gerry
Ammo Smith
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pre6422hornet":2ttika0b said:
Hunting moose like that is a lot of fun, I hope you will be able to do it one day along with the rest of your list.
Life goals?
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Hunting moose like that is a lot of fun, I hope you will be able to do it one day along with the rest of your list.
LD375
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#1 Grizzly
#2 Africa for the big 5...Lou :twisted:
#2 Africa for the big 5...Lou :twisted:
gerry
Ammo Smith
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Too bad Lou, they won't let us host hunters from other parts of Canada for grizzlies otherwise Mike or I could have helped you out. We can do it for other species but not grizzly, unfortunately you will need to hire a guide 
Not sure what the rules are in the Yukon for non resident grizzly.
Not sure what the rules are in the Yukon for non resident grizzly.
LD375
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I Know pal, but thanks anyways :grin: ..It's #1 on my list though :grin: :twisted: :wink:gerry":12gx7zsk said:Too bad Lou, they won't let us host hunters from other parts of Canada for grizzlies otherwise Mike or I could have helped you out. We can do it for other species but not grizzly, unfortunately you will need to hire a guide
DrMike
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gerry":342h53f8 said:Too bad Lou, they won't let us host hunters from other parts of Canada for grizzlies otherwise Mike or I could have helped you out. We can do it for other species but not grizzly, unfortunately you will need to hire a guide
I believe the rules in the Yukon mirror ours in BC. There is always a possibility of NWT for barren ground grizzly.
Oldtrader3
Ammo Smith
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My hunting days are probably just about over. I have to take what I have a appreciate it for what it is now. No problem with doing that. I have had a full life and am happy with my accomplishements and the things that I had an opportuity to do including certainly the time that I spent hunting.
I wish that I had taken more time from work to do more hunting but my ex-wife and subsequently my youngest children are quite anti gun and anti hunting. The Nun teacher's did it and I will not be able to change what they did because the kids' mother (What'e-her-name?) also was a school teacher and spread the Anti's party line, as well. That anti -disaproval pressure was always there, with unapproving stares every time I went hunting. Hell of a way to live. I wish the anti's would stop and run their own lives, not everybody elses!
Just my take from too much exposure to Anti's!
I wish that I had taken more time from work to do more hunting but my ex-wife and subsequently my youngest children are quite anti gun and anti hunting. The Nun teacher's did it and I will not be able to change what they did because the kids' mother (What'e-her-name?) also was a school teacher and spread the Anti's party line, as well. That anti -disaproval pressure was always there, with unapproving stares every time I went hunting. Hell of a way to live. I wish the anti's would stop and run their own lives, not everybody elses!
Just my take from too much exposure to Anti's!
My goals are pretty simple:
1) Represenative Coues
2) Represenative Elk
3) Mountain Goat
4) Represenative Moose
5) Asiatic Buffalo
The reason I say "represenative" is that I would like to take respectable size, for the area, but not a doe or cow, that I can do a European Mount with.
1) Represenative Coues
2) Represenative Elk
3) Mountain Goat
4) Represenative Moose
5) Asiatic Buffalo
The reason I say "represenative" is that I would like to take respectable size, for the area, but not a doe or cow, that I can do a European Mount with.
Guy Miner
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"Simple" perhaps Vince - but some of those tags are going to be difficult to obtain. Hope you've already started putting in for the drawings and building points!
Coues - I don't know much about them. Itty-bitty desert deer of the southwest...
Elk - yeah buddy - there are some dandy bulls out there. Depending on where you are, it's not always easy to draw the "branch antler" tag though.
Goat - oh my - the odds are so far against drawing that tag here in Washington! And once the tag is drawn, it's a "once in a lifetime" deal, if the hunter scores or not. Fortunately I haven't found mountain goat particularly difficult to find or approach. Just never have drawn the tag. Someday perhaps...
Moose - same as the goat here, as far as draw odds. It's another "once in a lifetime" tag here in Washington. Would highly recommend Idaho as a place with reasonable draw odds. Even with the wolves, Idaho seems to still offer some good moose hunting - in several parts of the state.
Asiatic Buffalo - the horns on those things are incredible! A buddy just took one a few months ago in Australia. Check out your outfitter carefully. I don't recall why my buddy couldn't use his .375 H&H, it may not have arrived in time or something - so he used the camp rifle provided by the outfitter... A .308 with 150 gr soft-point factory ammo! My bud said it was quite the hunt, taking five good hits from the .308 to bring down the giant bull... He wasn't pleased about his .375 not making it to the hunt, and wasn't real happy with the camp rifle either, but it did work. Eventually.
FWIW, Guy
Coues - I don't know much about them. Itty-bitty desert deer of the southwest...
Elk - yeah buddy - there are some dandy bulls out there. Depending on where you are, it's not always easy to draw the "branch antler" tag though.
Goat - oh my - the odds are so far against drawing that tag here in Washington! And once the tag is drawn, it's a "once in a lifetime" deal, if the hunter scores or not. Fortunately I haven't found mountain goat particularly difficult to find or approach. Just never have drawn the tag. Someday perhaps...
Moose - same as the goat here, as far as draw odds. It's another "once in a lifetime" tag here in Washington. Would highly recommend Idaho as a place with reasonable draw odds. Even with the wolves, Idaho seems to still offer some good moose hunting - in several parts of the state.
Asiatic Buffalo - the horns on those things are incredible! A buddy just took one a few months ago in Australia. Check out your outfitter carefully. I don't recall why my buddy couldn't use his .375 H&H, it may not have arrived in time or something - so he used the camp rifle provided by the outfitter... A .308 with 150 gr soft-point factory ammo! My bud said it was quite the hunt, taking five good hits from the .308 to bring down the giant bull... He wasn't pleased about his .375 not making it to the hunt, and wasn't real happy with the camp rifle either, but it did work. Eventually.
FWIW, Guy
Man, I tell you what. Looking at alot of these goals sure puts things into perspective for me. I'm damn fortunate to live and hunt where I do. I can hunt three different deer, two different elk, two different big horn sheep, mt. goat, speed goat, black bear, all the yotes a guy could want, cougars, bob cats, and have some pretty dang good fishing. All in my home state.
My goals:
1. Shoot a nice Rooseveslt bull in Oregon.
2. Shoot a 180" Oregon Mulie. (biggest so far is 125")
3. Shoot a 350"+ Rocky mt. bull in Oregon. (biggest so far is 265" from Idaho)
4. Shoot a 20"/7' Oregon black bear. (19 3/4" so far, so pretty close to that one.)
5. Shoot a nice Oregon black tail, and white tail.
6. Draw a Oregon big horn sheep tag.
7. Draw a Oregon mt. goat tag.
8. Shoot an 80+" Oregon speed goat.
Basically, an Oregon slam.
I would love to hunt Alaska a few times, I've got a few irons in the fire for Alaska. I think here in the next five years I'll have something happening up there.
My goals:
1. Shoot a nice Rooseveslt bull in Oregon.
2. Shoot a 180" Oregon Mulie. (biggest so far is 125")
3. Shoot a 350"+ Rocky mt. bull in Oregon. (biggest so far is 265" from Idaho)
4. Shoot a 20"/7' Oregon black bear. (19 3/4" so far, so pretty close to that one.)
5. Shoot a nice Oregon black tail, and white tail.
6. Draw a Oregon big horn sheep tag.
7. Draw a Oregon mt. goat tag.
8. Shoot an 80+" Oregon speed goat.
Basically, an Oregon slam.
I would love to hunt Alaska a few times, I've got a few irons in the fire for Alaska. I think here in the next five years I'll have something happening up there.
Oldtrader3
Ammo Smith
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I think the only thing on my punch list would be to shoot an nice 5-6 point elk before I die.
Life goals for hunting--
Mountain goat
Brown bear--would prefer to take with a bow but then my wife would not allow it
Moose
Tule elk
Elk of some sort with a bow
Mule deer of at least 180"--only three years away from realizing this potential. I have four of the needed 7 preference points for the fourth season in Colorado
Mountain goat
Brown bear--would prefer to take with a bow but then my wife would not allow it
Moose
Tule elk
Elk of some sort with a bow
Mule deer of at least 180"--only three years away from realizing this potential. I have four of the needed 7 preference points for the fourth season in Colorado
I agree with all the statements about just enjoying time afield with good friends in beautiful country. Dr Mike said it far better than I ever could, just being able to spend time in God's country with the majestic critters he gave us to hunt is awesome.
That said, having goals never hurt anyone so I set one about 12yrs ago when I took my first truly big whitetail. I want to take a whitetail, muley, antelope, and elk big enough to make the B&C minimum. Not necessarily the all-time record but the awards level. Any animal that makes that cut is a true trophy of the species and one I'd be extremely proud to have on my wall. Whitetail are the only one on the list that I can hunt around home, and I've been able to take 3 that make the cut. I was also fortunate enough to take a muley big enough to check that one off the list. I think the antelope will be attainable as I gain experience at hunting and judging them on future hunts, and draw the right tag the right year. The 360" bull will be the hardest for me to obtain, but I'll keep trying. I'm only 33 so I have some years left of being able to travel the mountains and maybe my opportunity will come someday. If not I'll see alot of pretty country along the way. I'll never enter any of them in the record book but would just like the personal satisfaction of meeting my goal.
Fishing my main goal is to continue to catch a flathead catfish of 50lbs or bigger each summer. I'd love to someday catch one over 80lbs but I'm content to wait and if it happens it happens. The same methods that catch 50's catch 80's so if I'm getting that class of fish I'm doing it right, there are just less fish of that size. I release all the big ones to for someone else to enjoy someday and put another picture on the wall.
I think goals are good as long as the person setting them uses the goal as a tool to make themself climb that last ridge with burning legs, or go hunting on that day when it's to warm, to cold, etc just in case it happens to be the right day. When a goal becomes an obsession and you can't be happy with an animal until the score is tallied it has gone to far. I've really seen the change around home over the years as questions change from "how many points" or "how wide" was the buck to "what did he score?". Some of the coolest animals don't score well but that doesn't make them less of a trophy to me. I'll keep shooting a good mature animal when I get the chance and passing young ones with great potential and see what happens.
That said, having goals never hurt anyone so I set one about 12yrs ago when I took my first truly big whitetail. I want to take a whitetail, muley, antelope, and elk big enough to make the B&C minimum. Not necessarily the all-time record but the awards level. Any animal that makes that cut is a true trophy of the species and one I'd be extremely proud to have on my wall. Whitetail are the only one on the list that I can hunt around home, and I've been able to take 3 that make the cut. I was also fortunate enough to take a muley big enough to check that one off the list. I think the antelope will be attainable as I gain experience at hunting and judging them on future hunts, and draw the right tag the right year. The 360" bull will be the hardest for me to obtain, but I'll keep trying. I'm only 33 so I have some years left of being able to travel the mountains and maybe my opportunity will come someday. If not I'll see alot of pretty country along the way. I'll never enter any of them in the record book but would just like the personal satisfaction of meeting my goal.
Fishing my main goal is to continue to catch a flathead catfish of 50lbs or bigger each summer. I'd love to someday catch one over 80lbs but I'm content to wait and if it happens it happens. The same methods that catch 50's catch 80's so if I'm getting that class of fish I'm doing it right, there are just less fish of that size. I release all the big ones to for someone else to enjoy someday and put another picture on the wall.
I think goals are good as long as the person setting them uses the goal as a tool to make themself climb that last ridge with burning legs, or go hunting on that day when it's to warm, to cold, etc just in case it happens to be the right day. When a goal becomes an obsession and you can't be happy with an animal until the score is tallied it has gone to far. I've really seen the change around home over the years as questions change from "how many points" or "how wide" was the buck to "what did he score?". Some of the coolest animals don't score well but that doesn't make them less of a trophy to me. I'll keep shooting a good mature animal when I get the chance and passing young ones with great potential and see what happens.
Guy Miner
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Palouser":bs16vv0h said:
Ah, I pulled the photos, edited them out of the post. Thought they were just sort of cluttering up this thread. It is a great thread and I've thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's comments.
I think the photos have all been posted on the Nosler forum before anyway.
Guy
DeerTracker
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I want to go on a caribou hunt with my dad, kill a 180" mulie, a 170" whitetail, and a 320" bull elk. I'm pretty sure I can get those all done one of these days. But if I'm dreaming big, I want a 200" mulie, a 200" whitetail, and a 400" bull.
Hmm. At this point, I haven't even started hunting yet, but am looking forwards to it.
1.) Deer, White & Mule - at least one big antlered buck for a wallmount
2.) Black Bear
3.) Grizzly
4.) Cougar
5.) Wolf - at least a couple different types
6.) Coyote
7.) Lynx
8.) Bobcat
9.) Elk
10.) Caribou
11.) Moose
12.) Bison
13.) Fox
14.) Raccoon
Once I actually get a gun I'll start scratching a few of these of the list, coyote first probably. I should note that I live in BC, so hopefully this is all possible without paying outfitters thousands of $$.
1.) Deer, White & Mule - at least one big antlered buck for a wallmount
2.) Black Bear
3.) Grizzly
4.) Cougar
5.) Wolf - at least a couple different types
6.) Coyote
7.) Lynx
8.) Bobcat
9.) Elk
10.) Caribou
11.) Moose
12.) Bison
13.) Fox
14.) Raccoon
Once I actually get a gun I'll start scratching a few of these of the list, coyote first probably. I should note that I live in BC, so hopefully this is all possible without paying outfitters thousands of $$.
Oldtrader3
Ammo Smith
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You are lucky! I live three blocks from BC and would have to have a guide and pay all of the big bucks to hunt there.
Washington has hired government hunters to thin (kill off) most of the elk in this state that might ever have access to private property. Our elk season was 3 months long when I lived here in the 1960's and you could actually, legally shoot a branch antlered bull. It is now 10 days (or less) now and the only elk that is legal, unless you pay bribery money to the state for a special points tag, are spike bulls during the short season. That is if you can even find an elk.
This is no longer the Washington that I left in the late 1960's. I would not have recognised it when I returned, it had been Californicated! You could die of old age here in Washington before shooting a branch horned bull elk legally.
Washington has hired government hunters to thin (kill off) most of the elk in this state that might ever have access to private property. Our elk season was 3 months long when I lived here in the 1960's and you could actually, legally shoot a branch antlered bull. It is now 10 days (or less) now and the only elk that is legal, unless you pay bribery money to the state for a special points tag, are spike bulls during the short season. That is if you can even find an elk.
This is no longer the Washington that I left in the late 1960's. I would not have recognised it when I returned, it had been Californicated! You could die of old age here in Washington before shooting a branch horned bull elk legally.
Guy Miner
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OT3 misses the "good old days" and I don't blame him, but it may not be quite so terrible here. :grin:
Washington doesn't have the hunting opportunities many of us believe it could have, but I still manage to enjoy my hunting here year after year.
Tytalus - you certainly have an ambitious list! Enjoy.
Guy
Washington doesn't have the hunting opportunities many of us believe it could have, but I still manage to enjoy my hunting here year after year.
Tytalus - you certainly have an ambitious list! Enjoy.
Guy
I think I have the ambition of a guy who has no idea of what his ambitions entail.
That said, I realized I had another dream: Boar hunting in Fiji.
Some background: My father in law and two brother's in law live there. (No, my wife is not an exotic Indiginous/Indian Fijian woman, her family is from North Carolina, but they moved to Fiji for my FIL's work as a marine biologist.) Unfortunately my BIL has some mental health issues and I don't think my FIL will ever get a hunting/gun license. I'm pretty sure foreigners can't get a gun license in Fiji.
That said, I realized I had another dream: Boar hunting in Fiji.
Some background: My father in law and two brother's in law live there. (No, my wife is not an exotic Indiginous/Indian Fijian woman, her family is from North Carolina, but they moved to Fiji for my FIL's work as a marine biologist.) Unfortunately my BIL has some mental health issues and I don't think my FIL will ever get a hunting/gun license. I'm pretty sure foreigners can't get a gun license in Fiji.
