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If I lived up there I might say the same, but us cheechakos can't afford to make that hunt very often.
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Archery Elk and Any and all bird and fowl hunting.
Eat Fish, Wear Grundens, Drink Alaskan.
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Deer first any kind.. Then birds any kind.. Then antelope for the reasons Tman mentioned.. Also coyotes.. No gutting, no tags, everyone is happy to have them shot...
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For me it's a tossup between antelope and moose.
As related by T Inman antelope is low stress and flexible as to what time of day you want to hunt, plus my wife is my hunting buddy and I love being able to take her around the area we are hunting and setting her up to look at multiple bucks till she decides which buck she wants then set her up on the sticks for her chosen animal. We have made a lot of memories on those hunts.
Pretty much the same for moose when we got to hunt them. We know the area well, so finding animals was not hard. Even after the shot it was not all that hard. Good horses and good friends took a lot of the work out of it.
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I have had many many wonderful Deer hunts with and w/o pards. I've been on some REAL duck hunts in the Duck Capital of the world ..<Stuttgart Ark. area>
We had G S H pointers when I was growing up and Quail hunted a m a p. Miss hunting with my Dad.
I would love TO hunt mule deer (4 legged grin) & elk but haven't.
My FAVORITE hunting is Rabbit hunting with good Beagles. Tops in my book. This is one of those Bitter Sweet things. Back then we did NOT have deer to hunt, period. Now however EVERY where you go there are DEER out the yang and Rabbit hunting is near impossible. I've had beagles that did not run deer BUT today there aren't nearly as many rabbit as there used to be.
I don't hunt deer from stands of any kind and I move.....I see few rabbits. It's been that way quite a while.
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I guess predator hunting because it is so available to me and is logistically simple and always a challenge. Mule deer, when possible, is special and you can get plenty of alone time in the eastern part of central/northern Nevada. Then there is winter wolf hunting in Idaho and Montana so much fun, so little time. mike r
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Big sky spot and stalk. Pronghorn, sheep, caribou in the proper habitat. The fact that one can near always see one somewhere on the horizon can keep one going forever. even if he can't get there in a day. Enduring an entire season in some dense forest without ever spotting an elk can be quite disheartening.
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When I was a kid ( we didn't have any deer ) I would grab the Ithaca 20 gauge and start walking trough the woods and fields. Some days I would come home with squirrel, rabbit, dove, and quail. I think I enjoyed that hunting as much as any thing I have ever done. ^^This, same here except I grabbed an old L.C. Smith 16 and a handful of paper hulled shells...still love the smell of a fresh fired paper shotgun hull..
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I miss South Texas dove hunts also! We had some dame fine dove hunts in Coleman county too! That area gets full of dove in early September. I miss it too.
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Vermont Moose. I did it twice. First time I was drawn second time I won the auction hunt. Cost me $4K. But those days are over now.
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Antelope hunting every year, just enjoy the stalk and sneak on them as well as the same for deer.
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Mule deer & elk in remote country w/horses! Wolves in the winter.
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Chinese ringneck pheasants over a good pointer with a Mod. 21, 20ga. Just me, the dog and the shotgun.
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Too hard to answer. But bull elk rates high😊
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Whitetail deer hunting in the South, particularly on the Mississippi River with hounds. It was electric, started in 1966. To this day hearing a deer coming through the woods on a frosty morning makes the hair on my neck stand up, I love it. A good dove Hunt is a pretty close 2nd place. But deer just make me tingle regardless of size. We had many hounds over the years, and they were a big part of the joy, I was the dog man meaning I took them out and got the deer jumped and the race started. How lucky I am to have seen the sun rises I’ve seen.
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Another vote for big mule deer here, and Gemsbok.
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I'd have to have to say hitting the fence lines and creek bottoms with dad and grandpa, mixed bags of rabbits pheasants squirrels ducks pidgeon doves, have not had that kind of hunting around since the 80's. Big game . Antelope with the wife for the reasons already listed.
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By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Squirrel hunting with an accurate 22 LR bolt gun, head shots only. Rifles used? .Rem 540 xr, CZ 452 American, Winchester 310, Anshutz 1411.
Woodchuck hunting with my Sako A1 varmint 222 Rem.
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