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Title: Dream hunts!
Post by: mmgrode on April 19, 2007, 03:56:00 PM
I know we all have one or several(most likely several) that if we had the time and money to go on we would.  For me a bighorn sheep or goat hunt in the rockies would be a hunt that dreams are made of. What's your dream hunt? Cheers, Matt
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Post by: Black Gold on April 19, 2007, 04:05:00 PM
Cold weather trophy boar hunt in Australia!

ONE DAY it will happen!!!!
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Post by: Budog56 on April 19, 2007, 04:17:00 PM
I agree with the several...
#1 would be the Grand Slam of sheep Dall being the most desired with bighorn a close second..I know that is more that one hunt but it has been a dream since little..( gonna have to start buying lottery tickets for it to come true..lol)
#2 Moose in the Yukon
#3 Mountian Lion
#4 Elk
#5 The Griz or Kodiak Bear
#6.....Ok I better stop I could go for a while!!
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Post by: the Ferret on April 19, 2007, 04:19:00 PM
Moose...anywhere the big deer live.   :pray:
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Post by: peak98 on April 19, 2007, 04:20:00 PM
Moose/sheep in Alaska
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Post by: Talondale on April 19, 2007, 04:31:00 PM
Elk bugling among quaking golden aspens on the edge of a mountain meadow filled with blue lupine and the air full of oxygen and me being able to hike without any effort and at the shot of the arrow everything would go in slow motion and the elk would fall within sight.  Miraculously a pack team would show up and butcher and pack the elk out and I'd return to camp for a gourmet meal of fresh elk steaks and go to sleep to do it all over again.


What?.... You did say DREAM hunt?
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Post by: robslifts on April 19, 2007, 04:31:00 PM
where do I start

moose in canada or alaska
caribou
elk (which I am doing this year in colorado)
bear
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Post by: thehaf2000 on April 19, 2007, 04:32:00 PM
Black bear in British Columbia....spot and stalk.
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Post by: Ian johnson on April 19, 2007, 04:42:00 PM
fallow and stag in new zealand
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Post by: xia_emperor on April 19, 2007, 04:46:00 PM
ELK
Pig
Moose

anywhere
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Post by: Herry on April 19, 2007, 04:53:00 PM
drawing a rocky mountain bighorn tag in idaho and enjoying taking every day of the season to tag one.
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Post by: juneaulongbow on April 19, 2007, 04:58:00 PM
As long as we're dreaming...
Siberian Tiger
Transcaspian Urial
Golden Takin
Jaguar
Bukharan Markhor
Grizzly in the Mtns. of West Texas before they were eradicated.
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Post by: Budog56 on April 19, 2007, 05:16:00 PM
I forgot Marco Polo sheep..that would be right up there with the GS..
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Post by: Stalker58 on April 19, 2007, 05:22:00 PM
1)ELK!
2)ELK!
3)ELK!
If I had to settle....ELK!  :goldtooth:
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Post by: daveycrockett on April 19, 2007, 05:25:00 PM
Spot and stalk black bear in B.C.
Leaving in 2 weeks. Guess my dream is becoming reality.
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on April 19, 2007, 08:38:00 PM
My dream hunt used to be elk in the Rockies. In 2004 I did that. Now there's a beautiful tanned elk hide on my wall to remind me how much I want to go do it again. I've still got a few packages of elk steaks that I'm hoarding in the freezer.

Another dream hunt of mine was to hunt wild, free-range hogs anywhere they live. Last summer I added that to my list of "been there done that" hunts thanks to Curtis Kellar and Charlie Lamb. That was a hunt I'll not soon forget.

Within three months of returning from chasing pigs in South Texas, a good friend of mine and I were on our way to Northwest Ontario to try our luck at hunting bull moose during the rut. The good Lord smiled on me then too. I can honestly say the happiest moment I've ever had as a bowhunter was when I heard the my bull go down.

Just for good measure I also took several ruffed and spruce grouse with my recurve while in Ontario, which was another longtime dream of mine.

What's next? I've still got some unsettled business with mule deer, and I've always wanted to hunt black bears...preferably in Alaska. But to be honest, I'm always anxious to hunt anything I've never seen and anywhere I've never been.
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Post by: Benha on April 19, 2007, 08:41:00 PM
(1) Elk anywhere.
(2) Anything in Alaska.

Kinda hate to answer these because it just reminds me that they probably will never happen.
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Post by: pseman on April 19, 2007, 08:43:00 PM
At this point I have only hunted whitetails in my home state, Alabama. While the whitetail action here is very good, I want to go west and hunt mule deer and elk. Once I've done that, I'll think about my next dream hunt.
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Post by: Barney on April 19, 2007, 08:51:00 PM
Moose in Alaska.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Sant-Ravenhill on April 19, 2007, 08:55:00 PM
Dream hunt that will happen in the next couple of years...buffalo and other species in Australia and Africa.

Dream hunt of real crazy dreams, Marco Polo sheep and the "TIME" and money to really make that happen.
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Post by: Irish on April 19, 2007, 09:00:00 PM
I am going to go with Mickey after the BIG DEER!!
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Post by: Basic Instinct on April 19, 2007, 09:06:00 PM
Moose!! on the Moose John river, Float trip 10 day's long. Then on the way home, I hit a Jackpot at airport casino, and leave for Unit 9 Arizona elk hunt for 15 more day's.
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Post by: bear1336 on April 19, 2007, 09:13:00 PM
Hunting the UP of Mi with Ron LaClair. I have always enjoyed his stories and pictures of his hunts.
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Post by: Raineman on April 19, 2007, 09:22:00 PM
Wow, that is a loaded question. I have several, most I have written about in one media or another, so I'll "long story short" it:

1--The ultimate dream hunt- My Dad cancelled his Caribou hunt in Alaska in 1965 when he found out I was on the way. I'd like to not only give him HIS dream hunt, but join him on it.

2--Red Stag--It was the hunt of royalty in the old world.

3--The moose I could not release on in Maine with my Browning Nomad in 1982. (That was 8 yards away from me)

4--NOT pulling the trigger on a Buffalo in a brass tube scope atop an old black powder Sharps.

Sorry for ramblin, but one can dream.....and you started it.  ;)
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Post by: Dan_da_man on April 19, 2007, 10:36:00 PM
I would love to go to Africa! The big five,any of the plains game it dosen't even matter. I would just go to watch others hunt around those amazing animals.But yes hunting would be the ultimate.Hey weall can dream can't we.
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Post by: Steve O on April 19, 2007, 10:47:00 PM
3 months in British Columbia with tags for everything...Stone sheep, Bighorn sheep, elk, moose, griz, black bear, caribou, goat.
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Post by: traditional_archer on April 19, 2007, 10:50:00 PM
Alaskan Yukon Moose and Wart Hogs in Africa
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Post by: Mark Maves on April 20, 2007, 01:01:00 AM
Seems like everyone wants to come up to this country and all I can think about is a turkey.....The turkey pic of the day drives me NUTS!!!!    Mark
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Post by: 2Blade on April 20, 2007, 01:49:00 AM
(1) Big Russian hogs where kingwouldbe hunts  :D  
(2) Montana elk id love to just see the country in Monatana if I killed one that would be a bonus
(3) Yukon moose
(4)javalina in Texas
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Post by: Al Kidner on April 20, 2007, 01:55:00 AM
Spot & stalk bear, any type, colour anywhere it's legal. Not wanting to do the outfitter thing, just backpack and bow, like Fred

Might have to call in some favours from a couple of yankies I know...  :help:
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on April 20, 2007, 06:42:00 AM
A never ending hunt. Just go out into the wilderness and hunt till I drop.
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Post by: varmint on April 20, 2007, 07:15:00 AM
Yukon Moose...............trying to collect yourself and make a point blank shot at a huge rutting bull moose.........not sure it could get any better.
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Post by: S. Brant Osborn on April 20, 2007, 07:24:00 AM
It doesn't matter what I would hunt.  As long as it is me and my Poppa with plenty of time to enjoy it.  OK, how about a float trip in Alaska.  That should do it!
B.
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Post by: AnointedArcher on April 20, 2007, 09:50:00 AM
1. Moose - in the Yukon or BC
2. Elk - in Colorado
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Post by: Ray Hammond on April 20, 2007, 03:16:00 PM
jaguar...in the Amazon..on the ground...called up by me with a water-filled gourd..5 yard shot.
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Post by: mmgrode on April 20, 2007, 04:28:00 PM
Well, I've got to tell you fellas what got me thinking about this, (besides always dreaming of it;) I have recently done some hiking here in Ireland. Man o man, if you could only hunt in this terrain! What beauty! Plus there are domestic sheep all over making daydreams of mountainside stalks ever present in my mind. Here are some pics:
 (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k297/mmgrode/Tradgang/P4111184.jpg)
 (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k297/mmgrode/Tradgang/P4111179.jpg)
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k297/mmgrode/Tradgang/P4111175.jpg)

Keep 'em coming fellas!
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Post by: mmgrode on April 21, 2007, 06:51:00 AM
Anyone else?
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Post by: Nakohe on April 21, 2007, 09:24:00 AM
I have two Dream Hunts I have always wanted to do.  

#1 Yukon moose

#2 Elk anywhere

Sad to say they will probably never come true. Heart condition and diabetes will probably not let me be able to go to the terrain they live. But, I can still dream of it as I stalk hogs and deer.

Donald
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Post by: Lefty on April 21, 2007, 12:08:00 PM
My dream hunt is Africa, with my wife and daughter.  I don't have anything specific I want to shoot, just to be there.  My daughter is five now and this year we started an Africa trip saving account with an allotment coming out of my check directly into this account.  In 10 years, my daughter should be old enough to really enjoy the experience and we should have the extra cash saved for a 10 day hunt and safari for the 3 of us.  There are other hunts that I am planning between now and then, but this will be the big one and we are making sure to plan now, so that it happens.
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Post by: Ybuck on April 21, 2007, 12:47:00 PM
Big horn sheep  :thumbsup:  
Billy goat      :thumbsup:  
Mountain lion   :thumbsup:
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Post by: larry on April 21, 2007, 01:37:00 PM
any hunt that I should be fortunate enough to have the high bid on for the St. Jude auction.
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Post by: DTS on April 21, 2007, 01:38:00 PM
ELk in Colorado..coming true end of Aug. this year. #2. Northern California black bear/Roosevelt elk. #3.Northern California Mulie/ Pronghorn #4. Buffalo #5. Canadian carabou #6 Alaskan moose..  Really just thankful for LoneStar pig stickin.
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Post by: Chris O on April 21, 2007, 02:22:00 PM
I definitely think that Elk would  be my number one. I've watched several on Tv and it looks amazing.
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Post by: Shakes.602 on April 21, 2007, 05:26:00 PM
I Might Add Mine, but it wouldnt be Prudent. Only been Divorced 4 Years.  :knothead:    :archer:
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Post by: wifishkiller on April 21, 2007, 10:59:00 PM
I dont view my hunts as dreams.  I pick something I want to do and work hard to get it.  I moved to an area that has lots of animals that I love to hunt(mule deer, elk, bear, mt lion).  I also put tags in for sheep and goat.  So I save my money for a big hunt every now and then.
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Post by: John3 on April 21, 2007, 11:56:00 PM
I always wanted to bowhunt black bear. I hunted four straight years in Arkansas and North Carolina without drawing my bow on a bear. I leave for British Columbia in two weeks (I was able to get over my personal boycott of Canada,,LOL) End of July we leave for South Africa. This really wasn't a dream; I never thought Africa was possible until I started to get serious about actually GOING off on trips. I will admit to dreaming about Caribou, namely big beautiful open tundra type. In my opinion Caribou are the most beautiful antlered game on Earth.
I've already talked with Mark at BSC, I will leave in September of 2008 probably for Quebec..... I see too many hunters that say "one of these years" until they get too old or too broke to go.  Go on trips while you can; you don't get a "do-over"...

John III
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Post by: cjones on April 22, 2007, 12:11:00 AM
I have always dreamed of brown bear and caribou. I may never get a chance to do those though. Lately my dreams have changed to where who i'm hunting with means more than what i'm hunting.
1. My son taking his first whitetail.
2. Hunting Big whitetails somewhere with Curt Cabrera.
3. Hunting something with Joe Coots.
4. Hunting wyoming with Vance Brewer.
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Post by: nc recurveman on April 22, 2007, 12:23:00 AM
mountain lions w/hounds
javie's I don't know what my craze is with them!
sitka's in AK

Anybody wanna help????  :bigsmyl:    :campfire:
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Post by: Bonebuster on April 22, 2007, 08:50:00 AM
I may never know if moose guts smell the same as a
whitetail, and I would not be missing out.

My dream hunts are five minutes away. Alone or with family. October 1st with green leaves and 70 degrees, to January 1st and 10 degrees and snow.

I have some truly awesome memories, that I add to and renew each year.
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Post by: MWhitehair on April 22, 2007, 12:03:00 PM
A few weeks in Alaska for Moose/Bear/Sheep...
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Post by: Shakes.602 on April 22, 2007, 12:08:00 PM
I think its called  Stalking , but Cindy Crawford would make a Dandy Trophy.  :notworthy:    :notworthy:    :archer: