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My absolute top bucket list animal would be a Marco Polo sheep from Tajikistan. It is totally unatainable for me but I feel it is the most beautiful trophy in the world. I will be in Kyrgyzstan in a month hunting ibex so i will at least get to see some of them!
Next for me would be a bighorn sheep from the unlimited's. I figure if I keep trying that is one I will be able to cross off!
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A nilgai with one of my 1895's. Iron sights in the oak mott.
But I'm in no big hurry.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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B&C non typical mule deer....have only seen one on the hoof, after the season was closed about 12 years ago here in Montana.
Large boar grizzly bear in Montana. Have seen plenty of them here, just waiting for a season...
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Just one more chance to hunt deer with my dad, may he Rest In Peace. I miss him so much. All else is just fluff. I hear ya. I went on a moose hunt in Newfoundland 2 years ago and it made me realize that I don't need more stuff. I just need to go more places and do more things with the people I love. As for hunting, I would like to hunt out west and at least hear an elk bugle, sooner than later.
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That's a worthy goal!
I've pretty much done my bucket list, though would like to see Australia, and might as well be hunting while doing it. But mostly I prefer hunting with family and friends for the same Montana game animals (and gamebirds) I grew up hunting.
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Whitetail deer hunting probably in SD, MN or IA. I have never had the opportunity to hunt for whitetails and I have read so many stories about them. I get to hunt sheep, goats, moose, caribou and bears every year but I have never hunted for whitetails. I will get to do it when I retire from teaching. I would really like to do an archery hunt down the Milk River for Whitetails as well.
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Large grizzly here in MT. Season???I sure hope so!
A really nice mule deer & a moose &/or sheep in MT.
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For me, it would be a horseback Yukon mixed bag hunt of about 21 days; sheep, caribou and grizzly. I have hunting from Mexico to Alaska and Canada, chased lions with hounds, belly crawled after pronghorns and everything in between. I typically go on 3-4 rut elk hunts every year. This will be the first year in 30 that I won't go. My recent Kodiak trip stole most of the good dates and my knee is keeping pretty close to home. I hope they can repair it good enough that I can get back at it. I've been blessed to go on lots of hunts. I have had some bad ones and some incredibly good ones. I have as good a chance as anyone to draw a desert sheep tag here in AZ with max bonus points but that is still a very small chance.
Someone mentioned the snow cock hunt. My buddy, who guides in Nevada, said he would go on that hunt with me if I decide to do it. We'll see how my legs hold up.
I am not so keen on Africa as many of you as there is still a lot left to do here in North America. I much prefer to hunt on my own than to be guided. This has somewhat limited my options.
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For me, it would be a horseback Yukon mixed bag hunt of about 21 days; sheep, caribou and grizzly. I have hunting from Mexico to Alaska and Canada, chased lions with hounds, belly crawled after pronghorns and everything in between. I typically go on 3-4 rut elk hunts every year. This will be the first year in 30 that I won't go. My recent Kodiak trip stole most of the good dates and my knee is keeping pretty close to home. I hope they can repair it good enough that I can get back at it. I've been blessed to go on lots of hunts. I have had some bad ones and some incredibly good ones. I have as good a chance as anyone to draw a desert sheep tag here in AZ with max bonus points but that is still a very small chance.
Someone mentioned the snow cock hunt. My buddy, who guides in Nevada, said he would go on that hunt with me if I decide to do it. We'll see how my legs hold up.
I am not so keen on Africa as many of you as there is still a lot left to do here in North America. I much prefer to hunt on my own than to be guided. This has somewhat limited my options. What about a horseback AK hunt for same?
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I'd like to hunt late season 12B for Mule Deer in AZ, but not enough to save up bonus points!  Mule Deer, Elk, Coyotes, Turkeys....in the Arizona back country, is as good as it gets for me. Sycamore
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Elk
Caribou
Pigs
Exotics of some sort
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For me, it would be a horseback Yukon mixed bag hunt of about 21 days; sheep, caribou and grizzly. I have hunting from Mexico to Alaska and Canada, chased lions with hounds, belly crawled after pronghorns and everything in between. I typically go on 3-4 rut elk hunts every year. This will be the first year in 30 that I won't go. My recent Kodiak trip stole most of the good dates and my knee is keeping pretty close to home. I hope they can repair it good enough that I can get back at it. I've been blessed to go on lots of hunts. I have had some bad ones and some incredibly good ones. I have as good a chance as anyone to draw a desert sheep tag here in AZ with max bonus points but that is still a very small chance.
Someone mentioned the snow cock hunt. My buddy, who guides in Nevada, said he would go on that hunt with me if I decide to do it. We'll see how my legs hold up.
I am not so keen on Africa as many of you as there is still a lot left to do here in North America. I much prefer to hunt on my own than to be guided. This has somewhat limited my options. What about a horseback AK hunt for same? Not aware of anywhere in AK that has a hunt like this, first off, there are no Stone sheep!
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Rutting Coues Whitetails is on my current to do list. I hope to accomplish that one this year.
My father who lives in PA and I have been putting in for bonus points in Maine for about 5 years now and I hope to do it before he gets too old to get around.
Other than that, I feel like I've been lucky enough to do the other ones. Every hunting trip I go on, I have a self reflection moment. I sit back and think about how I could have never imagined the hunting opportunities i've been lucky enough to experience when I was 12 years old.
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30 days in Tanzania for Buffalo, Leopard, Lion, Grants Gazelle, Gerenuk, lesser kudu, sable, Roan ect.
More obtainable would be free range Axis and Aoudad in Texas.
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A nice big moose in Alaska, maybe with a handgun though not required.
Brown or Grizzly bear.
Having traveled a fair bit, I have ZERO desire to go to Africa on my own time.
A nice float trip on a lazy river on a raft in Alaska, fishing with my dad, camping along the way.
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Elk
Mule Deer
Coues Deer
Pronghorn
150+ class Whitetail
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A nice big moose in Alaska, maybe with a handgun though not required.
Brown or Grizzly bear.
Having traveled a fair bit, I have ZERO desire to go to Africa on my own time.
A nice float trip on a lazy river on a raft in Alaska, fishing with my dad, camping along the way. That pretty much isn't a bad list... we are very similar. Zero desire or close to it for Africa. Moving to AK in a few years hopefully, would like to take one of everything there before we are to old. Size is not an issue, the hunt is the fun part, not the size. I sure hope we get many days rafting this or that river, dropped off by plane hopefully, and drift on down. And plenty of hunts. Starting our job searches now already, for part time, to help pay the bills while there, and maintaining our farm in TX. Ain't gonna be cheap or easy but nothing good ever is. Best of luck on your list!
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Greenland musk ox.
Cape Buffalo.
Kudu.
Gemsbok.
Hunt and fish Alaska.
Muskie, smallmouth and walleye in Canada.
Better get busy...............
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Having traveled a fair bit, I have ZERO desire to go to Africa on my own time. Been on an African Safari and been to war in Africa. I liked Alaska more, and didn't have nearly the trouble with IEDs and rockets....
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Good thread, Otter! getting my boy into elk camp in 2018, along with my dad. (your CO unit). 3 generations in elk camp would be one for the books.  dad and I leave next Saturday.
First teach a child to love God, second teach him to love family, third teach him to fish and hunt and by the time he is in his teens no dope dealer under the sun can teach him anything. Cotton Cordell
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