Whats YOUR big 5?

Irish B · February 29, 2012, 09:06 AM

Money aside what tops the list as your top 5 dream hunts before you die?

farmerboy · February 29, 2012, 02:12 PM

Whitetail/Mexico. Warthog/Africa. That's all really for me. I love hunting here in Texas/ hogs , whitetail and squirrels. Forgot them coyotes too!

chewie146 · February 29, 2012, 02:21 PM

Moose in Alaska, whitetails in Texas, hogs in Texas (combo with the whitetail), pronghorn in Wyoming, and black bear in Canada. I'm not a big dreamer, but those all sound like great fun. I'm a NM native, so we have very few whitetails, but we have elk, mulies, and tons of small game. Bird hunting is good down south. Pigs haven't made it here in the numbers texas has yet, and I hope they don't, but if they do, I'll be doing my best to repel the invasion. Up in northern NM there are reported sightings and rumors of pigs, but nothing substantial. Down south, they're seeing them. I like hunting stuff I can kill in quantity and eat. I can shoot all the rock squirrels I want, but they don't look like good eating, based on the diet.

HALL,AUSTIN · February 29, 2012, 02:46 PM

Elk, gazelle, a 20lb rabbit, kodiak brown bear, and yotes from out west.

Wyoredman · February 29, 2012, 02:56 PM

Desert sheep, Stones' Sheep, Dall Sheep....Only if money is no object!

Then Alaskan Brown Bear and Alsaka/Youkon Moose.

rickyrick · February 29, 2012, 04:19 PM

Only ugly or bothersome animals, I'm still a softy for purdy ones.

I think it be fun to hunt the mystery animals or find rare ones not necessary to kill any I think it'd be fun.

markj · February 29, 2012, 05:15 PM

Sasquatch, Loch ness monster, chupacabra, yeti, unicorn.

Hey I live in Iowa, record buck taken here, got wild turkeys in the feed lot, quail out back of my place and pheasants to boot.

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Whitetail/Mexico

Brother in law (he is from mexico) says they can and do use spotlites at night....

Otheer brother in law is from Africa, he goes back twice a year wants me to tag along some time. Says he will take me on a real hunt, no guns either..

SurplusShooter · February 29, 2012, 06:52 PM

Just a nice big whitetail in the 180's range.

jgcoastie · February 29, 2012, 06:57 PM

#1 Kodiak Coastal Brown Bear

As soon as I get stationed in Kodiak again, this will become a reality. I struck out the few times I went hunting for them when I was up there before, but managed to scout some really good spots while going "backup" for a couple buddies.

#2 Alaskan Moose

Either in the Fairbanks/North Central area or maybe the Kenai Peninsula.

#3 Caribou

Adak Island. 'Nuff said.

#4 Musk Ox

Probably somewhere in the Nome or Port Clarence area.

#5 Arctic Wolf

I definitely wouldn't mind having a dozen harvest tickets in my pocket on the AKPEN...

I'll stay away from Africa and leave it for the crazy-brave and foolhardy. Too many dang things that can kill you over there before you even see them...

#6 (Honorable Mention) A Missouri whitetail-sized Sitka Blacktail isn't too much to ask is it?

12GaugeShuggoth · February 29, 2012, 09:23 PM

#1. One day years ago I saw some strange brown thing in the edge of the woods from across a field......looked like it was about the size of a small station wagon, both in length and height. I've always called it the "big brown hoppy thing" because it was kind of bouncing there for the 2 or 3 seconds that I saw it. I'd love to hunt that thing, what ever it was. I went to where I saw it and never found any tracks or sign, my buds all said I was making it up but I know what I saw dang it!

#2. If I had the arm and skill, I'd love to spear hunt for Elk.

#3. Saw a deer running one afternoon while driving that looked like it must have been half horse or something, that thing was HUGE. Would love to have a chance at that one.

#4. Giant squid, but as with all things, only fair chase. Haven't figured out the logistics though..........

Oh, and #5, the Queen Alien, would make one heck of a mount.

.......more seriously, I'd love to put a hurtin' on the local coyotes, apparently I have zero skill when it comes to those PITA's.

parkerd · February 29, 2012, 10:02 PM

1 An occelated turkey
2 Elk in Colorado
3 Whitetail in Iowa
4 A Lion in Africa
5 A Rhino but a bowkill! Gonna have to order some new 100lb limbs

Scorch · March 1, 2012, 02:31 AM

Dream hunts? In no particular order:
Caribou in Alaska
Marco Polo sheep in Mongolia
Musk deer in SE Asia
Buffalo in Africa
Chamois in the Alps
Moose in NW Territories

Shall I keep going? Instead I settle for:
Grouse in WA
Pheasant in WA
Coyotes in WA
Deer in WA
Elk in WA
etc, etc.

Kreyzhorse · March 1, 2012, 08:19 PM

1. Bison Bison
2. Cape Buffalo
3. Boar
4. Whitetail
5. Pronghorn.

I've hunted both whitetail and antelope and would really like to hunt the other 3 at some point.

Bigfatts · March 1, 2012, 09:39 PM

1: Hippo, on land, up close
2: Cape Buffalo
3: Warthog
4: 500lb+ Russian boar
5: Bobcat

That would do it for me right now. The only one I'm ever likely to see is the Bobcat, no luck yet though.

mnhntr · March 1, 2012, 10:17 PM

1) Alaskan Moose
2) Labrador Caribou
3) Desert Bighorn
4) Dall's Sheep
5) Stone Sheep

All with archery gear

PoorRichRichard · March 1, 2012, 11:02 PM

1. First year hunter this past season. I'd love to limit on both snow geese and ducks on the same day out at the Wister Unit on the Salton Sea.
2. Deer (any large mammal for that matter) back in Montana with my brother.
3. Pig- any wild pig, anywhere that won't charge me to hunt.
4. Eurasian doves- if I can find a place with a ton of them here in California, it would be a lot of fun because there is no limit.
5. Anything in Arizona/Southern swamps with someone who knows the area.

Irish B · March 1, 2012, 11:50 PM

I want to dart for research. Probably one of the most dangerous ways of shooting an animal.

1. Amur Tiger
2. Amur Leopard
3. Pantanal Jaguar
4. African Elephant
5. African Lion

mapsjanhere · March 2, 2012, 10:43 AM

I made my list, then checked the endangered species list...
Probably going to try for elephant and brown bear at some point.

L_Killkenny · March 2, 2012, 11:11 AM

I don't have big dreams:

Bobcat
Mountain Lion
Grey Fox
Black Bear
Whitetail with a centerfire rifle.
On certains days Antelope may make my top 5 too. Probably replace mountain lion.

But if I go to my grave having done none of these than it's no skin off my back. I'm fine with my Iowa whitetails, coon, coyotes, fox, small game, etc etc.

LK

tahunua001 · March 4, 2012, 10:52 AM

alaska moose
alaska kodiak
hells canyon big horn sheep(might actually have a chance to do that one)
africa gazelle or impala
Louisiana Cajun gator hunt

cornbush · March 4, 2012, 07:53 PM

Leoprad
Jaguar
Marco Polo Sheep
Bongo (my most beautiful animal)
Trophy Non-typical Mule Deer with my family along

BigMikey76 · March 4, 2012, 09:38 PM

My aspirations are pretty basic.

At home in Nebraska,
Rabbit
Squirrel
Whitetail

Not too exciting, but I gotta start somewhere, and it may as well be tasty when I do

Elsewhere,
Texas piggies
Alaska moose

warbirdlover · March 4, 2012, 10:03 PM

These will never happen unless I win the lottery but here goes... (all rifle hunts)

1. Red Stag in New Zealand

2. Caribou with Leaf River Outfitters

3. New Mexico (or Colorado or almost anywhere) Elk hunt

4. Montana mule deer hunt

5. Wyoming antelope hunt

I hunt the best leased land in Wisconsin for whitetail every fall so didn't put that down. One of these years I'll have a monster because they're in there.

I have no burning desire to hunt Africa or Alaska anymore. If I didn't have sarcoidosis and diabetes (and deaf as a doornail) I'd hunt Alaska for dahl sheep but it's too late for that. And I can't see shooting elephants, lions and stuff like that. Maybe a kudu.

sc928porsche · March 5, 2012, 08:06 AM

For me, all hunts are dream hunts. I've loved every one and look forward to the next. I would like to make it to New Zealand for the Red Stag and to Africa for a lot of Antelope species. The only "dangerous" game that would be on my list is the Cape Buffalo. As for here in NA, I can't think of one that I havn't harvested through out all the years with the exception of 1, the Buffalo.

tyrajam · March 5, 2012, 11:25 AM

#1 African Lion- Not over bait either, doing it safari style like Hemingway!
#2 Coastal Brown bear
#3 A BIG elk, like 380+
#4 Gemsbok I think it's the most beautiful animal out there
#5 Mountain lion over hounds

Alternates: Would also love getting a leopard, kudu, spot and stalk black bear, or a moose. Realistically though, I hope to have the elk, black bear, and mountain lion. And if my wife ever stops spending money like a minority president I'll get a gemsbok and kudu!

February 29, 2012, 06:57 PM	#9
jgcoastie Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Location: Kodiak, Alaska Posts: 2,118	#1 Kodiak Coastal Brown Bear As soon as I get stationed in Kodiak again, this will become a reality. I struck out the few times I went hunting for them when I was up there before, but managed to scout some really good spots while going "backup" for a couple buddies. #2 Alaskan Moose Either in the Fairbanks/North Central area or maybe the Kenai Peninsula. #3 Caribou Adak Island. 'Nuff said. #4 Musk Ox Probably somewhere in the Nome or Port Clarence area. #5 Arctic Wolf I definitely wouldn't mind having a dozen harvest tickets in my pocket on the AKPEN... I'll stay away from Africa and leave it for the crazy-brave and foolhardy. Too many dang things that can kill you over there before you even see them... #6 (Honorable Mention) A Missouri whitetail-sized Sitka Blacktail isn't too much to ask is it? __________________ "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." -Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.

February 29, 2012, 09:23 PM	#10
12GaugeShuggoth Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 534	#1. One day years ago I saw some strange brown thing in the edge of the woods from across a field......looked like it was about the size of a small station wagon, both in length and height. I've always called it the "big brown hoppy thing" because it was kind of bouncing there for the 2 or 3 seconds that I saw it. I'd love to hunt that thing, what ever it was. I went to where I saw it and never found any tracks or sign, my buds all said I was making it up but I know what I saw dang it! #2. If I had the arm and skill, I'd love to spear hunt for Elk. #3. Saw a deer running one afternoon while driving that looked like it must have been half horse or something, that thing was HUGE. Would love to have a chance at that one. #4. Giant squid, but as with all things, only fair chase. Haven't figured out the logistics though.......... Oh, and #5, the Queen Alien, would make one heck of a mount. .......more seriously, I'd love to put a hurtin' on the local coyotes, apparently I have zero skill when it comes to those PITA's. __________________ ---Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.--- ---Enlightenment is the ability to take infinite pains--- MOLON LABE

March 1, 2012, 02:31 AM	#12
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Dream hunts? In no particular order: Caribou in Alaska Marco Polo sheep in Mongolia Musk deer in SE Asia Buffalo in Africa Chamois in the Alps Moose in NW Territories Shall I keep going? Instead I settle for: Grouse in WA Pheasant in WA Coyotes in WA Deer in WA Elk in WA etc, etc. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

March 1, 2012, 08:19 PM	#13
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	1. Bison Bison 2. Cape Buffalo 3. Boar 4. Whitetail 5. Pronghorn. I've hunted both whitetail and antelope and would really like to hunt the other 3 at some point. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

March 1, 2012, 11:50 PM	#17
Irish B Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 359	I want to dart for research. Probably one of the most dangerous ways of shooting an animal. 1. Amur Tiger 2. Amur Leopard 3. Pantanal Jaguar 4. African Elephant 5. African Lion __________________ If a man hasn't found something worth dying for, he isn't fit to live

February 29, 2012, 09:06 AM	#1
Irish B Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 359	Whats YOUR big 5? Money aside what tops the list as your top 5 dream hunts before you die? __________________ If a man hasn't found something worth dying for, he isn't fit to live

February 29, 2012, 02:12 PM	#2
farmerboy Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,343	Whitetail/Mexico. Warthog/Africa. That's all really for me. I love hunting here in Texas/ hogs , whitetail and squirrels. Forgot them coyotes too!

February 29, 2012, 02:21 PM	#3
chewie146 Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 853	Moose in Alaska, whitetails in Texas, hogs in Texas (combo with the whitetail), pronghorn in Wyoming, and black bear in Canada. I'm not a big dreamer, but those all sound like great fun. I'm a NM native, so we have very few whitetails, but we have elk, mulies, and tons of small game. Bird hunting is good down south. Pigs haven't made it here in the numbers texas has yet, and I hope they don't, but if they do, I'll be doing my best to repel the invasion. Up in northern NM there are reported sightings and rumors of pigs, but nothing substantial. Down south, they're seeing them. I like hunting stuff I can kill in quantity and eat. I can shoot all the rock squirrels I want, but they don't look like good eating, based on the diet.

February 29, 2012, 02:46 PM	#4
HALL,AUSTIN Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2011 Location: asheville north carolina Posts: 556	Elk, gazelle, a 20lb rabbit, kodiak brown bear, and yotes from out west.

February 29, 2012, 02:56 PM	#5
Wyoredman Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2011 Location: Wyoming Posts: 1,350	Desert sheep, Stones' Sheep, Dall Sheep....Only if money is no object! Then Alaskan Brown Bear and Alsaka/Youkon Moose. __________________ Go Pokes! Go Rams!

February 29, 2012, 04:19 PM	#6
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Posts: 8,236	Only ugly or bothersome animals, I'm still a softy for purdy ones. I think it be fun to hunt the mystery animals or find rare ones not necessary to kill any I think it'd be fun. __________________ Woohoo, I’m back In Texas!!!

February 29, 2012, 06:52 PM	#8
SurplusShooter Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2011 Location: Upstate,New york Posts: 308	Just a nice big whitetail in the 180's range.

February 29, 2012, 10:02 PM	#11
parkerd Member Join Date: January 19, 2012 Location: Gainesville FL Posts: 41	1 An occelated turkey 2 Elk in Colorado 3 Whitetail in Iowa 4 A Lion in Africa 5 A Rhino but a bowkill! Gonna have to order some new 100lb limbs

March 1, 2012, 09:39 PM	#14
Bigfatts Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2005 Location: Lutz Posts: 1,528	1: Hippo, on land, up close 2: Cape Buffalo 3: Warthog 4: 500lb+ Russian boar 5: Bobcat That would do it for me right now. The only one I'm ever likely to see is the Bobcat, no luck yet though.

March 1, 2012, 10:17 PM	#15
mnhntr Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 2008 Posts: 972	1) Alaskan Moose 2) Labrador Caribou 3) Desert Bighorn 4) Dall's Sheep 5) Stone Sheep All with archery gear

March 1, 2012, 11:02 PM	#16
PoorRichRichard Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2011 Location: San Berdoo Posts: 269	1. First year hunter this past season. I'd love to limit on both snow geese and ducks on the same day out at the Wister Unit on the Salton Sea. 2. Deer (any large mammal for that matter) back in Montana with my brother. 3. Pig- any wild pig, anywhere that won't charge me to hunt. 4. Eurasian doves- if I can find a place with a ton of them here in California, it would be a lot of fun because there is no limit. 5. Anything in Arizona/Southern swamps with someone who knows the area.

March 2, 2012, 10:43 AM	#18
mapsjanhere Senior Member Join Date: August 6, 2009 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 2,832	I made my list, then checked the endangered species list... Probably going to try for elephant and brown bear at some point. __________________ I used to love being able to hit hard at 1000 yards. As I get older I find hitting a mini ram at 200 yards with the 22 oddly more satisfying.

March 2, 2012, 11:11 AM	#19
L_Killkenny Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,676	I don't have big dreams: Bobcat Mountain Lion Grey Fox Black Bear Whitetail with a centerfire rifle. On certains days Antelope may make my top 5 too. Probably replace mountain lion. But if I go to my grave having done none of these than it's no skin off my back. I'm fine with my Iowa whitetails, coon, coyotes, fox, small game, etc etc. LK

March 4, 2012, 10:52 AM	#20
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	alaska moose alaska kodiak hells canyon big horn sheep(might actually have a chance to do that one) africa gazelle or impala Louisiana Cajun gator hunt __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

March 4, 2012, 07:53 PM	#21
cornbush Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: The retarded place below Idaho Posts: 1,408	Leoprad Jaguar Marco Polo Sheep Bongo (my most beautiful animal) Trophy Non-typical Mule Deer with my family along __________________ The best shot I ever made was an accident

March 4, 2012, 09:38 PM	#22
BigMikey76 Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 2011 Location: Bellevue, NE Posts: 981	My aspirations are pretty basic. At home in Nebraska, Rabbit Squirrel Whitetail Not too exciting, but I gotta start somewhere, and it may as well be tasty when I do Elsewhere, Texas piggies Alaska moose __________________ Some people are like Slinkies - not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

March 4, 2012, 10:03 PM	#23
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	These will never happen unless I win the lottery but here goes... (all rifle hunts) 1. Red Stag in New Zealand 2. Caribou with Leaf River Outfitters 3. New Mexico (or Colorado or almost anywhere) Elk hunt 4. Montana mule deer hunt 5. Wyoming antelope hunt I hunt the best leased land in Wisconsin for whitetail every fall so didn't put that down. One of these years I'll have a monster because they're in there. I have no burning desire to hunt Africa or Alaska anymore. If I didn't have sarcoidosis and diabetes (and deaf as a doornail) I'd hunt Alaska for dahl sheep but it's too late for that. And I can't see shooting elephants, lions and stuff like that. Maybe a kudu. Last edited by warbirdlover; March 5, 2012 at 10:43 PM.

March 5, 2012, 08:06 AM	#24
sc928porsche Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2008 Location: now living in alabama Posts: 2,433	For me, all hunts are dream hunts. I've loved every one and look forward to the next. I would like to make it to New Zealand for the Red Stag and to Africa for a lot of Antelope species. The only "dangerous" game that would be on my list is the Cape Buffalo. As for here in NA, I can't think of one that I havn't harvested through out all the years with the exception of 1, the Buffalo. __________________ No such thing as a stupid question. What is stupid is not asking it.

March 5, 2012, 11:25 AM	#25
tyrajam Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 467	#1 African Lion- Not over bait either, doing it safari style like Hemingway! #2 Coastal Brown bear #3 A BIG elk, like 380+ #4 Gemsbok I think it's the most beautiful animal out there #5 Mountain lion over hounds Alternates: Would also love getting a leopard, kudu, spot and stalk black bear, or a moose. Realistically though, I hope to have the elk, black bear, and mountain lion. And if my wife ever stops spending money like a minority president I'll get a gemsbok and kudu!