Favorite animal to hunt?

HALL,AUSTIN · February 28, 2012, 01:27 AM

What is your favorite animal to hunt and why?
Mine is turkey followed by coyote.

farmerboy · February 28, 2012, 01:54 AM

Hogs, squirrel, coyotes then deer. Really love to hunt them all.

frigate88 · February 28, 2012, 03:07 AM

I'd have to go with hogs, birds, then deer.

rickyrick · February 28, 2012, 06:36 AM

Hogs and coyotes are my favorite, and other Varmints as needed. Game animals are to expensive.

Bigfatts · February 28, 2012, 07:46 AM

Hogs and squirrels.

hoytinak · February 28, 2012, 07:51 AM

Women....

Any small game as that's all I hunt anymore; squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, quail....but even still I do more fishing than huntin'.

**Art Eatman** · February 28, 2012, 08:00 AM

I guess that whitetail bucks come first. Calling coyotes is second. I don't call prairie-dogging "hunting", but they're good and beneficial target practice.

Saltydog235 · February 28, 2012, 08:10 AM

Deer and quail. Hogs are fun to shoot but I hate them, they're vermin same with yotes. Then its dolphin, grouper, snapper, wahoo, BSB and the occasional stickfish.

BIG P · February 28, 2012, 09:22 AM

White tail deer, table fair & sport
Hogs & songdogs just like to kill um.

.284 · February 28, 2012, 09:38 AM

The one animal I hunt most often is the whitetail deer. However, that doesn't make it my favorite. My favorite would be duck. I like the rush when the shooting action gets hot and heavy.

mquail · February 28, 2012, 09:47 AM

Prairie chickens and sharptailed grouse. My reason is complicated but I'll give it a shot. These two grouse are reminders to me of a gamebird that is totally tied to the prairie, not pheasants nor hungarian partridge. If you plow up the prairie and only leave small patches of it they will be gone, replaced by partridge and pheasants. On the other hand these grouse have found that man's crops are well worth using and will use harvested grainfields to feed in. It's a pretty handy arrangement. So if there is plenty of moderately grazed prairie with a patchwork of crops here and there there will be grouse. Not to mention I like eating them.

Even at my age

I get all excited before a grouse hunt, can't sleep. At the end of the day if we have a few birds I can't wait for dinner. Last fall I was telling my son while breasting out some birds, "Ya gotta handle them with care." We did and ate good that night

jmorris · February 28, 2012, 09:49 AM

Dove, limit out, wearing shorts and a T shirt, sitting on a tailgate with a cooler in between you and a friend...why? What else can you hunt like that?

RevGeo · February 28, 2012, 11:15 AM

Elk first and foremost. Then whitetails. I'll hunt just about anything but those are my favorites.

AllenJ · February 28, 2012, 12:20 PM

My 2 favorite are elk and waterfowl, please don't make me choose between them

Pahoo · February 28, 2012, 12:29 PM

Well, I'd say, pheasant but they all moves to SD. Then Coyote and squirrel.
Hunting Pheasant behind a good pointer is sheer poetry. Shooting those stinky coyotes at 50+ yards is satisfying and spending a cool morning in the Hickories is spiritually rewarding. ....

However, I think I'll have to try this one out and for the same reasons.

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Dove, limit out, wearing shorts and a T shirt, sitting on a tailgate with a cooler in between you and a friend...why? What else can you hunt like that?

Be Safe !!!

Scorch · February 28, 2012, 01:34 PM

Upland birds (quail, grouse, pheasants), geese (never ducks yuck!), elk, coyotes, pigs, deer. I like shooting ground squirrels, but I would not call it hunting.

mete · February 28, 2012, 02:06 PM

In the west , jackalope, in the east ,naugha. Both fairly rare and both very difficult to get.

PA Hunter37 · February 28, 2012, 02:20 PM

Anything that involves hunting with my Dad. Usually white tails but recently has been black bear and planning an elk hunt for next year.

Hansam · February 28, 2012, 02:45 PM

Pheasant, coyote and deer. All in that order of priorities.

One of these days I'm going to make it down to TX and help them rid themselves of a few hogs...

HALL,AUSTIN · February 28, 2012, 04:01 PM

Ya, I got a jackalope tag once... payed $1,000 ju st to find out that the season was over.

farmerboy · February 28, 2012, 04:39 PM

every time I go Jackalope hunting all I ever get is the does, them bucks must be real sneaky!

Kreyzhorse · February 28, 2012, 08:59 PM

I love whitetail hunting followed by antelope and then turkey.

warbirdlover · February 28, 2012, 10:52 PM

Rifle whitetail hunting followed by pheasants (which no longer live in Wisconsin).....

Lee McNelly · February 28, 2012, 10:54 PM

pheasant

dbgun · February 28, 2012, 10:56 PM

Doves in September
Deer in November

Always with good friends and cold beer (at the end of the day).

February 28, 2012, 01:27 AM	#1
HALL,AUSTIN Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2011 Location: asheville north carolina Posts: 365	Favorite animal to hunt? What is your favorite animal to hunt and why? Mine is turkey followed by coyote.

February 28, 2012, 03:07 AM	#3
frigate88 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2011 Location: LOXAHATCHEE, FL Posts: 202	I'd have to go with hogs, birds, then deer. __________________ "We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for thier own actions." **BLEED BLUE, 10-8**

February 28, 2012, 06:36 AM	#4
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Location: Mesquite Jungle Desert, West Texas, USA Posts: 2,278	Hogs and coyotes are my favorite, and other Varmints as needed. Game animals are to expensive. __________________ *Navin R. Johnson*: "He hates these cans!!!! Stay away from the cans!!!!"

February 28, 2012, 08:00 AM	#7
Art Eatman Staff Lead Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX, USA Posts: 20,936	I guess that whitetail bucks come first. Calling coyotes is second. I don't call prairie-dogging "hunting", but they're good and beneficial target practice. __________________ You're from BATFE? Come right in! I use all your fine products!

February 28, 2012, 09:38 AM	#10
.284 Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2009 Location: davison, michigan Posts: 531	The one animal I hunt most often is the whitetail deer. However, that doesn't make it my favorite. My favorite would be duck. I like the rush when the shooting action gets hot and heavy. __________________ Guns have only two enemies, rust and politicians! Deer are amazing creatures....so please don't burn the sauteed onions and I'll pass on the steak sauce, thank you.

February 28, 2012, 01:54 AM	#2
farmerboy Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,343	Hogs, squirrel, coyotes then deer. Really love to hunt them all.

February 28, 2012, 07:46 AM	#5
Bigfatts Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2005 Location: Lutz Posts: 1,423	Hogs and squirrels.

February 28, 2012, 07:51 AM	#6
hoytinak Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 5,708	Women.... Any small game as that's all I hunt anymore; squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, quail....but even still I do more fishing than huntin'.

February 28, 2012, 08:10 AM	#8
Saltydog235 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2010 Location: Pawleys Island Posts: 943	Deer and quail. Hogs are fun to shoot but I hate them, they're vermin same with yotes. Then its dolphin, grouper, snapper, wahoo, BSB and the occasional stickfish.

February 28, 2012, 09:22 AM	#9
BIG P Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2010 Location: North Georgia Posts: 1,463	White tail deer, table fair & sport Hogs & songdogs just like to kill um.

February 28, 2012, 09:47 AM	#11
mquail Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2011 Location: South Dakota Posts: 130	Prairie chickens and sharptailed grouse. My reason is complicated but I'll give it a shot. These two grouse are reminders to me of a gamebird that is totally tied to the prairie, not pheasants nor hungarian partridge. If you plow up the prairie and only leave small patches of it they will be gone, replaced by partridge and pheasants. On the other hand these grouse have found that man's crops are well worth using and will use harvested grainfields to feed in. It's a pretty handy arrangement. So if there is plenty of moderately grazed prairie with a patchwork of crops here and there there will be grouse. Not to mention I like eating them. Even at my age I get all excited before a grouse hunt, can't sleep. At the end of the day if we have a few birds I can't wait for dinner. Last fall I was telling my son while breasting out some birds, "Ya gotta handle them with care." We did and ate good that night Last edited by mquail; February 28, 2012 at 09:58 AM.

February 28, 2012, 09:49 AM	#12
jmorris Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2006 Posts: 1,329	Dove, limit out, wearing shorts and a T shirt, sitting on a tailgate with a cooler in between you and a friend...why? What else can you hunt like that?

February 28, 2012, 11:15 AM	#13
RevGeo Senior Member Join Date: September 18, 2011 Location: North Idaho Posts: 145	Elk first and foremost. Then whitetails. I'll hunt just about anything but those are my favorites.

February 28, 2012, 12:20 PM	#14
AllenJ Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 680	My 2 favorite are elk and waterfowl, please don't make me choose between them

February 28, 2012, 01:34 PM	#16
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 11,029	Upland birds (quail, grouse, pheasants), geese (never ducks yuck!), elk, coyotes, pigs, deer. I like shooting ground squirrels, but I would not call it hunting. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Taylor Machine

February 28, 2012, 02:06 PM	#17
mete Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2004 Location: NY State Posts: 4,937	In the west , jackalope, in the east ,naugha. Both fairly rare and both very difficult to get. __________________ And Watson , bring your revolver !

February 28, 2012, 02:20 PM	#18
PA Hunter37 Member Join Date: January 30, 2012 Location: Currently in Virginia Posts: 34	Anything that involves hunting with my Dad. Usually white tails but recently has been black bear and planning an elk hunt for next year. __________________ There aren't too many problems that can't be solved with either a quick mind or good aim.

February 28, 2012, 02:45 PM	#19
Hansam Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 746	Pheasant, coyote and deer. All in that order of priorities. One of these days I'm going to make it down to TX and help them rid themselves of a few hogs... __________________ This is who we are, what we do.

February 28, 2012, 04:01 PM	#20
HALL,AUSTIN Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2011 Location: asheville north carolina Posts: 365	Ya, I got a jackalope tag once... payed $1,000 ju st to find out that the season was over.

February 28, 2012, 04:39 PM	#21
farmerboy Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,343	every time I go Jackalope hunting all I ever get is the does, them bucks must be real sneaky!

February 28, 2012, 08:59 PM	#22
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 10,815	I love whitetail hunting followed by antelope and then turkey. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

February 28, 2012, 10:52 PM	#23
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,322	Rifle whitetail hunting followed by pheasants (which no longer live in Wisconsin).....

February 28, 2012, 10:54 PM	#24
Lee McNelly Junior member Join Date: June 9, 2011 Posts: 325	pa pheasant

February 28, 2012, 10:56 PM	#25
dbgun Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 317	Doves in September Deer in November Always with good friends and cold beer (at the end of the day). __________________ America is not at war. The U.S. Military is at war. America is at the mall.