What big game animals close to home

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

Originally posted by Tree Killer:
Blacktail Deer
Mule Deer
Whitetail Deer
Rocky Mtn Elk
Roosevelt Elk
California Bighorn Sheep (tough draw)
Pronghorn Antelope (tough draw)
Mountain Goat  (tough draw)
Black Bear
Mountain Lion
Bobcat
Coyote
Rio Grande Turkey
Merriam Turkey

Shiras Moose and Grey Wolves have taken up residence, but no tags as of yet!

2 types of Elk and Turkey, you must just be living right!

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

Originally posted by COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE:
I just wish they would allow people to take more than one deer.  Maybe a tag for both the western and eastern sides. Hmmmmmm!

Think of all the folks that don't get to hunt if they don't win a lottery, if you win a raffle you can get multiple deer or elk or moose (ok you have to win a raffle to get just one moose).  I would like them to stop making us pick West side or East side, so we can go anywhere and get what we want.

[Steve H.]

Within a HALF mile:  brown bear, black bear, dall sheep, mtn goat, wolf, moose, and probably wolverine.

We've had Brown bear and moose IN the yard in the last couple weeks.

That said you can only reasonable expect to hunt and actually kill a black bear around here due to difficult tag draws or low legal animal numbers.

[RKMBrown]

On my ranch:
Deer
Hogs
Cougar
Coyotes/Fox
Coons/squirrels/rabits

[wildgame]

whitail
black bear
elk(if drawn)

[Bowwild]

White-tail is number one here. Wild turkey is number two.  A restored elk herd of 10,000+ animals is a choice for 800 lucky lottery winners this year.  A few people will hunt black bear in a couple of counties. Deer and turkey are the bread and butter of most of us here in KY.

[myshootinstinks]

Wyoming has a large variety of big game but I only hunt deer & elk with a bow. I don't get excited about pronghorn even though they are just about everywhere you look. There are lots of moose and some sheep in the Snowys and the Laramie range but they are a draw that is not easy to obtain.
    My only criticism of WY hunting is that the bow season is too short, basically the month of September, and all the seasons happen at about the same time.  I envy those who live where the deer season is 3-5 months long and many of us here would like to see a late bow season in WY.

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

1. Whitetails
2. Eastern wild turkey
3. Very limited numbers of wild hogs

Those are the only big game animals that we have available anywhere near here.  Hopefully some of those Kentucky Elk will migrate north eventually.  Kind of sucks having very limited species to hunt.  I guess in a way it makes me appreciate it more, because as the one gentleman stated he isn't allowed to bowhunt at all in his country.

[Andy Cooper]

Within 30 minute drive:

muleys
pronghorns
javelinas

Within 3 hour drive:  same as above plus

elk
turkeys
black bears
hogs
whitetails

[akdd]

Big game that I have taken within a couple of miles of the house.
Moose
Caribou
Black Bear
Grizzly Bear
Wolf
With in a couple of hours drive you can hunt
Dall Sheep
Mountain Goat
Black tail Deer

[COLongbow]

Dang, sounds like Alaska hunting is more like self-defense!

[Doug in MN]

Whitetails
Black Bear
Moose (very limited draw)
Turkey

[Wiley Coyote]

Whitetails, bear and moose. We also have turkeys.  

[trcytylr]

WhiteTail
Turkey
Wild Hogs

and Democrats     (kidding, kidding)

[Canyon]

1. Mule deer
2. Elk (Draw)
3. Coues WT deer
4. Black Bear
5. Mt Lion
6. Javelina(Draw)
7. Desert Bighorn Sheep(Draw)
8. Antelope(Draw)
9. Turkey(Draw)

Lots of fun nearby if the draw odds can be beat.

[Andy Cooper]

quote:Originally posted by trcytylr:
WhiteTail
Turkey
Wild Hogs

and Democrats    

[marsniper27]

Whitetail
Moose
Blackbear

all only a 5 minute walk away

[hightop_hunter]

whitetail
mule deer
elk
moose
speed goat
mountain goat
big horn sheep
coyote
grizz and black bear


gota love it when you can see all these only about 15 mins away from the house

[hightop_hunter]

i forgot to mention their is also a russian boar problem in the north     lucky me

[frassettor]

I have only Whitetails and Turkey near me. I would LOVE to be able to hunt Black Bears. Hopefully someday. You fellas that can  hunt several different animals so close to home are truly blessed.