npaden
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-12-11 AT 01:04PM (MST)[p]Some of the posts on nonresidents and points, etc. have started me thinking. What are your dream hunts? Try to stick to attainable hunts, not complete pie in the sky type things like the SuperTag Missouri Breaks Bighorn hunt or something like that.
Right now I'm stuck on Mountain Goats for some reason. I don't think there is any real chance I'll ever pull off a sheep hunt starting this late in life so goats are probably the next best option I think. I'm not picky about state, but would prefer a DIY hunt in the lower 48. If that doesn't happen in the next 5 or 6 years I'll probably pull the trigger on a guided hunt in BC or Alaska.
I would also like to do a DIY Alaskan Black Bear hunt. I want to go to Alaska some day anyway, so why not knock out a bear hunt while I'm at it? Spot and stalk bear hunting also appeals to me and that's still the primary method up there on the coast.
I try to go on at least one elk hunt each year so that isn't really a dream hunt, but I would like to go on a Limited entry hunt in Wyoming sometime, not the best unit, but a decent one.
Mule deer hunts in Montana and New Mexico probably don't qualify as dream hunts because for now they are pretty easily attainable, although I really enjoy them.
Some day I would like to knock down an 80" pronghorn, but I figure I can wait on that one until I'm old and decrepit. I'm applying for Oryx in New Mexico now also. I think that should be something I could pull off whatever age I end up drawing it.
My New Mexico elk hunt this year probably qualifies as a dream hunt fufilled. It was a tremendous experience for me and talking a 300"+ bull DIY on public land was on my list and now it is crossed off.
For some reason right now hunts for Caribou, Moose, etc. aren't really floating my boat as far as dream hunts. An African safari isn't really high on the list either, but it would be neat just to go see Africa some day whether I go with a gun or with a camera.
Oh well, just dreaming. Anyone else?
Nathan
Right now I'm stuck on Mountain Goats for some reason. I don't think there is any real chance I'll ever pull off a sheep hunt starting this late in life so goats are probably the next best option I think. I'm not picky about state, but would prefer a DIY hunt in the lower 48. If that doesn't happen in the next 5 or 6 years I'll probably pull the trigger on a guided hunt in BC or Alaska.
I would also like to do a DIY Alaskan Black Bear hunt. I want to go to Alaska some day anyway, so why not knock out a bear hunt while I'm at it? Spot and stalk bear hunting also appeals to me and that's still the primary method up there on the coast.
I try to go on at least one elk hunt each year so that isn't really a dream hunt, but I would like to go on a Limited entry hunt in Wyoming sometime, not the best unit, but a decent one.
Mule deer hunts in Montana and New Mexico probably don't qualify as dream hunts because for now they are pretty easily attainable, although I really enjoy them.
Some day I would like to knock down an 80" pronghorn, but I figure I can wait on that one until I'm old and decrepit. I'm applying for Oryx in New Mexico now also. I think that should be something I could pull off whatever age I end up drawing it.
My New Mexico elk hunt this year probably qualifies as a dream hunt fufilled. It was a tremendous experience for me and talking a 300"+ bull DIY on public land was on my list and now it is crossed off.
For some reason right now hunts for Caribou, Moose, etc. aren't really floating my boat as far as dream hunts. An African safari isn't really high on the list either, but it would be neat just to go see Africa some day whether I go with a gun or with a camera.
Oh well, just dreaming. Anyone else?
Nathan