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Man this is a great thread. I am 60 now and it made think back on all the great places I have been blessed to hunt, fish, camp and just enjoy. From my first squirrel hunt as a kid to the last hunt in Moz for cape buffalo it has been amazing ride. Trout in the Rockies and Blue Ridge, billfish in the Pacific and Atlantic and BG and LMB at the house. Not bragging but realizing how great life has been. And That doesn't include the best part-my wife and family.
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Yes, any hunt is a good hunt, that is just my favorite place. Anyone I ever took with me felt it was the best place they ever hunted.
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Conduct is the best proof of character.
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This question is impossible. Thanks to God's Gift to American hunters, Odocoileus virginianus, there have been so many wonderful times in so many great places.
That said, I never enjoyed hunting any more than on Kodiak. AK is awesome.
I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill
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Kodiak is magical, but the damn bears are a pita. So..."best place" is where we are right now....nothing like killing critters on your own place. Ten minute walk from house to the back stand. We give thanks every day. Recent bucks for wife, son and me... Easy walk from your house? You pretty much suck.
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I... but the best place, without question, was outside Toad River BC. Unbelievable place loaded with a wide range of critters... That is one helluva'n area. I sat on the side of the Alaska Highway at Toad River one April afternoon and watched herds of sheep, moose, caribou and mountain goats all on one mountain side and flat. I honestly thought I was seeing things, there were animals everywhere of every species. Incredible. Just past through there few weeks ago that is a neat place and have pretty good food as well...
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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There are so many great places that I have hunted. Most are only good for a couple species though. The one place I have been that has all the different game that I care to hunt is Idaho. I could make a list of places that is the best for one or two species. Ducks- Stuttgart Arkansas Snow geese- Eastern N. Dakota Honkers- Rochester Mn Pheasant- S. Dakota Grouse and woodcock- arrowhead area Mn Whitetail- central Mn Mule deer- Missouri breaks Montana Elk- Missouri breaks Montana Pronghorn- Eastern Montana
Music washes away the dust of everyday life Some people wait a lifetime to meet their favorite hunting and shooting buddy. Mine calls me dad
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i never hunted out of state and really don't care if i ever do.most of my hunting in 45yrs has been in 5-6 counties around my house. augusta,rockingham,highland,bath,albemarle and nelson in virginia.i've been a selfemployed contractor sense 1977 and i spend almost the whole season hunting.this year has been tougher than any i've had. trying to hunt while recovering from a bad lower leg fracture has not been easy. some of my stands i just haven't been able to hunt.
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My hunting locales have been very limited as to geographic location until you factor in this place i call home
As a boy I hunted quail, cottontails and squirrels and white tails
Pretty small parcels of land in MO, but the hunts were thrilling to me, always a fence or road or creek to take you back to familiar surroundings if you got turned around
Here I've been fortunate to hunt from the north side of the brooks range to Kodak
I've floated remote rivers, flown into spots very few people have been to, killed moose, bear, ptarmigan, grouse, caribou and sheep
I've seen more of this state than most folks ever get to & im deeply grateful for the game not only that I've killed but just seen in their habitat
If I could do it all over again
I would
What a blast. So deeply grateful for this good life I've led
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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I haven't read the entire thread, so I might be saying what's all ready been said. The best place I've ever hunted was anywhere I hunted with my father. It made no difference if we killed anything or not. Just being together with him was the highlight of my times afield. Watching him shoot rabbits on a dead run, or just sharing a tree stand with him on a quiet morning when I was too young to carry a gun. Nothing will ever match time spent with my father.
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I never had a Dad. You that do should try to spend some time with him. Mom too!
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Best places I've ever hunted are all on National Forrest lands.
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Had lots of good times hunting Mule deer in the Fremont national forest near Paisley, Or.
Now days, I'd have to say the most fun I have hunting, is Sage Rat hunting in alfalfa fields near Silver Lake Or.
LOTS of shooting when you get into a bunch of critters!
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Number one, our farm here in KY. Plenty of deer and squirrels. Now to the point of enjoying the grand kids getting after 'em. Number two, Colorado above 8,000ft. Game or no game, love the mountains !
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The Badlands of North Dakota. Gorgeous ruggedness.
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Western ND This!
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Mad Mooner, shame on you!
This is a horrible place with no game no public land and horrible rude disgusting non English speaking criminals
No reason to even drive through here to check. The weather is bad traffic is a nightmare and the state has voted liberal democrat since the Wholly mammoth was here.
www.huntingadventures.netAre you living your life, or just paying bills until you die? When you hit the pearly gates I want to be there just to see the massive pile of dead 5hit at your feet. ( John Peyton)
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I ain't about to tell a public forum where the best place I've hunted is!
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I can't pick a "best". It has been too good in too many places for me.
Top of the list contenders are Alaska,Alberta, Wyoming, and Kansas. But I have had great hunts in many other places that rank nearly as high.
Grouse and woodcock hunting in the old farms,orchards, and mountains of New England is a wonderful hunt.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Western ND This! Is that north or or south of I-94. I hunted south of Medora a couple of times.
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