Bucket lists

bearkilr said:
I strongly suspect he has ZERO experience with cape buffalo. It's Friday afternoon, school's out and the kids are bored.
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You're probably right, and this is supposed to be a fun, light-hearted thread. I hope we keep it that way. Let's not take the bait...I know, I know, easy to say, for one of the guys who already bit...
 
Dogleg said:
You've shot both buffalo and your neighbors bull?
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I've shot a few of the neighbor's bulls over the years...one was actually quite exciting. It had a tough stalk in thick cover, long shot and a charge...all the elements of a good hunt. Now I know why they asked me to shoot him...lol Perhaps rm458 is correct. This was a pretty boring black Angus though so I'm not certain he would look better on the wall
 
I haven't shot my neighbor's bull, but I did shoot a bull once. Call it a scrub bull, or a red-skin or do as SCI does and call them Southern Pacific wild cattle. I prefer buffalo, but I suppose there are similarities. They are both bovines, have heads, feet and tails and varying degrees of skittishness. Either is quite capable of taking a swing at you, but probably won't. Most run away, but some don't. Normally its only the ones that don't run away that get shot so there's another similarity. Dang, maybe it is the same.
 
Just did a quick review of this thread and decided if it is still alive I should post another critter I was able to check off the list. I have already posted it else where but what the hell he belongs here because he was one animal I didn't hold high hopes of ever attaining. Plus a couple more that were on my list but forgot to mention.





And then there is the elusive blue duiker, which is one of the "tiny ten" that I still have aspirations of achieving. He is 7/10 of the little guys necessary to complete this endeavor.





And of course the big maned lion, which although not specified on the list, is part of the big five and is on every African hunters list.






And for you Kevan.......all were taken with my Remington .375 with 270 TSX scoped with Zeiss 1.5-6X42.
 
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Nice collection c-fbmi ! Many years and dollars collecting those! Awesome!

I have always been a goal oriented hunter.
My goals are fairly basic.

My apologies on the quality of a few pictures in advance! I had to take a "picture of a picture" in my hunting album to share on this post.

1.) Whitetail Bucks with horns that bring a smile to my face. Why? Need you ask!? There is no animal on this planet that is as regal as the mature whittail deer buck! That is my feeling plain and simple.

White Tail Buck Taken By Rifle



Whitetail Buck Taken By Black Powder




Whitetail Buck Taken By Archery





2.) Mule Deer Buck with horns that bring a smile to my face. Why? They are unique and challenging in their own way. And they are a gorgeous animal as well.

Mule Deer Buck Taken By Rifle



Mule Deer Buck Taken By Black Powder



Mule Deer Buck Taken By Archery



3.) Moose Bull with horns that bring a smile to my face. Why? Because they are HUGE And Tastey! And they are just fun to hunt!

Bull Moose Taken By Rifle


The bigger of the two Moose racks is my Black powder Bull, And the other is my Archery Bull



4.) Rocky Mountain Elk with horns that bring a smile to my face. Why? There is nothing in the hunting world that can explain the primal thrill of having one of these bulls bugle and scream straight at you from just a few yards away! They are just awesome to see!

Bull Elk Taken By Rifle



Bull Elk Taken By Black Powder




5.) Black Bear with a big heavy body that demands respect! That brings a smile to my face. They are one of the most interesting animals I have ever had the opportunity to watch for long periods of time. Each one is unique in character.

Black Bear Boar Taken By Rifle







Black Bear Boar Taken By Black Powder




Black Bear Boar Taken By Archery






This is my list of goal animals. Not very big, but my goals are a little different than some. I wanted to take an exceptional animal (one that brings "that" smile to my face), in each species, with Bow, Black powder, and Centerfifre rifle. I am nearly completed my goals, with only an Archery Bull Elk to get now.
I hope you like this post I made out! It Took me awhile to assemble all these photos! LOL!

They are not all huge, but they are what "MY" Dreams were made of.
 
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Well, I've already gotten a couple off my list, a stone sheep and a book goat (have 2 now). I don't really have any desire for Africa at this point, maybe in the futures...

1. Bison (heading out in about a week to fulfill this one)
2. Book Stone Sheep
3. Large Mountain Grizzly (already have 1 but he's just a youngin)
4. Self guided winter Tahr/Chamois in NZ
5. A 55' + inch bull moose
6. A decent elk
7. A decent whitetail
8. A decent Mulie
9. Archery Blackbear
10. Archery Mountain goat
11. Muskox

I'm sure there are more, but that should keep me busy for a while.
 
I like your list Zubris, proper North American hunter's take. I'd suggest Polar while it's still possible and a big mountain Caribou though. I also have some "upgrades" to do while we still can and a bigger Grizzly is top of the list. Will try for 7-51 or 7-52 again. Good luck on Bison, there's nothing else on the continent like it. For work or reward, good hunting!
 
bearkilr said:
I strongly suspect he has ZERO experience with cape buffalo. It's Friday afternoon, school's out and the kids are bored.
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Until proven otherwise, I'm suspecting the same. Prove us wrong 458, my own experience with Cape Buffalo was quite different. You are right, mine didn't charge either. The tense hissed "Don't miss..." from the PH with his rifle ready, inside spitting distance of the bull in the thorns after nearly ten days of getting busted told me the situation was real however. It's a hell of a creature and hell of a hunt, more intense than Lion in my opinion. Reason being Lion is a lot more skittish and the Buffalo will cooly remain unseen at twenty yards in jesse to figure out what you are. Suddenly a hand goes up and everyone stops, wide eyed, realizing what the absolutely still giant black figure just visible in the thorns facing you is. I'd recommend it, personally, but welcome your take.

This is a pic taken from where I shot mine, and the bull down, then the bull pulled out and posed. It's proper fun.


 
Again uncharged but still an adrenaline filled few minutes...........



He took 9 X .416 400 gn solids to be completely subdued.............He did not want to give up and die............
 
I have had another species of wild bovid charge as well, and none on Cape Buffalo, for academic purposes I do believe however both of our Cape Buffalo experience is limited to an individual or two and not really a fair judgement of the species repeatedly. My favourite PH on wild Cape Buffalo describes them with considerable respect and we're well past the "tourist talk" where the excitement dial is amplified in the conversations, his closest scrape ended at 1 metre, he'll soberly relay "They're for real." The Cape Buffalo evolved for hundreds of thousands, and even likely millions of years being predated upon by Lions, Humans, and their ancestors and developed a limited tolerance for it and famous propensity to turn the tables, especially (and almost exclusively) when wounded. Or in the marvelous "Battle at Kruger" footage of the Buffalo turning on a Lion pride and tearing it to pieces, of the bovids I believe they are the most cunning, and aggressive by good measure, despite being some of the smallest actually. I mention wounded as often being an important factor and it is an inciting factor in near every true charge scenario, and admittedly experienced hunters who make good shots will see far less excitement on average. An overly excited European client with a big bore he paid far too much for and has never fired in anger, or even a full box from, and with little experience in shot placement on large animals from awkward angles has far more likelihood of excitement than many in this forum. It is in those follow ups on Cape Buffao hit too high, or too far back with a solid that all the fun seems to stem from. Sometimes knowing what you're up to is a bit of a curse, nonetheless even a calm Cape Buffalo can absorb thousands of grains of lead, copper, and guilding metal with a fashion and poise no other animal of its actually quite modest weight class can seem to. They have my respect, and are a boatload of fun to hunt up close in the thorns!
 
I can be happy just staying in North America or Canada.

1. Dall Sheep, seen many on the Snake River canoeing and always wanted to hunt them after that.
2. Grizzly,
3. Moose, I have shot many but never a well antlered bull
4. Whitetail, a good mature well antlered buck, shot many deer as well but not a good mature buck.
5. Mule Deer
6. Elk

If I can work my way though the above six I'll be doing good.
 
Ardent said:
I like your list Zubris, proper North American hunter's take. I'd suggest Polar while it's still possible and a big mountain Caribou though. I also have some "upgrades" to do while we still can and a bigger Grizzly is top of the list. Will try for 7-51 or 7-52 again. Good luck on Bison, there's nothing else on the continent like it. For work or reward, good hunting!
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Thanks, I agree with you, a big ole mountain caribou should be on many peoples lists, I've already got a good one, thats why it wasn't included. Polar bears do excite me, but for me a bucket list is something I like to be achievable, and I just don't think I'll ever be able to justify the price of a polar bear hunt to myself.

t missed a couple of things on my list. I guess I'd also love to get a BC slam, but that'd probably mean I'd have to re-locate further south or wait for retirement to get the bighorns. Had the Tat. Dall sheep draw this fall, but unfortunately couldn't make my scheduled hunt due to health reasons but I'll keep putting in for it.
 
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