What animal do you find the most challanging?

Of the animals I hunt regularly (deer, bear, hogs, waterfowl, and upland birds), I'd have to say that wild hogs are getting harder and harder to hunt. Even though they are so prolific and have poor eye sight, their ability to adapt to almost any environment, eat almost anything, and become totally nocturnal, is making it hard for me to shoot even one a year, despite the 15+ days in the field after them. They're not as dumb as they look. :-)
 
i agree with planetcat & a close 2nd is the turkey. dogs are highly effective but way too expensive for small land owners. recent info seems to indicate that hog vision is better than thought. the fact they are close to ground with their heads seems to mean they are really only scanning close areas. night vision scopes are very effective but not many of us older kats have the energy to do daytime occupations & then stay up half the night.even under ideal conditions you may get 2 shots before the hogs hit hi-gear. do'nt be misled by their short legs they can run much faster than a human. i dumped the hides, guts, leg bones, & heads of 3 whitetail deer on a ranch road a while back---the next morning even the heads had dissappeared.
dennis
 
Deer, they always walk by when I'm sleeping..........
 
Wolf-very smart
NW blacktail-difficult to find and track due to vegetation
dall sheep-difficult to find a legal size and then you have to get to them. I would say even as a resident the money spent to get to them is pretty high.
 
partisan1911 said:
Wolf-very smart
NW blacktail-difficult to find and track due to vegetation
dall sheep-difficult to find a legal size and then you have to get to them. I would say even as a resident the money spent to get to them is pretty high.
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Never even seen one of those let alone have a chance to hunt one.
 
The wild sheep of the world . The mountains and weather are the challenge. They say sheep hunting is 90 % mental I believe it. I ve hunted sheep in Asia and North America and my hardest hunt was in Alberta for a Rocky Mountain Big Horn.


A close second is Whitetail Deer Consistantly killing mature bucks aint easy
 
They are all a challenge when you hunt with a bow from the ground :D

I only hunt Mule deer and Rocky Mountain Elk, and have never owned a tree stand. I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but I hunted with a rifle for quite a few years, and there just wasn't enough challenge for me.
 
338375 makes an interesting statement. i've known many hunters whom after getting into bow hunting never cared as much for the gun. very few serious bow hunters seem to prefer the gun after getting into bows. one plus with bows is if you have only a little property you can practice with your bow daily. perhaps this quiet,tactile experience that can be done almost anywhere has a lot to do with the popularity of the bow. i know i would be doing the bow as entertainment if my back property was larger. think about it--just plain ole fun.---dennis
 
Bow are very fun. I think it's getting so close to the animals that gets your blood flowing. Just like playing hide and seek with a deer. I prefer my wing shooting over big game, so I never really target big mature bucks. I usually just wack a few does and be done with it.
 
338375 said:
They are all a challenge when you hunt with a bow from the ground :D

I only hunt Mule deer and Rocky Mountain Elk, and have never owned a tree stand. I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but I hunted with a rifle for quite a few years, and there just wasn't enough challenge for me.
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Amen brother! I've hunted solely with the longbow (from the ground) for the past two or three years and for the decade or so before that, it was recurve only. The most challenging game for me currently is the lowly cottontail. I've killed a few with bows over the years and that isn't the big challenge (in this area) - the big challenge is finding them. Frigging coyotes have eaten then to oblivion around here.

Think I may migrate back to a firearm a BIT in the near future. My son wants to try his hand at coyote hunting (with his recurve) and I plan to back him up with a rifle. Bloody things are effective enough without us educating a bunch of 'em.

Anyway, here's a poor quality picture of me posing with my last bow-killed rabbit (two years ago)...

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Beckerhead #42
 
I also agree on the mountain sheep.I have taken 2 .Very tough hunts long steep walks way back into some of the most beautiful country you would ever see.
Rocky Mountain sheep have taken to the trees as the ones up higher get killed.
These sheep are like big smarter whitetail bucks very wary spooky and cagey (most animals do not get big by being stupid)
I will soon have some time to get after Stones,thinking of calling my good friend Bruce C on these forums lol
Dan'l
 
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