And... What game have you hunted?

Guy Miner

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To go along with the firearm/bow question.

What game have you hunted? I'm sure some folks here will have absolutely amazing lists. :grin:

If you want, add what's left that you'd like to hunt, someday.

Dad started me on game birds and ground squirrels:

dove
quail
pheasant - my favorite game bird
chukar were added later by me - not sure Dad ever hunted chukar
grouse

ducks of many types
geese - both Canadian and snow geese

turkey - very casually and without success at this point

various types of ground squirrel, marmots, etc... fodder for the varmint rifles

squirrel
rabbit

coyotes
wolf
bobcat - no success yet
cougar - no success yet

black bear - several via spot & stalk, all in the past ten years
grizzly - one - hunt of a lifetime!

blacktail
mule deer
whitetail deer
elk - only two

pronghorn antelope

wild hog

Someday I'd like to add African plains game: gemsbok, kudu, wildebeest, impala, springbok, warthog... AND, if my ship comes in, so to speak, Cape Buffalo.

Here in North America, I'd love to draw the tag for bighorn ram, mountain goat, moose and to hunt caribou as well. :)

How about you good folks?

Guy
 
Small game:
squirrels
snowshoe hare
beaver
marten
fox
coyote
lynx

Game birds:
Geese
Ruffed grouse, spruce hens, sharptails, blue grouse, willow ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan
Hungarian partridge
pheasant (unsuccessful)

Big game:
whitetail deer
Mule deer
Woodland caribou
Mountain caribou (unsuccessful)
Canadian moose
Rocky Mtn elk
black bear
grizzly bear
wolf
cougar (unsuccessful)
prairie bison
pronghorn
Rocky Mtn goat
Stone's sheep
Rocky Mtn bighorn
California bighorn (unsuccessful)
 
Small game
Rabbit
Squirrel
Pheasant
Grouse
Ptarmigan
Snowshoe hare


Waterfowl
Ducks (many)
Geese
Sand hill crane

Big game
White tail
Elk
Moose
Caribou
Black bear
Brown/grizzly
Wolf


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I have only hunted in Canada, so my list is not that large

Moose ( three different breeds but they all tasted the same )

bear ( 4 different ones--Whie, Black, Brown, Grolar --they tasted different )

caribou( 5 different breeds and they tasted the same )

Sheep ( 3 different breeds and they tasted the same )

Deer
Elk
Goat
Bison
cougar
wolf
wolverine
muskox
walrus
whale
seal

if trapping counts---lynx, fisher, beaver, ermine, marten,otter, muskrat

birds --Partridge, Ducks, Geese , cranes, grouse, pheasant ( ducks and geese more thane breed )

I have assisted the RCMP when looking ( hunting ) for criminals does that count
 
Woodcock
Snipe
Red legged partridge
Grey Partridge
Canada goose
Pigeon
Pheasant
Crow
Jay
Magpie
Mallard
Teal

Squirrel
Hare
Rabbit
Red Fox
Badger
Prairie dogs

Red deer
Fallow Deer
Roe deer
Muntjac deer
Whitetail deer
Mule deer
Elk

Impala buck
 
Small Game and Varmint's
Grey Squirrels
Fox Squirrels
Cottontail Rabbits
Jack Rabbits
Possum
Prairie Dogs
Raccoons
Porcupine
Beaver
Red Fox
Wild Cats legal in Iowa
Coyotes
Cougar. No luck yet

Birds
Snipe
Dove
Bobwhite Quail
Chukar
Pigeon
Hungarian Partridge
Sage Grouse
Pheasant
Ducks
Geese

Big Game
Antelope
Whitetail Deer
Mule Deer
Caribou
Black Bear
Elk has eluded Me over the counter Colorado
Wolf bought the tag just in case
Wild Boar a High Fence hunt paid for by work.
 
Small game
squirrels
rabbit
ground hog
grouse
quail

Bigger game
fox
coyote
whitetail deer
mule deer (1)
elk (0)
Eastern Turkey
Black bear
 
Hunted a few:
dove
quail
pheasant
ducks
geese
turkey
rabbit
bobcat
whitetail deer
elk
wild hog
Springbock
Mountain Reedbock
Impala
Both types of Wildabeest
Blesbock
Zebra

What I still want:
Pronghorn
various types of mountain goat/sheep
mule deer
moose
Black bear
Grizzly
Cape buffalo
the small 5 (tiny antelope in Africa - small target and to me more challenging)
 
I have hunted:
Big Game:
Alaska moose
Shiras moose
Rocky Mountain elk
mule deer
whitetail deer
Sitka blacktail
Columbia blacktail
Coues whitetail
antelope
wolf
black bear
caribou
wild pig
javelina
mountain lion

Small Game/predators:
fox
bobcat
coyote
badger
rockchucks
squirrels
beaver
opossum
racoon
rabbits

Birds:
geese
ducks
doves
quail
chukar
Hungarian partridge
Merriam turkey
Rio Grande turkey
grouse
pheasant
plus magpie, crow, sparrow, pigeon, starling, crow, and anything else I could find to shoot as a kid.

Africa:
Kudu
Warthog
Impala
Gemsbok
Blesbok
 
This is a great thread idea Guy!

Here’s my list of animals that I’ve successfully hunted, there are a few that I have hunted unsuccessfully that didn’t make the list.

Small game and Varmints

Ground Squirrel
Skunk
Racoon
Badger
Porcupine
Jackrabbit and Cottontail
Rattlesnake
Feral cat
Coyote
Bobcat

Fowl

California Quail
Ruffed and Blue Grouse
Pheasant
Dove
Pigeon
Duck
Canadian Goose
Turkey

Big game

Russian Feral Hog

Cougar

Mouflon Sheep (feral on public land)

Pronghorn Antelope (not my tag, went along for the drag out, hope I draw someday!)

Mule Deer

Whitetail Deer (only one but it counts)

Rocky Mountain Elk

I would love to add Roosevelt elk, black bear and black tail deer to the list and could right here in Oregon. I feel a Wyoming Pronghorn trip and a Kentucky Whitetail trip in my future.


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Thankful Otter":35w8nohz said:
I have only hunted in Canada, so my list is not that large

Moose ( three different breeds but they all tasted the same )

bear ( 4 different ones--Whie, Black, Brown, Grolar --they tasted different )

caribou( 5 different breeds and they tasted the same )

Sheep ( 3 different breeds and they tasted the same )

Deer
Elk
Goat
Bison
cougar
wolf
wolverine
muskox
walrus
whale
seal

if trapping counts---lynx, fisher, beaver, ermine, marten,otter, muskrat

birds --Partridge, Ducks, Geese , cranes, grouse, pheasant ( ducks and geese more thane breed )

I have assisted the RCMP when looking ( hunting ) for criminals does that count

You and I obviously have very different definitions of "not that large".
 
Birds
Ducks
Geese
Grouse
Quail
Doves
Woodcocks
Crows

Small Game
Rabbits
Snowshoe hares
Squirrels
Woodchucks

Bigger Game
Deer
Boar
Coyote

Soon...
Zebra
Oryx
Cape Buffalo
Warthog
Impala
 
375hh1973":1w5xf6zn said:
Birds

Soon...
Zebra
Oryx
Cape Buffalo
Warthog
Impala

Sounds as if one fortunate Hunter is planning on a South African Safari.
Buddy WE would count ourselves lucky and go out of our way to make YOU and your party feel WELCOME.


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Been saving up for a long time. Am 46 and want to go before Im old or they run out of animals.
 
I have a very modest list but have enjoyed most of them them all my life.

Small game:
Rock chucks
Squirrel
Rabbits
Coyote
Fox
Muskrat

Birds:
Swan
Canada geese
Snow geese
Most ducks
Grouse
Dove
Quail
Pheasant
Chukar
Turkey

Big game:
Rocky Mountain elk
Mule deer
Whitetail deer
Coues deer
Pronghorn Antelope
Black Bear

Dream hunts:
Shiras Moose (should draw this very soon)
Alaskan Yukon moose
Free range bison
Caribou
Big horn sheep
Mtn goat
Kudu
Oryx
Mtn lion (should draw this very soon)
 
What is most relevant is that I have not hunted or killed a moose, Wolverine, mountain lion ( passed twice), white tailed deer, Coues deer, grizzly bear, polar bear, muskox, buffalo, nor any African game. Most of the rest listed here have been on my list, including one Wolf.
 
Guy, I honestly dont remember them all. Started hunting before I was ten in Arizona and thanks to my husband I was able to travel and hunt many different animals in many different places. So with approx 80 years of hunting behind me I will just list the ones that seem to always come to mind when I am ask. These hunts stand out in my mind and not always because of the animal hunted but the time and place and situation

One of the most unusual but enjoyed was the polar via dog sled in Nunavut ( before Cheyenne was born )
Also the sheep hunts in Canada were memorable
Brown Bear in Russia and Alaska
Coues in Arizona ( for those who have not hunted them, this can be a tough hunt and great tasting meal.)
mountain lion and Ocellated turkey in Mexico
Red Stag in New Zealand
Doves Argentina
Fox via horseback in Scotland, but also Ibex in Spain
Lion and Gemsbok in Namibia
Lord Derby in C.A.R. ( the pygmy trackers were most unusual )
pheasant Dakotas

a couple of hunts that I thought was a waste of time--water buffalo and camels in Australia

Animal I wish I could hunt, Tiger in India Maybe my next lifetime
 
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