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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Actually Shack, the Pro-Wolf crowd you mentioned doesn't live in the west except for Californians/ex-Californians, most of the Pro-Wolfer's don't live within hundreds if not thousands of miles to the nearest wolf habitat.

Another of those cases of outsiders dictating what the residents have to deal with.

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Or do you just sit at home and blame CA for everything???

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
I passed on a black wolf while stalking a moose in the Yukon. Wish now I would have tried the shot.

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:

Yes, I enjoy setting here making fun of cry babies like you that blame every one in the other 49 states because your screwed up state is taking your rights as a hunter/gun owner away from you and there was not anything you could do to stop it from happening. Looks to me like if there were all that many hunters/gun owners in California the guy that went out of state and shot the mountain lion would not have lost his job, you couldn't stop that either.

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Originally posted by CA Safari Hunter:

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:

Yes, I enjoy setting here making fun of cry babies like you that blame every one in the other 49 states because your screwed up state is taking your rights as a hunter/gun owner away from you and there was not anything you could do to stop it from happening. Looks to me like if there were all that many hunters/gun owners in California the guy that went out of state and shot the mountain lion would not have lost his job, you couldn't stop that either.

The only person on this site crying is you sir. You cry here everyday about something.....spikes, shooting deer under feeders, hunting behind fences and other hunters not embracing it. You’ve made half the members here stop posting and the other half have you on ignore.

Sorry jj33002 for my post.

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Originally posted by CA Safari Hunter:

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:

Yes, I enjoy setting here making fun of cry babies like you that blame every one in the other 49 states because your screwed up state is taking your rights as a hunter/gun owner away from you and there was not anything you could do to stop it from happening. Looks to me like if there were all that many hunters/gun owners in California the guy that went out of state and shot the mountain lion would not have lost his job, you couldn't stop that either.

The only person on this site crying is you sir. You cry here everyday about something.....spikes, shooting deer under feeders, hunting behind fences and other hunters not embracing it. You’ve made half the members here stop posting and the other half have you on ignore.

Sorry jj33002 for my post.

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
I did the gator hunt once back in 06. That, I can assure you, is a NON EVENT. It's more like aligator fishing than hunting. No hunting to it. Simply put a piece of chicken on a hook and tie the string, not line but string, to a tree, come back later in the day or the next, and if he swallowed the chicken and hook, you simple reel him in as you would a fish, then shoot it in the head with a 22 pistol. I did get a nice pair of boots out of it though.

Had a wolf tag while hunting black bear last April in Idaho. Got a bear but didn't see any wolves. I don't have a huge interest in taking one but certainly would as a target of opportunity.

On my list earlier, I left polar bear off simply because it is no longer importable into the U.S. Otherwise, it would be No. 1 on my list.

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Originally posted by woodsie:
I can assure you that my 11.5 foot Florida Gator was way more than catching on with a hook.He was a hell bent beast that was very upset that we bothered him with a Crossbow bolt in the middle of his GIANT swamp in the middle of the night. (on an airboat) It was by far one of the craziest, most dangerous thing I have done.
Just thought I would share my expierences.
I would put hunting gator at the top. I am looking at his full body mount in my trophy room as I type.
Good Luck,
W

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:

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Originally posted by jj33002:
I am also surprised no one listed wolf. Has anyone actually hunted one, if so, how was it?
Also I was curious if anyone had hunted alligator and if it was worth mentioning? Or Barbary Sheep? And here is how it is ranking with everyone's results right now, in order of popularity from your votes, if they tied they are not in any particular order.
1. Moose
2. White Tail
2. Mule Deer
3. Mountain Goat
3. Brown Bear
4. Elk
4. Big Horn sheep
5. Black Bear
5. Caribou
6. Antelope
6. Grizzly
6. Desert Sheep
7. Mountain Lion
7. Dall Sheep
8. Stone Sheep
8. Polar bear
8. Coues Deer
9. Rocky Mtn Elk
9. Coyote
9. Musk Ox
9. Bison
10. Turkey
10. Rio grande Turkey
10. Barren Ground Grizzly
10. Roosevelt Elk
10. Tule Elk
10. Black Tail Deer
10. Walrus
10. Javelina
10. Squirrel
10. Rabbit
10. Racoon
10. Fox
10. Hog
10. Persian Ibex

I was wondering when someone would include coyote. LOVE hunting them.

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Originally posted by OLBIKER:
What State has tags for persian Ibex???

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Originally posted by CA Safari Hunter:

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:

Yes, I enjoy setting here making fun of cry babies like you that blame every one in the other 49 states because your screwed up state is taking your rights as a hunter/gun owner away from you and there was not anything you could do to stop it from happening. Looks to me like if there were all that many hunters/gun owners in California the guy that went out of state and shot the mountain lion would not have lost his job, you couldn't stop that either.

The only person on this site crying is you sir. You cry here everyday about something.....spikes, shooting deer under feeders, hunting behind fences and other hunters not embracing it. You’ve made half the members here stop posting and the other half have you on ignore.

Sorry jj33002 for my post.

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Originally posted by woodsie:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
I did the gator hunt once back in 06. That, I can assure you, is a NON EVENT. It's more like aligator fishing than hunting. No hunting to it. Simply put a piece of chicken on a hook and tie the string, not line but string, to a tree, come back later in the day or the next, and if he swallowed the chicken and hook, you simple reel him in as you would a fish, then shoot it in the head with a 22 pistol. I did get a nice pair of boots out of it though.

Had a wolf tag while hunting black bear last April in Idaho. Got a bear but didn't see any wolves. I don't have a huge interest in taking one but certainly would as a target of opportunity.

On my list earlier, I left polar bear off simply because it is no longer importable into the U.S. Otherwise, it would be No. 1 on my list.

I can assure you that my 11.5 foot Florida Gator was way more than catching on with a hook.He was a hell bent beast that was very upset that we bothered him with a Crossbow bolt in the middle of his GIANT swamp in the middle of the night. (on an airboat) It was by far one of the craziest, most dangerous thing I have done.
Just thought I would share my expierences.
I would put hunting gator at the top. I am looking at his full body mount in my trophy room as I type.
Good Luck,
W

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Originally posted by Aaron Neilson:

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
I passed on a black wolf while stalking a moose in the Yukon. Wish now I would have tried the shot.

AAW, you're kidding right???? Man, that's too bad!

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Originally posted by MC:
My top 10 would look like this (all DIY):

-Mule Deer -- (do this every year as they are my favorite)
-elk -- (wilderness rut hunts. Something to do when a guy doesn't have a deer tag. Again, done it many times)
-Sitka Blacktail -- Never been, but would love to hunt them one day.
-Couse Whitetail -- Never hunted them, but it is another wish.
-Columbia Blacktail -- Another on the wish list.
-moose -- (I have killed one shiras on draw tags and have one more coming up in WY one day)
-Whitetail -- Free range in KS is a ball and those TX free rangers are fun too.
-Antelope -- Shot a couple and everyone should do it at least once.
-Desert Mule Deer -- I want to hunt them one day where a guy walks for miles hoping to cut a track.
-Bison -- free range, wild critters in Utah's Henry Mtns or Book Cliffs. Been on one hunt with a family member and hope the wife draws so I can go on another one.

My dream would be any sheep hunt, but I'll never be able to experience one.

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Originally posted by LionHead:
I've been very fortunate to have been able to see many of the animals listed while hunting and have taken a good many.
My list is different b/c of that:
1. Desert sheep
2. Rocky Mntn sheep
3. Arctic fox
4. Arctic Ptarmigan
5. Harlequin duck
6. Canvasback duck
7. A sawfish
8. Brown bear
9. A black mink
10. Coues deer

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Originally posted by MC:
My top 10 would look like this (all DIY):

-Mule Deer -- (do this every year as they are my favorite)
-elk -- (wilderness rut hunts. Something to do when a guy doesn't have a deer tag. Again, done it many times)
-Sitka Blacktail -- Never been, but would love to hunt them one day.
-Couse Whitetail -- Never hunted them, but it is another wish.
-Columbia Blacktail -- Another on the wish list.
-moose -- (I have killed one shiras on draw tags and have one more coming up in WY one day)
-Whitetail -- Free range in KS is a ball and those TX free rangers are fun too.
-Antelope -- Shot a couple and everyone should do it at least once.
-Desert Mule Deer -- I want to hunt them one day where a guy walks for miles hoping to cut a track.
-Bison -- free range, wild critters in Utah's Henry Mtns or Book Cliffs. Been on one hunt with a family member and hope the wife draws so I can go on another one.

My dream would be any sheep hunt, but I'll never be able to experience one.