OK, reading about Rob's antelope hunt, rybo & OHBowhntr along with myself heading out to chase elk, the question is what big game animal would you like to go hunt next ? Keeping in mind that you will be out in the whitetail woods somewhere this fall.. Me, it will be Mule Deer and then Moose.....
After I arrow my Pronghorn this Sept (God willing), I'd love to chase any other specie, mule deer, caribou, moose. I'd love another elk trip but I have a bull so.... So far, Whitetail Bull Elk Coyote Turkey Black Bear "Pronghorn"
I leave in less than 2 weeks for a Sitka Blacktail hunt. After that I hope to do a Coues Deer hunt in AZ this winter, and a black bear hunt up north somewhere the following spring. I have only taken whitetail and pronghorn. Besides a bear, my next focus will remain on finishing the NA Deer Slam. Hopefully this leaves me with CA Blacktails and AZ Coues/Mulies again for 2010. After my deer slam (goal is to finish before I graduate college), I hope to start in on Elk and other bigger critters and branch out even beyond this continent's borders. NEVER hurts to dream big.
Elk will be first in 2010...then the rest of that list looks pretty good to me...no real desire for the Mountain Lion yet though...
Elk, Elk, Elk that's the next animal I have my sights on. I'd put my wish list in this order elk, mule deer, moose, antelope, bear then caribou.
Well, you said it Rob, it's ELK at the top of my list, then it's a toss up between Mule Deer and Caribou, both of them are a stalk type hunt which intrigues me, but the ELK certainly is the bug that is biting me right now....:D
Mine would definetly be a Rocky Mt. Bighorn sheep. Talk about the true spirit of hunting.... a guy on a mountain with an animal that most people will never see in their lifetime! I don't know what it is, but the thought of a tough rocky mt hunt for bighorns really gets me goin! I can't say for sure that it will happen, but I can say that it is the one hunt that I would want more than any other, more than elk, mule deer, bear, moose, caribou, exotics, ect.
I would like to hunt any animal that pushes me physically and mentally. After many years of hunting from a treestand, I am being drawn to get down from the tree and stalk hunt. Maybe my aging muscles and joints hurt too much to just sit around, but for some reason I want to get down on the ground and hunt an animal in a beautiful, yet rugged environment.
I have 3 mulie and 2 elk points in CO and I have a feeling one species will be cashed in next year as a graduation gift from myself. But I'm seriously considering letting them build for a few more years and doing some OTC hunting to satisfy my new-found craving for elk burgers :D
I had my arse handed to me yesterday. I took my younger sister to 13,000 feet above sea level with the hope of spotting mt.goats. She is one of the lucky few who has drawn this coveted tag, this year, in Colorado-season starts the 8th of Sept. I scouted for her two weekends ago. I saw 22 (the same weekend I shot the sheep photos). We saw 16 today. However, while at this elevation, altitude sickness latched itself to me. My head felt like it was going to explode, I became nauseous, I couldn't breathe, my heart was racing, and I couldn't, for the life of me, make my legs do what my brain was telling them. It's funny, none of this happened to my last weekend or the weekend before. It was point blank in my face that elk hunting, sheep hunting, and goat hunting at this altitude is nothing to take lightly! If you are going to do these hunts, be both mentally and physically prepared. The success rates are low for a very good reason.... Cape Buffalo is my next most wanted.
I chose Elk, only bc if money was no object, that would be it. It will likely be hogs or a spring bear.
I would say no... When I get it (has happened many times), I have usually over exerted and I'm not hydrated enough. On this particular occassion, my sister and I walked from a high point down to two lower hidden bowls (you cannot see them from above and they're both super spots for goats). On the way back up-pow-it hit me. It took me four times longer to climb out than usual. It was very painful. I maintained the nausea and headache through the night, even after I dropped to 8400 feet (they say if you drop below 8000 things get better. I have a home at 8400). I feel great now at 5300 feet.