I'm not sure if this has been on here before,most likely it has. But, Is there a bow hunt you would like to do or a bow you would like to try or own. Perhaps a special game animal you would like to hunt before you can't because of age or money. I want to hunt out west at some point,deer or elk. I'm going to hunt pigs in January......I also would like to kill a deer here in New York......what do want or wish to do?
#1 Asiatic Water Buffalo
#2 A horse back wilderness Elk hunt complete with spike camp and the works.
These are just the top two.My bucket list requires porters to move it.
Bill
Have a successful deer hunt in alabama,and eventualy go on an elk hunt in colorado,but I would settle for a good rabbit hunt in snow since I haven't seen it in years.
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Have a successful deer hunt in alabama,and eventualy go on an elk hunt in colorado,but I would settle for a good rabbit hunt in snow since I haven't seen it in years.
Heck if you want to come to one of our Michigan Bow Hunters rabbit hunts, you can join me just let me know. We have them all winter long, they should be posted on their site. If it's not, it will soon be. It's always a great time, and every now and then someone will actually connect on one of the rabbits that overtake our woods during this time of year.
Mine is, I think, pretty modest. I would like, just once, to get into some real good bowfishing... carp, buffalo, whatever. A small (repeat, small!) alligator gar for the wall would be truly outstanding. A hog hunt would be super, as well. Going on my first bow hunt at all was my big one a year ago, and I did that, getting a javie down in Texas. Australia would be incredible, but I doubt I'm up to the trip, let alone their strenuous hunts.
1.) I'd love to go on a Mule Deer / Pronghorn combo hunt in Wyoming...
2.) Moose in AK...
3.) Although I've chased Elk several times, I'd like to chase them again in NM, or AZ...
4.) I'd like to take one spring and travel everywhere required to get the Trad/Slam of Turkeys (Rio/Merriam/Eastern/Oseola)...
That would be good for starters... As my "Bucket List" would also need help carrying...
As for my bucket list...I want to try hunting everything I possibly can that is legal. I would love to hunt southern hogs, a bison, moose, elk on horseback, any of the exotics running around Texas man, the list just goes on and on.
Be able to hunt Elk,
A horse back wilderness Elk hunt in Colorado or a horse back Griz Hunt in Alaska.
Oh heck!!! I forgot a Bison Hunt!!! Would love to take down one of them beasts!
I can't forget a hunt in Alaska for almost anything.....lol!
I'm with ron w, hunt Alaska, do something for others having to do with hunting that would change their life for the better.
In case you couldn't tell, my number one is a Zebra. I'd love to sink a shaft to the feathers, right behind the shoulder.
Also, a really large A-Y Moose.
That's not too much to ask is it?
I'm to poor to put anything in my bucket.
Glenn
Dick we have some pretty darn good bowfishing here in Missouri and anytime you want to show up here during our season you'd be more than welcome.
We have some of all of the fish you mentioned and at least one that you overlooked.
Those high flying rascal big heads.(They taste a lot like Walleye- no kidding)
I can't say I've actually started a bucket list but if I do then hogs and antelope will be on it.
God bless,Mudd
Moose & Caribou in Alaska or British Columbia.
Moose in AK
Coues deer in AZ.
Hogs.
a month hunt in Alaska with my best friend.
At 65 I'm too young to be doing that list for a few years..........Elk hunting with my son in the Cache Valley UT will have to suffice.
Bighorn
I'm working on species slam. 1 moose, 1 sheep, one elk, one big bear, all dear, Mt. Goat, Musk Ox, 1 caribou, Buffalo and so on.
I used to have a bucket list as big as a 55 gallon barrel. Now days, its pretty short. I checked a few off the bottom of the list and started to realize over the years that those at the top of the list weren't really that important after all. Priorities change in life - for me thats been a good thing.
Doesn't mean I love bowhunting any less, just means that I love the simpler hunts close to home. I'm learning (not there yet!) to be content with what the good Lord provides.
A Kodiak bear. I'll never be able to do that but a black bear would suffice.
Bowhunter4life you forgot the Gould's turkey.
Keeping the Faith!
Magnus
Well at 61 no bucket list per say. But plan on a couple more elk and bear hunts as priority.
Other then that get the grandkids into the game.
I'd like to draw that darn elk tag in Utah I have been applying for for 8 years! I'd like to go an another moose hunt in Alberta with AWGS
Caribou, Alaska.
1) A mule deer hunt
2) Any type of bowhunt in Australia.
The mule deer hunt is doable, but alas, the Australian hunt isn't.
I am not sure, like Bjorn, I am ready to start the list. However.....
I would like the chance on a really good RM elk, Canadian moose and a real monster Muley. These would have to be the right place (altitude and terrain).
Additionally, I am happy doing what I do, where I do it.
I sure need to start one, I think it would be Quite Long. KYArcher
Just to get so see Africa would be great, but my bucket list would be. Kudu,warthog,thompsons gazelle. But the Kudu would be the ultimate.And of course have my two boys along on the "ride".But it will probably never happen, just dont have the funds.
A mule deer, antelope, and elk out west would be tops on my bucket list! maybe some of us should gang up and do this like the guys did in North Dakota, that was an awesome story w/ pics!
Black Bear, Elk, Kudu, Something in New Zealand and something in Europe...dont want to be to picky about the far off continents
Moose in Maine
Griz or his big brother the Alaskan Brown. Probably ain't gonna happen, though.
Been lucky enough to bow hunt a bunch of different critters and own a few bows. My "bucket list" would be a list of old friends I'd like to hunt with again but probably never will.
I Wish... I Wish... That You Would Come Hunt With Me Sometime Soon! That means you, Ron.
... mike ...
If you are going to have a list you best start early in life. When you get to my age you may find your bucket has a few holes in it.!! This will cause the list to begin to leak out a bit.
:biglaugh: Chort
I wish, and advice I would give to the 20 and 30-somethings, I would have started generating preference points in a couple of western states for bighorns. When I was young I never imagined I could do it even if was drawn. Now I could probably swing a resident guide IF I could draw a tag. Of course my "sad" story is repeated thousands of times over, even by residents of some of the great bighorn states.
We're not guaranteed even tomorrow, but it will be here sooner than you think.
Alaska Blacktail Deer
Im gonna knock one off my list next year. A season long backcountry backpack elk hunt with my son.
Beyond that, i'd like to hunt, and hopefully take a whitetail in each of the mid west states- Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Public or private land, doesnt matter to me. Maybe throw in Kentucky and Tennessee too.
Alaska- black bear in SE AK. Float Trip for moose, some salmon fishing, and a caribout hunt. If I had to choose just one I guess Id go with caribou.
I enjoy the camping, and the adventure of doing it on my own, the whole package.
I would also like to travel to Scotland. Bowhunting is not legal there to my knowlege, but that trip is on my list. I want to visit some of the history of the Highlands, as well as the childhood home of my grandfather.
My list is just in my head, and it changes often. But the really important question isn't so much what is on your list, but what are you actually doing to make it happen.
Doing the things we dream about takes planning and a real effort to make those dreams come true.
Start accumulating preference points, set up a special "hunt fund" savings account. Whatever it is that needs to be done, do whatever you need to do to make it happen. Even if it seems too far away to think about, start doing something now, so that you someday will be in position to follow through.
You have an animal on your list. Now sit down with paper and pencil and write down what it would take to make it happen. Calculate costs,and break it down into a long term budget that is realistic. Make a gear list and start accumulating it as you can.
If your dream list ends up being unrealistic, don't just give up. Start dreaming some more and come up with a list that you can achieve. For example, as much as I would like it, I have come to the conclusion that sheep don't belong on my list. I will be more than happy with less exotic goals.
Don't let your hopes and dreams fade away. Life is short, and if you wait too long you will end up with nothing but a bucket full of dreams instead of memories.
Kodiak Brown Bear
Asiatic Water Buffalo in Australia
Arizona Elk
Well said Whip...... :thumbsup:
dont know if id call it a bucket list
but here goes
michigan black bear
hogs and more hogs any where that they free range
bowfishin for gator gar
Cape buffalo and warthog.Both are as ugly as me and just the same temper. :laughing:
This is a great post. My #1 is to not kick the bucket any time soon.Not done hunting!
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Take a mature buck with all primitive equipment that I have made myself from scratch.
I love Hunting with friends. I hope to share camps with people every season regardless of quarry.
I have a pretty good start this year.
I'd like to be able to hunt with my son someday.
Keith, that's the best bucket list I've seen!
I want to kill a Moose that I have called in with a bow that I have built myself. After that maybe a good whitetail, Mule deer and Elk. Luckily they are available within an hour of my home. Bob
WHIP,
Strong advice. It's interesting seeing what is on some folks "list", whether mental or in writing. I'm sure like some of you, I've turned down opportunities to do some of the things others dream about doing.
About 5 years ago I had a free bow hunt for Water Buf hunt in Australia offered, including air fare but I didn't go -- didn't want to spend the time. (I was returning from a second 15-day training tour in the western US and cancelled the trip - I was so travel weary I couldn't do it.)
I would love to go on a moose hunt maine or alaska. Go after a Grizzly bear like Mr. Young, Mr. Hill and Mr. Bear did. See Alaska and/or british colomia. Spend one whole day with my younger friends and family and watch them shoot or squirrel hunt and past on the little I know.
Keith, I hope your dream comes true bud....
My bucket list is a bit simple.
To raise my kids to adult hood (11 & 4) and spend time with grandkids (some day) in a manner than that they KNOW God and nature, as well as the ways of the world.
I love to share a camping camp with friends and my dream hunt would be in Alaska for the Big Ones.
#1 KUDU
#2 Cape Buffalo
#3 Moose
Big Horn sheep in Montana and Tule Elk,Moose for right now
I'm with Lee, My bucket list is about relationships and the things of God. As much as I love to hunt its way down the line but would probably be about a moose. (grin)
God Bless you all and may your dreams come true. Steve
To see my daughter Mattie get her first deer with a recerve. We start next fall.
doug77
- More hunts with my dad.
- Take my daughters hunting
- Watch my wife shoot her first deer.
- Mountain Goat for a promise to myself I made in May of 2003.