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Bucket List #8071439 12/01/20 02:52 PM
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Whats on yours to hunt

Mine is short, controlled by getting older and being retired, not wealthy.

1. Nilgai Bull
2. Aoudad with beautiful, long coat
3. Pronghorn over 15"
4. Elk, this ones a stretch but you never know. It will be a very expensive hunt, guided on private land. Got to be pretty much a guarantee cuz, I can go hiking here.


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Mine was short my bucket list was to kill a 180 inch free range Texas mule deer and I accomplished that plus some this yr so now I’m just gonna go back to WT hunting and be happy.

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1. Helihog
2. Cordoba
3. Guided Elk (only done DIY)
4. Mt. Lion
5. Dall

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Big Muel Deer.

Re: Bucket List [Re: Buzzsaw] #8071505 12/01/20 03:30 PM
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Got a nice pronghorn in WY this year, which was my first venture outside of Texas for hunting. I whiffed on a bunch of other tries at tags, but I'm starting to get active in buying points in states where you can do that.

realistic within the next few years:
nice mule deer
elk

kinda pipe dreaming:
caribou
moose

really pipe dreaming:
goat or sheep hunt

Fortunately, I'm starting at early middle age, so if I manage to stay healthy I do have a decent runway here...

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In no particular order:

Marco Polo/Argali Sheep - somewhat reasonable elevation and temperature, not interested in not being able to breath and freezing to death at the same time

Dall Sheep

190" Muley, but I'd be very happy with a 180" buck. Would really like it to be a big, fat Rocky Mountain Muley

Mid Asian Ibex

Rocky Mountain Bighorn


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Nilgai
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Re: Bucket List [Re: SapperTitan] #8071525 12/01/20 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by SapperTitan
Mine was short my bucket list was to kill a 180 inch free range Texas mule deer and I accomplished that plus some this yr so now I’m just gonna go back to WT hunting and be happy.

yes you did !!!!! What a great deer !!! one of the hardest trophies to get IMO.


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Re: Bucket List [Re: Buzzsaw] #8071553 12/01/20 03:59 PM
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Realistic to pipe dream..
1.Archery axis ( almost got it done last week bang)
2. Respectable Mule Deer in TX, KS, CO
3. Mountain lion
4. Guided Elk hunt
5. Caribou
6. Red stag in New Zealand

No desire for anything in Africa.. nothing against it, just no desire.

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In no particular order:

1. Cape Buffalo
2. Bull Moose
3. Grizzly Bear
4. Mountain Goat
5. Stone, Big Horn, or Desert Sheep

There are a few others I would like, black bear, for example, but the above are the top of the list.

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30”+ Axis buck
8”+ Nilgai bull
Big mule deer
20”+ blackbuck with super dark cape

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Free range bull bison, Need to draw my Wyoming tag.

I have my B&C bighorn sheep, a mt lion, cow bison, bull elk, B&C pronghorn, nice mule deer and nice whitetail.


Buzzsaw I know some ranches in general areas in Wyoming that could get you on a nice bull elk for a reasonable price, well less than $10,000 for sure. No guarantees but very high success rates.

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200"+ mule deer
Big fallow deer will get this Dec.15th I hope.


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Mine would be....in no order and with archery if all possible

Elk
Mule Deer
Caribou
Grizzle Bear
Axis
Black Bear
Pronghorn
Moose

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Big Muley
Nice Bull Elk
Nilgai Bull
New Mexico Gemsbok
Manchurian Sika
Mountain Lion


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Oh gosh! Where to start? Still so many species I would love to hunt. If I had the money, the time and provided the animals could ethically and legally be hunted on a sustainable utilisation basis, I don't know if there would be any I would exclude. These are the one's I have hunted already followed by the ones I would start with if money, time, etc were not factors.

Done:
- Steenbok
- Duiker
- Grey rhebuck
- Klipspringer
- Mountain reedbuck
- Springbok
- Common reedbuck
- Impala
- Bushbuck
- Blesbuck
- Fallow deer
- Black wildebeest
- Blue wildebeest
- Nyala
- Waterbuck
- Kudu
- Gemsbok
- Eland
- Warthog
- Bushpig
- Plains zebra
- Black-backed jackal

Realistic bucket list:
- Red hartebeest

Still hopeful bucket list
- Buffalo
- Sable
- Roan
- Tsesebee
- Blue duiker
- Red duiker
- Cape & Sharpe's Grysbok
- Oribi
- Sitatunga
- Lechwe
- Hartmann's Mountain Zebra

Pipedream bucket list
- Elephant
- Lion
- Leopard
- Bongo
- Mountain nyala
- Lesser kudu
- Giant forest hog
- Red deer stag in Scotland
- Elk in the US
- Caribou in Alaska
- European wild boar in Greece
- Whitetail deer in the US
- Indian Blackbuck & Axis Deer in India
- Banteng in Cambodia
- Asian Water Buffalo in India

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I want to chase mountain lions with dogs and go on some bird hunts that I haven’t made yet. Other than that I don’t have any other hunts I would be that fired up about that aren’t yearly occurrences.

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Originally Posted by snake oil
200"+ mule deer
Big fallow deer will get this Dec.15th I hope.

Where ya going for your Fallow? They eat really good, I just finished the last of mine from last year. Still waiting on my shoulder mount bang


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Originally Posted by Buzzsaw
Originally Posted by snake oil
200"+ mule deer
Big fallow deer will get this Dec.15th I hope.

Where ya going for your Fallow? They eat really good, I just finished the last of mine from last year. Still waiting on my shoulder mount bang


Guest Ranch intersection hwy.16 and hwy. 180. $3000. want to go?

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I’d sure like to do some quail hunting next year. And it might sound a bit odd, but I want to eventually kill a 12 point on this place (low fence and all paid for). I’ve been looking at pictures from 8 and 10 years ago, and the racks are considerably better now than they were then. So, I’m apparently heading in the right direction with my approach to letting the best herd bull buck live.


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Good question, Buzz. There's animals that I'd be interested in taking but, like you, age is starting to be a factor.

1. Nilgai. I actually made a run down to the King four years ago, but didn't pull the trigger.

2. Aoudad. Such a handsome animal and often in some really beautiful country.

3. Desert Mule Deer. I'll make this happen as soon as Mexico gets the drug cartels under control. I'm holding my breath...

4. Cape Buffalo. I want to see Africa one more time before I kick and I figure I've got one more buffalo left in me!

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#1 Get a bigger bucket.


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#1 Get a bigger bucket.


LOL. I wish I could, but getting to old to carry the one I got.


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I have an Oryx hunt this month.

Big Whitetail
Fallow
Red Stag
Nilgai



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- Free Range Palo Duro Aoudad
- Texas Antelope
- Texas Fee Range Elk
- Red Hartebeest and Cape Buff in Africa.


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