Doubletough Outdoors

This story was forwarded to me back in October 2006, about three weeks after the hunting incident it describes occurred. As with most forwarded email, it was interesting to look over the previous recipients and see exactly how it wound up in my inbox; it had definitely made the rounds, having been repeatedly forwarded to at least 40 folks until my friend, we’ll call him Bubba, sent it my way.

It’s a three page Word document and I read it twice, trying to imagine being there for all the drama. Then I opened the included photos. I immediately recognized the guy in the third shot because every picture I’ve ever seen of him, he has that same expression. The hero of the story, Reed Thompson, dates my cousin and both were in Alaska at the time of the incident where they worked as dentists. Reed is a big-time hunter and I asked him about this particular hunt and the story Doug White, the author, tells is exactly how it went down……… Read more…

Bear, Moose Alaska, close encounter, grizzly bear, Moose, pistol, Reed Thompson, rifle

The story that accompanied this photo was that it was the largest bull ever taken, with any weapon, and was shot in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of Idaho.  It circulated the internet in 2006 and not long after it was revealed that it was taken on private property, ie. “ranch raised”.  Regardless, it’s still a fine trophy and there’s no reason to believe the stats were not accurate:  green score of 575″ (expected net of 530″) and an outside spread of 79″.

Elk Elk, Hunting, Idaho, rifle