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Mule deer

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ELK, the rolling steep and wooded and open canyon country you hunt them in and the challange,of getting in close, the usually cool weather conditions, frequent snow and the animals themselfs just are the essence of hunting to me!

Quail, without a doubt one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a day. A stroll with some good dogs and friends...doesn't get any better!

Mule deer a close second, but nothing tops whitetail hunting on my own land, way too many great memories, plus the kids get to go with me every year.

I sure do like it out west though....

and geee, I haven't even tried elk yet....

If I lived where there were squirrels, I might say that - for the eating.

But It's gonna be prairie dogs for me.

You don't have to wake up the rooster, there's no license, no season and no limit. You never have to drag them anywhere, they are self-field-dressing (!) and some people even offer you money to shoot them.

Whitetail deer or coyotes.

Whitetail Deer

Nothing quite like hunting the big brown growlers in SE Alaska.

Dall sheep are fun but getting to be too physically taxing.

In Africa, my favorite hunting is leopard and Cape Buffalo.

Easy one for me.....mule deer.

Probably blacktail... I like the one-on-one nature of it.

-jeff

Pronghorn

Coyotes, because they're smarter than hell, and there ain't no bag limit or set season.

Hog

Stone's Sheep w/late Nov mulies a close second!

Elk are there other species

Whitetails. Everywhere available, and the game can be as hard or easy as you want it.

Elk by a large margin.........

Whitetail deer. However, I have always yearned to hunt Cape Buffalo and that is what I will be doing in about two years.

Landrum

Richardson's groud squirrels/ gophers/ digger squirrels/ picket pins/ whistle pigs or whatever else they are called in your neck of the west.

Lots of great shooting, generally warm sunny weather, you don't have to drag them home to eat, nor skin them out.

You can hunt them using anything from a 22 up to whatever your recoil level will stand.

And lastly - lots of raptors feed on the left-overs so you look like you are a real animal lover when people see all of the birds feeding.

Attaboy, Rocky. No p-dogs here, but plenty of PA woodchucks that still need some killin'. I can't imagine not being able to shoot pasture poodles 'til I'm too old and feeble.

I'd miss hunting deer, but have enough friends that'd be happy to keep me supplied with venison, I'd not go hungry.