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Your Ultimate Trophy
#8567110
03/29/22 05:38 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 31,953
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
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OP
THF Celebrity
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You get one hunt you can go on, for one animal, once in your life.......Where do you go?
For me, my ultimate trophy is a Rocky Mountain Bighorn in B.C
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567117
03/29/22 05:52 PM
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 24,359
dkershen
Rev Dave
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Rev Dave
Joined: May 2009
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Red Stag. Patagonia or New Zealand.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567119
03/29/22 05:56 PM
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 8,466
freerange
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Apr 2013
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I’m completely pleased with where I hunt big whitetails right now. No bucket list hunt for me. Interesting topic so I am curious about others wish list.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567133
03/29/22 06:14 PM
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Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 5,922
Jgraider
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jun 2015
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Desert bighorn anywhere I could get a tag.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567134
03/29/22 06:15 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 451
cullbuck
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567139
03/29/22 06:20 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 14,950
don k
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2008
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Coyotes in LaSalle County, Tx.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567148
03/29/22 06:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,122
Black02z28
Veteran Tracker
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Veteran Tracker
Joined: Dec 2008
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: Jgraider]
#8567156
03/29/22 06:54 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,848
Texan Til I Die
Extreme Tracker
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Extreme Tracker
Joined: Aug 2009
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Desert bighorn anywhere I could get a tag. Yep, with a preference for West Texas.
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567158
03/29/22 06:55 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 12,201
ntxtrapper
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
Joined: Mar 2010
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Mountain Lion without dogs in Arizona.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567161
03/29/22 07:01 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789
Mr. T.
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789 |
I got mine over 40 years ago. Mountain Goat in British Columbia. Hanging on the wall and every time I look at it, what great memories it brings back. Of course back then the whole trip including air from Ft. Worth, to B.C. and the hunt, guide etc was a total of $3,000 only thing not included was the mounting of the goat.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567180
03/29/22 07:22 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,841
DocHorton
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,841 |
180" deer on my land. LF of course.
Have never really had any desire to hunt anywhere exotic, except I would like to bird hunt in Argentina. Alaskan Grizzly or Moose would be cool as well.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567219
03/29/22 08:25 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 19,283
Biscuit
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 19,283 |
Elk deep in the mountains, CO or further west
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: Biscuit]
#8567259
03/29/22 09:21 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 9,972
Old Rabbit
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 9,972 |
Elk deep in the mountains, CO or further west X2, especially packing in on horse back or mule.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: Mr. T.]
#8567264
03/29/22 09:30 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 82
KKS
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 82 |
I got mine over 40 years ago. Mountain Goat in British Columbia. Hanging on the wall and every time I look at it, what great memories it brings back. Of course back then the whole trip including air from Ft. Worth, to B.C. and the hunt, guide etc was a total of $3,000 only thing not included was the mounting of the goat. that actually means its gotten cheaper. If you stuck that $3K in the market at that time, you'd have $48k today.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567271
03/29/22 09:53 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 6,287
scalebuster
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 6,287 |
I still haven’t made a bass fishing trip to El Salto. That’s the only trophy destination I’ll ever go to. I would like to kill an elk in west Texas, but I won’t pay to do so. I might pay to run mountain lion with dogs one day but I doubt it.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: dkershen]
#8567279
03/29/22 10:13 PM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 12,156
kry226
The General
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The General
Joined: Jan 2009
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Red Stag. Patagonia or New Zealand. I ride with the Reverend. A close second would be anywhere I could get a world class muley. Likely Colorado, I guess.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567290
03/29/22 10:35 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 1,241
QMC SW/EXW
Pro Tracker
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Pro Tracker
Joined: Nov 2017
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I have a bighorn from CO, ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/SVxtPHI.jpg) a mountain goat from CO and a Stone Sheep from Northern BC. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/F7HBbRd.jpg) And I inherited this from my Grandfather who got it when he was a missionary in China before WWII ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/bTErGe2.jpg) But I would dearly love to hunt an Ammon Argali ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/Gn1Mmuy.jpg) A Golden Takin ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/HepzNNj.jpg) And a Zebra Duiker ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/qYM1nsp.jpg) All are still available on legal hunts but you need deep pockets for all of them except the Zebra Duiker and that one depends on a lot of luck.
Retired Navy Chief NJROTC Instructor for Tascosa High School
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567291
03/29/22 10:37 PM
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Joined: Feb 2019
Posts: 283
Huskerron
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
Joined: Feb 2019
Posts: 283 |
Had mine back in 2006. Nebraska has once in a lifetime elk hunt. Took 21 years to draw. 325 B&C 6x7 bull. Kept track of all costs from time I left until Bull in freezer and mount in man cave. Total cost (including mount and 11 cu ft freezer) $2,300. That wouldn’t hardly cover the kill fee alone today.
Very nice QMC!
Last edited by Huskerron; 03/29/22 10:39 PM.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567294
03/29/22 10:45 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 11,658
GusWayne
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
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If its anywhere at any price
Id be chasing a 400" bull elk in one of a handful of states
Archery and having it screaming near me under 40 yards
Hot dam wish I was rich AF!
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567312
03/29/22 11:16 PM
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 19,249
TEXASLEFTY
THF Whiskey Sommelier
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THF Whiskey Sommelier
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 19,249 |
I have two and neither are super expensive both could be tough or easy hunts and most importantly..... in Texas or.... no thanks.
A true free range Aoudad and a Badger
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567314
03/29/22 11:21 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,640
LeonCarr
Pro Tracker
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Pro Tracker
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,640 |
Feral Bull/Vancouver Bull hunt in the rain forest on the Big Island of Hawaii.
"Whitetail Deer are extinct because of rifles with telescopes mounted on them." - My 11th Grade English Teacher
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567321
03/29/22 11:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 876
218 Bee
Tracker
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This guy. Or his older brother/cousin. SVC in Zim or maybe Zambia. Not holding out a lot of hope for Botswana ever pulling their finger out... ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/3wQ202ol.jpg)
![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/1UPfnkOt.jpg) "I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567350
03/30/22 12:14 AM
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Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 5,175
scottfromdallas
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 5,175 |
It sure about the trophy but the hunt I think I would enjoy the most would be a European driven boar hunt.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: QMC SW/EXW]
#8567413
03/30/22 01:38 AM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 31,953
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
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OP
THF Celebrity
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I have a bighorn from CO, ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/SVxtPHI.jpg) a mountain goat from CO and a Stone Sheep from Northern BC. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/F7HBbRd.jpg) And I inherited this from my Grandfather who got it when he was a missionary in China before WWII ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/bTErGe2.jpg) But I would dearly love to hunt an Ammon Argali ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/Gn1Mmuy.jpg) A Golden Takin ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/HepzNNj.jpg) And a Zebra Duiker ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/qYM1nsp.jpg) All are still available on legal hunts but you need deep pockets for all of them except the Zebra Duiker and that one depends on a lot of luck. Very nice collection
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Your Ultimate Trophy
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8567420
03/30/22 01:40 AM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,678
bp3
Pro Tracker
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Pro Tracker
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,678 |
Mule deer in eastern plains of Colorado
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