Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
If you had to, and all this is hypothetical internet fun to keep forum banter interesting, do you have a single species you could focus on and call it good? I met some European hunters in Africa once, one was accomplished guy and a professional hunter in Africa. He went back home to France to hunt Roe deer as his true passion every year. Struck me as quite something, all the stuff he did, and in the places he did it, and he enjoyed above all else dressing like a gentleman and hunting dog sized deer at home. I admired, and continue to admire that.
So, I'll let entire disciplines go on the small game from- waterfowl as a group, upland as a group, small four legged game (coyotes, rabbits, yada yada) as a group, gophers even hell.
You MUST pick one, not "this, or this" as I'm sorely tempted to give one of those middling answers and dabble in a few possibilities. I'd like to see it down to one, you CAN share your short list though, as long as there's a final pick. One catch; we have to be able to afford it and feasibly do it, no professional elephant hunters for instance (unless you're wealthy enough to do it annually).
Short List:
Upland
Grizzlies
Blacktail deer
Rationale: I hunted blacktail on our farm before anything else, love them. Grizzlies I find more interesting than any other creature where I'm from. Upland, nothing puts a bigger smile on my face than going out with the dog and my son, and my wife doesn't mind it either.
Decision?
Upland. I'll be able to do it till I die, it's least likely to face a ban, it's easy, it's fun to bring along someone who hasn't hunted before, I like my dog, my kids like it, my wife likes it. Lots of action, rarely a dull day. I love fine shotguns and how they handle. I love the dynamic nature of wing shooting. Few outside hunting take offence to it and it's easy dinner conversation. You can do it on every continent in the world except Antarctica- and hey Douglas may prove me wrong there too with penguin.
So, I'll let entire disciplines go on the small game from- waterfowl as a group, upland as a group, small four legged game (coyotes, rabbits, yada yada) as a group, gophers even hell.
You MUST pick one, not "this, or this" as I'm sorely tempted to give one of those middling answers and dabble in a few possibilities. I'd like to see it down to one, you CAN share your short list though, as long as there's a final pick. One catch; we have to be able to afford it and feasibly do it, no professional elephant hunters for instance (unless you're wealthy enough to do it annually).
Short List:
Upland
Grizzlies
Blacktail deer
Rationale: I hunted blacktail on our farm before anything else, love them. Grizzlies I find more interesting than any other creature where I'm from. Upland, nothing puts a bigger smile on my face than going out with the dog and my son, and my wife doesn't mind it either.
Decision?
Upland. I'll be able to do it till I die, it's least likely to face a ban, it's easy, it's fun to bring along someone who hasn't hunted before, I like my dog, my kids like it, my wife likes it. Lots of action, rarely a dull day. I love fine shotguns and how they handle. I love the dynamic nature of wing shooting. Few outside hunting take offence to it and it's easy dinner conversation. You can do it on every continent in the world except Antarctica- and hey Douglas may prove me wrong there too with penguin.
