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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: njstykbow on February 07, 2007, 03:57:00 PM
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I'm looking for some suggestions for a 2008 hunt. I want to do something a little different than deer and elk. Just a little Happy 50th B-Day to myself. The only limit I'm placing on the request is that I'd prefer to still own my house when I return from paying for the trip!
Let me know what's out there.
Joe
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Gosh, where to start.
Caribou
Black bear
Moose
African plains game
Asiatic water buffalo
Mountain lion
Mountain goat
All these are hunts that can be done for between $3000-10,000. There are pluses and minuses (OK, no minuses) to each depending on how much you want to spend and what kind of experience you are looking for.
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how about hunting in new zealand or that other place what do they call it now? oh yeah ozzi :jumper: :jumper:
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doctorbrady,
Moose and African plains game have my interest right now as well as a brown/grizzly. Any experience with any bowhunts for Alaska/Yukon moose?
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happy 50 sir!!!!!!!
ty a musk ox hunt!!!!!!
thats my dream hunt, maybe u can tell me wat the experiance will be like!!!!
or maybe a buffolo hunt!!!!
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Cougar
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How much ya willing to spend?
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High on my list is a deer & bear hunt on the Alaskan coast or P of W island< if I had more money I'd do a boat charter.
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A 50th birthday deserves a special hunt! For mine, I did a DIY Alaska caribou hunt. No animals killed, but what a great adventure. Only problem is that it was supposed to be a once in a lifetime hunt, but I can promise you won't come home thinking that anymore!
Others on my wish list are British Columbia for moose, and Alaska spring bear hunt off a charter boat. And just about any mountain hunt is special to me.
Have fun!
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musk ox!!!!!!!!!!
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Joe,
If you have a list of hunts you are considering the only thing I can suggest is doing the hardest hunts first. A lot easier doing a sheep or goat hunt at fifty than sixty.
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The goat Brian killed at the top of the page is beautiful. Are there some locations where they can be hunted in the timber with OTC tags?
buck-tamer-I know you're high on those musk ox, but I'd like to come home without the family jewels frozen off, if you know what I mean?
I'd love to hunt sheep, but don't have enough pref. pts. anywhere for it to be realistic and don't want to spend 20-30K for a tag.
Whip-I think some of the TBM crew have made a few trips to BC and if I remember correctly, said the game numbers were incredible compared to that of AK. Supposed to be unbelievable country.
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You might as well go all out. Learn to ride a horse and kill a Buffalo (Bison) just like the native Americans did. Now that would be the cat's pajamers. Alan
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OOOOOOOOOOOH, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT!!!!!!
I WANNA HAVE KIDS SO IMMA HAVE TO RETHINK THAT!!!!
THEN BUFFOLLO!!!
LIIIIIIIIIIIKE,
A HUNT WITH TED NUGENT,
WOULD BE AROUND $2000.00
FOR A TROPHY BULL I THINK( I THINK!!!)
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Look into Newfoundland.They have huge bears ,caribou and moose.The people are the finest kind and I'm sure you will still have a house when you get back home.
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I think Ernie Holland is still outfitting bowhunters for the MooseJohn (Alaska) moose/ caribou hunt. Excellent grayling fishing as well. It's a good one and not terribly high priced.
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Joe,
The only places you can hunt for goats without entering a draw is in Alaska and the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Yukon and the NWT. All these hunts require a guide for nonresidents. Unless you are hunting in Alaska with a resident that is a close family member of yours. Guided goat hunts can run from $5,000 to over $10,000. Depending on where you want to go.
Alaska is the only state where U.S. citizens can hunt sheep without entering into a drawing for a tag. If you are not an Alaskan resident you must hunt with a guide or have a close family member that is a resident that you will be hunting with. A guided Dall sheep hunt can run from around $8,500 on up to over twice that much. Depending on where you go Alaska or Canada, Alaska being the least expensive.
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Orion,
I'd forgotten about those hunts. Are they still a drop and pick up type hunt or do they send a guide with you? Any personal experience with them?
Jack,
Are the non-draw areas of AK for sheep marginal in quality or just tightly controlled by the outfitter's area of operation?
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Joe,
Some areas of Alaska have less pressure from resident hunters than others areas do. I think someone can still have a good Dall sheep hunt in Alaska but I think the odds are better for a great Dall hunt in Canada. The price of a Canadian hunt reflects this though as they are generally several thousand dollars more than an Alaskan hunt. That said, I'll be hunting sheep in Alaska this year.