Bucket List Hunts

Stump73 · October 17, 2011, 09:46:00 PM

Being that I haven't killed anything with Traditional equipment I have long list. Would like to one day take at lest one of every legal animal in the U.S.

Walt Francis · October 17, 2011, 10:42:00 PM

Guess I should add what is still on my list: Alaskan Moose again (next fall), Alaskan Brow Bear again (in 2 1/2 years), Mountain Goat again (should be getting close to drawing with 12 preference points next year

). In case you are wondering, all of my hunts are self guided, self planned, and I'm lucky enough to have a brother living in Alaska so I don't need to hire a guide for brown bear.

Notice, the dates are set, and the DATES DO NOT CHANGE.

Javi · October 17, 2011, 11:24:00 PM

I've enjoyed reading about y'all bucket lists and all the advice on how I should plan and save.... But all I asked was...

QuoteOriginally posted by Javi:
I have two hunts left on my bucket list that think I'm in or can get into shape to make it doable..

One is one last Black Bear hunt and the other is a Moose hunt and I think the Moose should be the first I attempt as I'm not getting younger and tromping through swampy brush ain't for old folks..

I want to keep it in the lower 48 if possible because I want to drive from Texas and be able to bring back the meat.. I wouldn't mind a bull but I'd be happy with a cow as it is the wilderness experience as much as the meat I'm after with this hunt. I wouldn't have the antlers mounted anyway.. No place to hang them and limited funds so I rather spend the money on the hunt than on a trophy that would end up in a corner of the garage and sold or given away when I'm dead..

What say y'all... where should I start looking... this would be for the 2012 season..

My time for saving and planning is pretty much over because of my age and medical issues. I would like to do these last two hunts while I still can... if I can't I'll take the pleasures and memories of all the hunts I have done... drop camps, backpack hunts, horseback and campfires shared with close friends and strangers who became friends before the fires died out... happily to my grave..

Thanks...

Aunty · October 19, 2011, 03:10:00 AM

A whitetail hunt in montana hopefully in two years

waiting4fall · October 19, 2011, 05:34:00 AM

Merriam's turkey hunt in Nebraska. I'm going in 3 years or less. Boy will that make for some great video!

agross1 · February 25, 2012, 01:22:00 PM

ttt

lpcjon2 · February 25, 2012, 01:37:00 PM

Any Elk hunt or bear hunt.

Killdeer · February 25, 2012, 02:03:00 PM

Javi, if I were you, I would start a new thread entitled, "How can I make this Happen?"

Your original text would then stand clear in its intent.
"I have two hunts left on my bucket list that think I'm in or can get into shape to make it doable.. One is one last Black Bear hunt and the other is a Moose hunt and I think the Moose should be the first I attempt as I'm not getting younger and tromping through swampy brush ain't for old folks.. I want to keep it in the lower 48 if possible because I want to drive from Texas and be able to bring back the meat.. I wouldn't mind a bull but I'd be happy with a cow as it is the wilderness experience as much as the meat I'm after with this hunt. I wouldn't have the antlers mounted anyway.. No place to hang them and limited funds so I rather spend the money on the hunt than on a trophy that would end up in a corner of the garage and sold or given away when I'm dead.. What say y'all... where should I start looking... this would be for the 2012 season.. "

Everybody saw "bucket list" and started fantasizing. BTW, I am rooting for you, and paying attention to the answers. Moose sounds mighty good to me!

Gen273 · February 25, 2012, 03:47:00 PM

Alaska is my dream hunt.

David lozzano · February 25, 2012, 05:56:00 PM

1.Desert bighorn sheep in carmen island

Jason Hansen · February 25, 2012, 07:02:00 PM

For me its the following...

1. Plains Bison in the Henry Mountains of Utah
2. Canadian Moose in British Columbia
3. Sitka Blacktail on Kodiak Island
4. Grizzly in British Columbia
5. Antelope in either Colorado, or Wyoming

AZWarts · February 25, 2012, 08:37:00 PM

Im really lucky on this being that I live in Arizona I can hunt trophy elk, two kinds of sheep, buffalo, mule deer, coues whitetail,proghorn, 3 types of turkeys, bear, lion, and javelina. I really would like to take a Caribou and a Moose though.

tracker1 · February 25, 2012, 10:35:00 PM

1. New Zeland Red Stage
2. Elk
3. Moose
4. Cougar

So many hunts i want to go on so little time and money.

Birdbow · February 26, 2012, 06:41:00 AM

A combo hunt - Asiatic water buff & hogs in Australia!

MIKE WIRT · February 26, 2012, 11:22:00 AM

Plains game is Africa, Moose, Elk, Canada for Black Bear, bow fishing for Alligator and Alligator Gar.