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Title: best hunt for the money
Post by: stevewills on August 25, 2011, 03:28:00 PM
if you could do any hunt where and what would you go after...im ready to try something
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Orion on August 25, 2011, 03:54:00 PM
Moose on the MooseJohn River in Alaska is pretty hard to beat.  I've done it twice, the first time with Jay Massey.  Still a reasonably priced hunt IMO.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: cody94 on August 25, 2011, 03:56:00 PM
a wolf in russia or a capibara in africa from a boat.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: John Scifres on August 25, 2011, 04:38:00 PM
A quality caribou, black bear, and moose hunt.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: John Scifres on August 25, 2011, 04:39:00 PM
But, for the money, you can't really beat a DIY backpack elk hunt in the CO or Idaho.  Less than a grand and you have a blast.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: awbowman on August 25, 2011, 05:15:00 PM
For the money, this year I'm picking a DIY elk in Co., but one day my sons and I will hunt caribou in Alaska.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: DaleinOhio on August 25, 2011, 05:51:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by cody94:
a wolf in russia or a capibara in africa from a boat.
I think capibara are South American.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Terry Lightle on August 25, 2011, 05:52:00 PM
Moose in Maine with Eldon Jandreau
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: FerretWYO on August 25, 2011, 06:45:00 PM
ELK ELK ELK ELK

maybe I am biased
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: wingnut on August 25, 2011, 06:48:00 PM
Well if your talking outfitted.  Africa is a great experience for the whole family and is priced about the same as a moose hunt in Alaska.

Mike
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Archer Fanatic on August 25, 2011, 08:17:00 PM
Elk hunt in the Eagle Cap Wilderness area of NE Oregon.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: ms greenhead on August 25, 2011, 08:40:00 PM
Deer in my backyard  :)
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: TJK68 on August 25, 2011, 08:49:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ms greenhead:
Deer in my backyard   :)  
I like your style!!!!!!!Kinda how I feel about it. But I would like a Moose in AK or Elk in AZ
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Friend on August 25, 2011, 10:01:00 PM
The majestic Red Stag and resplendent Fallow deer of the celestial islands of New Zealand.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: eagleone on August 25, 2011, 10:06:00 PM
I sure love whitetails but like John said above- DIY backpack hunt for colorado elk is cheap and awesome!
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: rnharris on August 25, 2011, 10:35:00 PM
being a southern boy all my life i would love to hunt the rockies maybe somewhere in Idaho or Montana just walk in and camp and hunt my way out mule deer or whitetails don't matter really don't care if i kill anything lol
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: BWD on August 25, 2011, 10:37:00 PM
A pig hunt with RC, available thru the St. Jude yearly auction.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Bowwild on August 26, 2011, 01:18:00 AM
I have yet to do anything other than DIY or a modified DIY where I'm the guest of a friend on his DIY.  I'm going to have to breakdown eventually and do a guided deal though otherwise me and the moose or sheep are never going to come together.

My favorite DIY has to be white-tail deer. Better be because I do it many times every year.

Outside of that 'routine' hunt, the elk hunts I've been on have been closer to the entire package even though in three elk hunts (CO x 2 and WY 1) I've yet to draw an arrow.

I'd better get on the stick though and do a guided deal soon or the moose and I are never going to cross paths. I think that would be my ideal hunt.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: GRINCH on August 26, 2011, 02:19:00 AM
For me it would be a hog and deer hunt with a couple of close friends,camping along the river for 4-5 days,if only work didn't get in the way.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: duncan idaho on August 26, 2011, 02:36:00 AM
Buffalo and hogs with Andy in Australia.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: ozy clint on August 26, 2011, 04:16:00 AM
DIY backpack for tahr and chamios in NZ.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: RUTANDSTRUT on August 26, 2011, 08:50:00 AM
for the money, you cant beat a diy elk hunt!
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Arwin on August 26, 2011, 09:03:00 AM
I would choose a hog hunt down south on a limited budget. Seems there are a ton of them to shoot at and most guide services allow multiple harvests for a few hundred dollars.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Mike Vines on August 26, 2011, 09:45:00 AM
For me, it's the next one I'm going on.  If it wasn't affordable I wouldn't be going.  If I'm broke, I'll go hunt chipmunks just for kicks.  If money was no object, I'll take moose in Alaska or a family trip to Africa, but for now I will just do deer, squirrels and rabbits in Michigan and hogs down in Texas and South Carolina for this hunting season.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: KentuckyTJ on August 26, 2011, 10:20:00 AM
New Zealand Stag for me. Bucket list.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: last arrow on August 26, 2011, 11:07:00 AM
For us east of the Mississippi, it is pretty hard to beat a DIY hunt in the Rockies for mule deer or elk.  I have done several and enjoyed every one.

Overlooked by many, it is also pretty easy, and relatively inexpensive, to have a wilderness adventure in Michigan's UP, northern Minnesota and just across the border in Canada.  One of the best trips I have ever done was canoeing in the back country and along the northern shore of Lake Superior in Canada with my bow, a quiver full of judo points and a fishing pole in September. For the price of gas, and small game and fishing licenses it is probably the cheapest way for a mid westerner to experience a true DIY wilderness hunt.  

Get a map, pick a spot out and go explore.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: amar911 on August 26, 2011, 11:50:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
Well if your talking outfitted.  Africa is a great experience for the whole family and is priced about the same as a moose hunt in Alaska.

Mike
Mike got that right. There is no better bargain than Africa if you want to be able to see and shoot multiple game animals and be in a part of the world that is different, exciting, and (if picked properly) very wild. As a warning, some places in Africa start to seem like a Texas game farm that requires a very long plane ride to get there. Do your homework if Africa is in your plans.

Allan
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: IndianaBowman on August 26, 2011, 12:03:00 PM
That's like asking who has the prettiest wife!

It really is in the eye of the beholder. Value is a pretty relative term as well. If you have lots of money, the definition changes.

That being said, it is hard to beat whitetails around home!

Sitka blacktails or black bear in AK are pretty affordable as well.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Arwin on August 26, 2011, 12:09:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Vines:
For me, it's the next one I'm going on.  If it wasn't affordable I wouldn't be going.  If I'm broke, I'll go hunt chipmunks just for kicks.  If money was no object, I'll take moose in Alaska or a family trip to Africa, but for now I will just do deer, squirrels and rabbits in Michigan and hogs down in Texas and South Carolina for this hunting season.
We think alike!!!   :goldtooth:
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Wiley Coyote on August 26, 2011, 01:30:00 PM
I would go antelope hunting at the Spearhead ranch in Wyoming again in heartbeat!!  :goldtooth:
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: mnbwhtr on August 26, 2011, 02:28:00 PM
I guess for me it's the DIY antelope hunt in Wy next week, otherwise Africa is fabulous for the money.
Title: Re: best hunt for the money
Post by: Orion on August 26, 2011, 02:49:00 PM
Steve:  I assumed when you said best hunt for the money, you meant an outfitted hunt.  A DIY hunt will almost always be less expensive.