Favorite Hunts You've Been On?

[Michael Pfander]

I must say that I fall into the elk hunting category.  For me nothing else gets me going like elk in Sept.  Although I will say that couse deer in Jan. here is a close second.
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[Bowwild]

First mule deer hunt in Wyoming, 1981 near Lysite.  Have old VHS video of 176 mulies in an alfalfa field. I killed a 4 x 5 on day 3 of what would be an 18-day hunt.  Missed PY because of  6 inch "s-shaped" brow tine.   My two brothers and I had DIY blinds around the perimeter of this field. We could watch each other's action every morning until the field cleared and every evening as it filled up from the surrounding sage galleys and foothills.  

It was our first hunt out west. I killed a 4x5 on day 3. We had timed this hunt to catch 2 days of rifle season just in case.  Worked out that way for my little brothers, they ran out of arrows on day 16.

Made life-long friends with the rancher and hunted the place 5-6 times over the years. He had never seen a bowhunter before we arrived.

I have been rob Africa 3 times, and am scheming now trying to make it 4! There is no cooler place on earth for a bowhunter than Africa!!!!

Bisch

[Etter]

If I were limited to only one type of hunting for the rest of my days, it would be black bears in the north ga mountains. I dont really enjoy killing them much anymore but theyre so fun to hunt in our hills. And the action is pretty constant if the mast crop was favorable. Absolutely love waiting on grey light and hearing them in the trees, breaking branches and popping acorns.

[stickandstring]

No matter where or for what, any days afield with Joe Skaggs is an adventure.

[Mike Vines]

That's simple, my favorite was the last one I went on, and my next favorite will be the next one I'll be on.  That's been my answer for 30+ years, and hopefully another 50 years.

[V I Archer]

I backpacked in a few years back for caribou.  Didnt get one but was 20 yards to a couple dozen and managed to bag a few ptarmagin.  

This year i am hoping for my second sheep hunt and the proposed plan so far is Cold Fish lake in 2018.

[Bowwild]

If you are simply asking favorite routine hunt.... Opening morning of Kentucky's white-tail season.  

I sure like black bear hunts but I'm always confronted with what to do with the bear when dead. I had a Montana plant make sticks out of the last one. Have two skulls and one rug.  Don't need anymore of those. I haven't seen a shoulder or head mount that strikes my fancy.

[imbowhunt10]

Elk in Colorado and Idaho, Bear in Alberta, Whitetail in Ohio. All with my son.

[YosemiteSam]

I don't travel much outside of CA to hunt.  But I visited an old friend in AR several years ago & spent an extended weekend hunting with him & getting to know his family.  That takes the cake of them all.

The next year, I hoofed it 8 miles early in the morning during a freezing ice storm.  Froze my rear off.  Only saw 2 does where it was legal to hunt (buck only).  Made it back to the car just after dark while it was raining & snowing.  One heck of an adventure!

This year, I spent a few days in a remote coastal canyon & got "serenaded" by a mountain lion near my camp.  Stalked in on a nice buck but he turned 90 degrees on his path & got downwind before I could cut him off.  Good times!

The destination is only the setting for the story.  Plenty of adventures within a short drive from here.  I feel like there's more to explore within a 3-hour radius than there is time to experience it in my lifetime.

[ron w]

2 hunts come to mind.....Bear Quest #9 in 2015, fantastic time and I got my first trad Kill. The bear in my avatar was the reward. The other hunt was in 2011 with Cyclic rivers from this site. We did a self guided Elk hunt in Colorado. Camped at almost 10,000 feet and had a great time, the week just flew by. Those two were great.....but any hunt is a good hunt.  

[John146]

Elk hunting in New Mexico!!!! The mountains, camping in wilderness, the toughness of the hunt, those majestic animals....Awesome!

[Etter]

Originally posted by Bowwild:
If you are simply asking favorite routine hunt.... Opening morning of Kentucky's white-tail season.  

I sure like black bear hunts but I'm always confronted with what to do with the bear when dead. I had a Montana plant make sticks out of the last one. Have two skulls and one rug.  Don't need anymore of those. I haven't seen a shoulder or head mount that strikes my fancy.

Ive killed a good many of them but I cant ever seem to throw a hide or a skull away. Just keep getting hides tanned and skulls eurod. I like the tanned hides a lot. Not really into taxidermy anymore, although I am getting a full body javelina done this year. (Long story but it took me two trips driving from ga to AZ to even put a tag on one).  I dont even mount deer anymore. Just cut the rack off and put it on a plaque if its nice enough.

[ESP]

All of my past hunts  are memorable.  They are favorites for different  reasons.  I am sure all the future hunts will be the same.   The one that I think about most are mule deer. They are my nemesis. If I never get one that is all right, they have provided many memories.

[Bowwild]

If I bear hunt again I'll have to try the "tanned" route. Yes, I always keep the skulls. It is such a different hunt being in the spring.

A perfect recurve/lb hunt too as the shot can be set up at any angle and distance the hunter prefers.

[wigeon]

elk hunting in colorado with my son and tradgang friends

[Charlie Lamb]

Wouldn't mind doing this again.
 

[Msturm]

I am really a big fan of huntig spruce hens and rabbits with a long bow in Alaska. lots of action. lots of fun.

[Danny Rowan]

My annual hunt to South Texas. I just love it.

[KentuckyTJ]

Originally posted by Friend:
Spot and stalk for red stag on the NZ North Island.

Oh man!