What Would You Not Hunt?

Assuming cost, tags, and time were not limiting factors, what would you not be willing to hunt if the opportunity was available?

Hogs, I can see shooting them as a pest. But to actually pay to hunt hogs??? I don't get that. Just my

Giraffes. I am sure there are a couple others, but nothing comes to mind.

Some of the African animals. I've never had a desire to hunt Africa.

Agreed and I don't get shooting a Zebra either.

Giraffes and Zebras.

Ditto on giraffes. Manatees. Seals. Hummingbirds. Otters.

And, of course, bucks of any size with a tag in the ear.

Anything inside a high fence. Personally think they should be illegal.

Bobcats

Elephant, Lion, Giraffe, Zebra, and anything in High Fence.

Just my personal preference, dont judge those that do.

Elephants, giraffe, zebra, sheep, goats, or bear of any kind.

I think its fine that others would, I just don't care to.

Same here

Giraffes and cheetahs are about the only ones that immediately come to mind.

Any animal that isn't considered a nuisance or pest, or any animal that I or my friends have no desire to eat.

Skunks.

Giraffe, Zebra, Elephant, Lion, Tiger, Cheetah, Leopard.

Wish I could have all of them roaming around on my land. Trees trimmed up to 16', grass cut, no hogs, and no tresspassers.

Can’t think of anything. In fact I’m going to SA just to shoot zebras, and giraffes better keep their heads down. The thing that I get the least amount of joy from shooting is whitetails, they bore me. I hunt them because it’s hunting.

No desire to hunt elephants, giraffes, zebras, or for that matter, any other African animals. No pronghorns or moose or caribou. Mainly enjoy mule deer, whitetails, and elk.

Yup. This.

Giraffe, Wildebeast, Hippo, Wild Turkey and any Raptor. Hunting wild turkey bores the heck out of me.

I haven't been able to hunt two legged doe for close to 20 years now.

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There’s nothing I can think of that I wouldn’t hunt.

Good answer.

Giraffe, bear unless they are trying to kill me, elephant, koalas, seals, and Tasmanian devils.

This.

Mountain goats - because I don't want to die

same here ... and I have no desire to hunt bear of any kind ... don't judge those that do if that's their thing.

I personally don’t mind killing much of anything.

I’d Harpoon a whale if I had an opportunity. I don’t have a desire to hunt bear but if I was hunting elk or deer and saw a bear I would take the shot

Animals that don’t excite me however are numerous, most African species (Cape buffalo for instance do nothing for me ).

Methods of take and attractiveness of animals play into it more than ethics

Well call me worthless--but I love to shoot Zebra--meanest damn critter to hunt...first stallion I shot took 3 well placed rounds of 9.3x62. I have taken Giraffe. A bull and some in a cull hunt. While I would probably not do it again , I had no problem with it. Elephant hunting is grand sport--lots of tracking and up close looking and truly hunting your quarry--can be dang exciting too. Love to hunt sheep and goats--a Tur hunt is probably the most adventure you can have for under $10k. Bighorn sheep hunting is grand sport too--wish I had a pocket full of money to do it everyday. I have hunted behind high fence and in country that you could get lost in...both had different animals with different goals and expectations. When I read thru comments above I think--hunters do themselves this own disservice--squabbling about if it is high fence or not--or should you shoot a zebra. I love to hunt, be outdoors, see nature...the kill is minor...the kill is usually taking of a animal that will better the herd, and put dollars toward keeping deer in the field or sheep on the hill. Sometimes I question folks--that or so adamant about one thing or another. African hunting has come up--most that I see comment about high fence African hunting have never been--or even seen an operation. I have been to Africa 6 times on Safari. 2 times I hunted a high fenced place. My family and I hunted a place that was 19,122 ac. It is a beautiful ranch, that is filled with game--and not once did I feel like I was "shooting fish in a barrel". I have also spent hard earned money and seen very little due to super dry conditions in a consession. Not fun.

Not not be too long winded is I like to hunt, now if I had to chose I care not to shoot cats-- I have hunted Leopard and helped hunt Lion--it doesn't get me excited. I have hunted black bear--Ok for once but Grizzly would not be at the top of my list. Other than that--I hope my legs can continue to take me up the hill, across the pasture, or hell for that matter behind the fence. Happy hunting!

Ed

Bobcats, mountain lions. Might change my mind.....

To each their own.

Just ignore the ignorant, they are not worth responding to.

As I stated, I might change my mind when I hunt Africa. Being a predator myself, I have more of a reluctance to kill them......for now.

any cats, buf, zebra, I started to watch the African hunt show, when I saw they were after elephant I change channels, to each his own, the only plains animals I would hunt would be wart hog & the antelope species.

I’d kill a mountain lion in a heartbeat but I don’t think I’d run one with dogs.

Killing a big cat seems like fun

There isn’t anything legal to hunt in North America that I wouldn’t take once.

There’s a few things in Africa I could care less about (think tiny 10). Zebras are a weird one, I don’t have much desire to shoot a horse, but I wouldn’t mind having a couple zebra rugs. My wife would probably divorce my over most of the big cats. A Leopard is really the only one I would be interested in, but a bit out of my price range.

What is people’s hang ups about hunting cats? Is it cause they are pretty?

Back in the day I watched a couple of kids and a mom walk up to the picture board at sportsman’s warehouse.

Lady sees a picture of a guy with a leopard and says “man that is so wrong”. The kids say “yeah Mom that is so wrong”

I’m like “ hey lady you are in a HUNTING store!”


Maybe she should shop at REI with the rest of the nature park people


I don’t understand why people recoil over killing a big cat. Yes they are pretty and a predator. They are also not immortal and will die one day if left to their own devices

Giraffe, Manatee, 3 Toed Sloth and Butterflies

I’ve killed a long tailed cat while deer hunting. He was sitting under some rimrock during the daytime. I’d love to run one with dogs. Any kind of hunting with dogs is much better. I’d probably still enjoy deer hunting if I could do it with hounds.

I don’t get it, either. People have gone soft, I guess.

Put some giraffe, zebra, baby seals, little kittens and a few penguins in a 5 acre high fence and let me make the ground run red.

Now we’re talking.

Hand me my club....

Ducks, unless they are up in the northern states, like North Dakota or Minnesota.

Help me understand here. You don’t want to shoot them unless you can freeze off your cajones in the process? Is that it?

Don’t mess with him! He might change his mind. One less we have to worry about that n the marsh!

Zebra, that would be like shooting a Donkey.

I'd shoot a donkey too. Grill up nice.

No, no...nothing like shooting a donkey...

Agree........

That is a thoughtful standard.

Killing a giraffe or elephant is no different than killing a mouse...except in your mind. Some are regulated as per population and the laws put in place, but there is no difference except in the thought process.

I’d hunt them all- but I have no desire to shoot an elephant, rhino, hippo, zebra, giraffe, or big cat.

For me, many of the big cat species got on the endagered list, and are now slowly rebounding. Guess I've seen enough nature shows that have shown how hard their life is as a predator. Just getting a kill, then keeping that kill from other predators. I guess I've got a certain respect for them.

But hey, if someone hunts, kills, and harvests one legally, that's none of my business.

Yeah, what’s wrong with shooting a donkey?

Bear. No desire.

No desire to hunt African game.

Absolutely enjoy spring bear hunting.

Otters suck, kill them all!

I have no desire to hunt in east Texas. Or on public land.

quail

Whitetail make me yawn. Does that make me a bad person?

Lol, now we are talking.

Hippos

Lions, tigers, or bears.

do sasquatch count?

Of course.

I’d shoot the hell out of one. Anyone thinking about jumpin’ around the woods in a monkey suit, keep that in mind. I’m not even gonna feel bad about it.

This and Penguins.........

cougars

I owned one as a kid so it would be like shooting my dog

This. I'll hunt blues but not bobwhites.

Yep, absolutely no interest.

A fur seal walks into a bar and the bartender asks, "What'll you have?"

The fur seal says,"Anything but Canadian Club on the rocks"...

Interesting comments thus far......haven't really noticed anyone chastising others decisions.....only expressing their own desires as requested by the OP.....

There are lots of things I have no interest in hunting.....but don't disparage others choices.....if it's legal and you want to do....by all means knock yourself out.....

OH MY!

yep, my dad raised me pretty much this way ...

Coyotes for me (at the moment). Thinned them out over the past few years pretty good and it seems like they steer clear of our place. Now my BIL's "barn" (feral) cat population is out of control and becoming my problem. Need them to come back and thin the cats out again.

Somebody had to do it.

The older I get the less inclined I am to shoot critters. But I sure had fun doing so when I was younger. I've never had any desire to hunt Alaska or anything in Alaska.

The big cats. Elephants. Giraffes. HF animals of any type. Don't knock the folks that do, just not for me.

Wanna go clubbin? Had t shirt that had baby seal and guy with bat on it with that saying. sadist yes but hey I was at age didn't care what people thought.

Elephants Or alligators
Come to mind

This

Reminds me of the guy in Utah that was dressing up like a mountain goat and “grazing” with them. GW’s warned him about how dangerous of a game he was playing.

And sasquatch

Reminds me of a Justin Wilson joke about he and jean Batiste putting on a cow hide to get close to dem ducks!

Forgot dem ducks here come da bull!!!

Tried talken guy at foundry inta going on a polar bear hunt. Had it all figured out.
Do it yourself hunt. Stop by a scuba diving store, rent out a wet suit with flippers. All he had ta do is slip inta the wet suit, move around on his belly on the snow & ice with the flippers on his hands barking like a seal & when it charged i'd choot-it.
Thinken polar bears was off his list.

Justin Wilson=greatness.

Waterfowl. I promised the Lord if he was just get me out of the Navasot Bottom near Normangee in 1983 when everything was frozen that I would never hunt ducks again...I have held true to that promise.
Adios,
Gary

He said money was not a factor

Hunting hogs is fun... it keeps you busy in the off season and big boar on foot with a bow is one of my top things to do. Now to go off and pay to hunt one... no i agree with you but thats not what the op was asking

It is if you dont have a tag... you gota troll that hard?

People kill coyotes every day but feel bad about shooting a stray dog....

Except a mouse isn't likely to kill you in a charge whereas an elephant will.

Could bite you and give you a sickness that kills you...

Well, they are vicious little beasts.

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Dont taste half bad either

Polar bear, elephant, hippos.

that took me to long to figure out lol

yeah polar bear i guess i could agree with that..

but i mean if it was old and i was there and someone said we need to shoot it... well you know

Those spots back there can have a serious bite when its froze solid.. if you were in the flooded saw grass you bet you were sweating then freezing every time you had to get a duck

C

Really no gators?

Not even slightly interested in Anything in Africa, Bears, bison, any sheep or goats, rams, musk ox, anything in California.

You have been on the ultimate hunt of hunting another human. It might be decades before you get the real adrenalin rush on a hunt for an animal.

Interesting, have to ask why not?

we may need to modify this thread to say "animals you have a moral or ethical objection to hunting"

not having a desire to go to Africa for instance is not the same as being opposed to it.

elephants don't chew up my wiring and crap in my cabinets

Ive no desire to hunt any "exotic" goat or sheep in Texas, with the exception of free-range Aoudad. I definitely want to hunt Aoudad at some point, but could care less about hunting 4 horned sheep, "Texas Dall", Black Hawaiian, mouflon, etc.

I’m not morally apposed to killing anything I just have no interest in killing the animals I mentioned. Not because they are sweet or pretty but bc I don’t care to kill them. I’d have no issue turning down a free all inclusive safari but I’d go kill a Mule deer in an instant.

Deer. Too many obsessive weirdos out deer hunting.

Cannot think of anything right now, love hunting all kinds of game!

i have noinclination on hunting quail but i will eat them everyday if i could.
i honestly believe i killed every quail within 10 miles of the ranch when i was younger, mostly with a 22 single shot with shorts by head shooting them around the grain silos. didnt see a single one of even hear one until 2008 on my place when a pair showed up in yard at the wifes bird feeder. i spent LOTS of money and time working with a biologist from TAMU Kingsville out here planting native grasses and such to help them survive, and now i average 17 a covey and anywhere from 9-11 coveys flushed a day on my little 2200 acres of paradise.
everything wants to eat quail and i guess im getting soft in my old age but i like to see them and hear them, makes me feel like im taking good care of my land. no want to kill them anymore

but my son in law has a damn fine bird dog and i do go with him out here a few times a year just to watch the dog work

If you ever do get the opportunity to turn down a free safari, you can send them my way.

Just my choice I guess. Goes back to my early years. Im like a lot of others, I'd congratulate you on your limit if I'm in the same camp, but I'd politely decline the invite to hunt.

I hear mouse meat tastes gamey though.

no I agree, I fall into the same category as well. not against it but just doesent do anything for me.


Some are in the "just don't feel right" category when talking about killing a certain animal though....and I wonder why?

Usually anthropomorphism, ease of killing, or both. For me, a giraffe is both unique in appearance and appears easy to kill - so zero interest.

It is expressed on the opposite end of the spectrum by observing how much vitriol/anger there is against coyotes and hogs - folks hate them just doing what they do. (I am guilty of it myself.)

I have no interest in hunting elephants, giraffes, ostrich, hippos, rhinos, or high fenced lions. I used to have no interest in anything Africa either, until I went to Namibia. It has to be seen to be believed, and every person who loves to hunt should go if they can. I've never seen anything like it.

I fish around them a lot ,like to see them ,usually means there are bass around when you see a gator , and they get real old

If I can legally shoot it and eat it then I will if I have the opportunity. I am not a fan of letting anything lay. That being said, I don't have to be the one to eat the animal just as long as someone does.

I've known a few guys that love to say "I have NO desire to hunt Africa," whenever the subject comes up. Knowing their personality, I seriously doubt that "desire", or lack thereof is the main reason they're not interested.

Is it because of the large teeth and claws?

I think the large bills you must pay to hunt Africa are far scarier!

Gorillas, Orangatangs, Chimpanzees, because it'd be like shooting my own brother.

Mockingbirds, cause it's a sin.

I use to shoot grasshoppers with a BB gun, so I can't think of anything.

There is nothing I wouldn’t hunt

There isn't anything I wouldn't hunt. Although, sheep and goats do nothing for me.

Only thing I can think of is monkeys/apes

If it's legal I would hunt anything, so apes are out as they are not legal to hunt anywhere. In Africa I shot a dog that was inside the high fence, PH said shoot it it's a poachers dog.
Giraffes are hard to hunt, they have the advantage of the high ground watching for predators, very hard to approach. Many people don't hunt them as the trophy is hard to display unless a full body mount, $$$$, and you have a 20' ceiling to put it under. The head and neck mount (Loch Ness Monster) is creepy.
Zebras have excellent senses and with the herd there is always a few watching. Don't sell short donkeys, we have wild ones in Arizona and the can be extremely hard to approach even though the "have not been hunted" in 40+ years.

MClark is spot on about Zebras. In addition to giraffes, I would also not hunt ostrich, which is funny because I really enjoy eating it. However, there is just something about those two critters that when I look at them, I just don't see a game animal.

I could shoot an ostrich in a heart beat, they taste good, good lean meat. Besides they are too damn ugly to let them live. As to zebras and giraffes, only if I really needed the meat, in my opinion they are not trophy animals.

A mountain zebra hunt in Namibia is indeed a very challenging trophy hunt IMO. They are very spooky, never stay still, and very beautiful. We walked 9 miles before I finally got a chance to kill one. Surprisingly they are extremely tasty.....backstraps over the open fire are fantastic.

I have no desire to hunt in Africa. I would mind hunting some of the Antelopes but that would be it. No big cats, Buffalo/bison, and some goats and sheep would be off the list too. Just no desire to hunt any of those.

I don't have any interest in hunting in Africa either. I like hunting antelope here so I should want to hunt all the crazy-looking antelope in Africa. It's the style of hunting there that seems foreign to me. Six white guys with accents wearing matching khaki shorts and shirts being followed by 19 half-necked natives. It's just weird.

The natives wear clothes, too, actually. It’s not a National Geographic photo shoot.

Aw man, do they at least have bones in their nose?

Two cannibals were standing around the big cooking kettle, eating.
One said, “I’m having a ball!”
The other replied, “Slow down man, you’re eating too fast!”

Our PH in South Africa hated ostriches, he got his butt kicked by one doing a live capture.
He said they will jump up and down on you till you can't take anymore and you have to shoot it. So just for go the jumping portion and shoot it as it charges.

M

Bears

Elephants. They mourn their dead and cry huge tears.

Of course. They are natives, after all.

Some say, that when it comes down to that moment when you are going to pull the trigger on a monkey, it is hard to do because of their human-like characteristics. I never looked at a monkey that way so I think I wouldn't even hesitate. But then I think I would hunt any animal, and I stand a chance at stalking a sloth.

I'd shoot every monkey I could......

Monkeys are the only animals that can plan a murder

Humans are pretty good at that too.

There has never been a desire for me to hunt anything in or go to Africa. I have no desire to hunt for bear, turkey, ducks, geese, bison, elk, caribou or reindeer anywhere. The only sheep or goat species anywhere in the world I would hunt would be in Texas for the Desert Bighorn. For me the list would be much shorter on what I would hunt since I mainly like to hunt whitetail and mule deer every year. My bucket list would also include moose and pronghorn(I have killed Red Deer in NZ off of that list).

LOL. Now I want to go back and re-watch Monkey Shines!

Until I ran out of ammo. Not much bothers me but I hate monkeys. My sister was bitten by a spider monkey which only helped grow my hate for monkeys.

Know a guy who went to Africa shot a baboon out of a helicopter with a shotgun.

This was posted by a PH on here a few years ago.....

The idiot is about to get a serious scope-eye.

What was the baboon doing in a helicopter with a shotgun?

In situations like that, you don’t ask questions. You just shoot.

Came running outta nowhere and jumped in the helicopter and grabbed the shotgun, the guy was the closest one with a gun so he shot him.

He's about to take out at his cousin with the shotgun in the helicopter.

This was posted by a PH on here a few years ago.....

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He's about to take out at his cousin with the shotgun in the helicopter. [/quote]

It's so sad with all of the Civil War in African countries. Cousins pitted against cousins.

He's about to take out at his cousin with the shotgun in the helicopter. [/quote]

It's so sad with all of the Civil War in African countries. Cousins pitted against cousins. [/quote]

Tragic really.

Just go to Florida if you want to hunt monkeys.....

Or Dilley

I’d shoot them in a heartbeat......mean little bastages....

I knew a fella that liked to hunt Africa, and he thoroughly enjoyed shooting monkeys. The natives loved it, too, because they would destroy their fruit crops. Apparently the monkeys had quite a time eating some of the fruit and throwing the rest at each other. He said they’d shoot one, and the rest would run to the tops of the trees and pull branches in front of their face to hide. After a minute of hiding, their curiosity would be too much, and they’d slowly open the branches to take a peak. The shooters would wait for the opening and shoot through it.

It's so sad with all of the Civil War in African countries. Cousins pitted against cousins. [/quote]

Tragic really. [/quote]


You can say that again...

Prairie dog hunt in the tree tops....I’m in...

As a kid I always wanted to shoot a bear, but now I couldn't do it unless it forced me to.

At one time I would have said elephant, zebra, lion, leopard, rhino, giraffe, and hippo. Now I’m not so sure. At one time I didn’t really have a desire to kill predators, not sure why, just didn’t. I think now I’d hunt most animals if the methods/circumstances were right for me.
Last year when I went to Africa my wife made me promise not to kill a zebra, and at the time i was fine with it, so it was no big deal, but after encountering them numerous times and seeing several rugs up close it became an interest, because there’s few trophies that represent Africa like a zebra. My PH answered someone’s question about why would anyone shoot a horse by asking the hunter (another Texans) if he’d shoot a coyote. Of course the hunter replied, “he’ll yeah”, the PH asked him why would anyone shoot a dog. Then he said a zebra is no more a horse than a coyote is a dog. Never thought of it that way.

Maybe another Leopard. Other than that I can't think of anything.

I wouldn't want to hunt a cow with a BB gun.

lol. I think there is a little bit of a crossover of the discussions on the different forums here.

Maybe.

I would like to hunt everywhere, Africa, Alaska, NZ, etc... but I agree there are a few animals that I don't think I would book a hunt for such as an elephant, rhino andgiraffe. Pretty much everything else is on the menu if I am in good enough shape to chase it!!

I changed my mind I’d hunt an African animal. I’d hunt a warthog but no way in hell I’d go to that chithole country to do it. I did hear of some in south Texas so maybe it will happen one day.

No zebra's, reminds me too much of a horse.

Which country?

Do coyotes remind you too much of dogs?

Horse is a fine cut of meat. I hear tell Zebra is as well.

any of them besides Murica

Killed 3. 'Learned a lot. 'Make great rugs.

I hear ya.

I bet they do. I’ve heard they’re very good eating, too.

I truly just have no intentions of ever leaving this country again.

Giraffe, elephant, and zebra

Giraffe, Zebra, Wart Hog, Monkey, Sloth, or Ape. Musk Ox, Baby seal, Bear, Pen raised birds, Diver ducks, High fence hunts of any variety. I have no qualms with anyone who enjoys any or all of these, but for various reasons they are not my gig.

Lots of stuff I have no desire to hunt at this point in my life. I mainly like to hunt birds, hogs, deer and coyotes. Not saying I wouldn't harvest a different species if given the chance, but there's nothing that I can really say I have a burning desire to hunt.

No baby seals? I hear it's a very exciting archery hunt.

j/k

I think if elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, zebras and rhinos were over populated pest, a lot of votes would change.
The sympathy vote has gone a long way here.

Nah. Maybe if I lived in the arctic and needed some mukluks I might reconsider....

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Also bears

Taiga antelope and tapir at the top of the list. Any type of monkey/ape.
Giraffe, warthog, bushpig, cheetah, white/black rhino, elephant, hippo, hyena, wild dog, dik-dik, duiker, klipspringer.
Brown/grizzly bear, polar bear, walrus, whale.
Tiger, India/Sumatran rhino.
Anything piebald, melanistic, or albino.

That's all I can think of.

I don't hunt anything that I'm not interested in eating.
Now if I'm sitting in the stand and an old coyote rolls through at bow range. He is gonna get an arrow somewhere within 5 yards of him.

Rhino. I have a soft spot for rhinos. When God made all the animals he gave them each a skin, a needle, and thread to sew it on. The poor blind rhino lost his and had to borrow the elephant's, which is why his skin doesn't quite fit right.

Oh, and I couldn't hunt dolphin, because Stewart.

What level of creationism are you on LOLOL

Just a story. I don't take it seriously, of course, but I do have a soft spot for rhinos.

Nope. I think cheetahs are cool and the others hold absolutely zero interest to hunt. If I wanted to hunt zebras I’d go blast a horse in a pasture somewhere

If it isn't native to North America, it isn't on my list. I would probably still hunt a couple of them if invited, but they aren't on the list.