Last year I crossed one hunt off my bucket list. I finally drew a tag for Oryx on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Excellent 2 day hunt, saw about 150 Oryx but did not harvest one -too far away, stalks unsucessful. The tag is "once in a lifetime" but I will try again for a "broken horn" hunt which are not once in a lifetime. Next up are pythons or alligators in Florida during the winter.
Bucket lists
- Thread starter c-fbmi
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I have no desire to hunt outside North America, but did manage to collect part of my bucket list in your neck of the woods in 2010 with Ted Wagner. For me the trip in itself would be the check on the list.
Other half of the list would be a fine Yukon moose hunt on a horseback with a 270Win.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Forget guns pack money... As much as a half-million dollars worth. I hope to take four of the five in my life, but I like Rhinos too much to shoot one (and I don't have $100,000+ for a White Rhino or $250,000-$400,000 for a Black Rhino, which is the dangerous one of the two). I have however had the pleasure of mingling with Black Rhino at a few yards. Politely mingling. A good free range Zambian Lion hunt is also $100,000 and climbing. I'm afraid I'll likely only make three of the five in my life if I'm lucky, and envy c-fbmi's timing, and business sense. Polar Bear is up there for me too, but also getting harder as time goes on.
Although cape buffalo is atop my list as I sadi earlier I am thinking a nice start for a bucket list for me would be to complete the turkey slam... Eastern, ocelot, merriams and gould's gobbler... I really enjoy run and gun turkey hunting so it makes good sense for me....
You could always do a dart hunt and have a replica made.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I just saw what trouble the Black Rhino is in, and couldn't hunt one in good conscience. It also isn't much of a hunt from my experiences with them, Black Rhino really aren't afraid of much, even the Lions left them alone for the mostpart, only young Rhinos were scuffed up and talking to the game rangers that was likely due to the Rhino's curiousity and lack of fear not the Lions. White Rhino are larger, but far less dangerous, and also not much of a hunt but this I repeat second hand from two PH's. They're just an animal from another age, petering out unfortunately as a result of poaching and habitat destruction.
Please don't take me as being against Rhino hunting, I'm not, especially White Rhino. The White has rebounded hugely in part as a result of hunting and them becoming valuable, $100,000 and up kind of valuable. Even White Rhino hunting is under pressure however in RSA, which has been Rhino hunting's safehaven. The Black however, the true Dangerous Game variety of Rhino, is in really tough shape these days in what until just a handful of years ago was their prime territory. I just can't hunt something in as much trouble as they are in, in good conscience. I donate to Black Rhino conservation actually too, hunting them, even if I could stomach a hunt worth double the average house, might be counter-productive! I'd honestly rather just give the money to Rhino conservation than hunt one, even my PH's won't hunt Black Rhino anymore.
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
True, I'm all for Rhino darting, one place the dart hunts make sense.
And SuperCub, that bull shames Elk! Gorgeous!
Very good ardent... I would expect no less from a sportsman... They are beautiful animals...
