Elkin, North Carolina landed a 21 pound catfish shortly after his granddaughter handed him the rod while she took a potty break. Received as a Christmas gift, little [...]
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Marlin Sets New NC Record
August 18, 2008 Featured, FishingThe 34-year old state record for blue marlin fell over the weekend as this giant was hauled in during Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament in Manteo. Weighing in at a whopping 1,228.5 pounds, this big blue beat the previous record of 1,142 and was just 173 pounds shy of the 1,402.2 world record caught in 1992 [...]
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Kansas? Illinois? How about Maryland
August 12, 2008 DeerWhen I first got word about this hunt, the email said it was in Morgan county, Georgia. Then it turned into Morgan, Maryland. As it turns out there is no Morgan of anything in Maryland but there is a Doubletough hunter by the name of Bill Crutchfield, Jr. in Newburg, Maryland. He was the man [...]
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