Wild in terms of how natural location is from mans footprint and distance from civilization.


North West Territories of Canada are by far the most remote area that I have ever visited. Visited the Galapagos years ago but was surprised at how many people lived on some of the islands. Sub Sahara Africa is the same with villages and people throughout much of the area.

It will be interesting to see what others say and how many of you have visited and hunted places like Kamchatka, Siberia, Patagonia etc.

An honorable mention for me is Salmon-Chllis National Forrest in Idaho.

For me, I would have to say several places. Certain parts of AK, the NWT and the Yukon in North America. Going sheep hunting in the NWT is a real adventure just getting there. You don't see many planes (bush planes) that is a certainty.

Perhaps more remote was part of the Quinghai (spelling) province in China. We hunted sheep there in 1997. I was totally shocked. When we left the last little town, it was a 21 hour jeep ride to our camp. There were very very few people there. The environment was harsh, dry and barren. I remember saying that I only thought I had been to remote places before. I don't see how anyone could survive there.

--- An elk camp just below Mongolia's border with Russia.
-- A moose camp in the Yukon.
-- A caribou camp in the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).
-- A half dozen places on both sides of Baja California where we landed Cessnas on beaches and fished in the 1960s and 70s before they built a road down the peninsula.
-- An elk camp under Arizona's Mogollon Rim six hours by horseback from any road.

The wildness was long gone when I first hunted in southern Africa in 1983. I've only hunted in seven countries down there, but I never experienced anything that would qualify as wilderness.

Bill Quimby

The middle fork of the salmon river, the Colorado through the Grand Canyon, black canyon of the gunnison.

Last summer I was feeling a bit claustrophobic so I loaded up my '02 Toyota Tundra (with 293000 miles on it and a cracked frame) and drove from Central Massachusetts to Goose Bay, Labrador, camping and fly fishing along the way. I was never more than a few hundred miles from town but it was remote, quiet, and the perfect cure for Boston traffic.

As a middle age man the middle fork of the Chandalar river, Brooks Mountain range about 90 miles north of the arctic circle on a grizzly hunt. Selous block in Tanzania hunting buffalo. Spending a week floating the Grand Canyon from one end to the other.


AS a young man, mountains of I corp South Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader hunting and being hunted by the NVA.

As a boy of 11, pushing the John boat off with a buddy of the same age and waving goodbye to our fathers as we go on a two night float, fishing, camping trip down the Leaf River in South Ms. Very thrilling at that age.

Moose hunting halfway down the Alaska Peninsula, south of Port Heiden. It is incredibly wild country. Got to fly around the inside of the Mt. Veniaminov volcano in a super cub. Kinda 'prehistoric' out there. Huge moose and tons of brown bears.

The other spot was way up the Yanert River in the Alaska Range, a few miles below the Yanert Glacier. 2 week horse hunt for sheep and grizzly along the Yanert. It was incredible how much game we saw in that country. At one point, while eating lunch, we could see 7 Dall rams, a group of moose with a giant bull, 2 grizzlies and over a hundred caribou all at the same time.

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Moose hunting halfway down the Alaska Peninsula, south of Port Heiden. It is incredibly wild country. Got to fly around the inside of the Mt. Veniaminov volcano in a super cub. Kinda 'prehistoric' out there. Huge moose and tons of brown bears.

The other spot was way up the Yanert River in the Alaska Range, a few miles below the Yanert Glacier. 2 week horse hunt for sheep and grizzly along the Yanert. It was incredible how much game we saw in that country. At one point, while eating lunch, we could see 7 Dall rams, a group of moose with a giant bull, 2 grizzlies and over a hundred caribou all at the same time.

Definitely a few spots left in Alaska.

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That said, no matter how remote I've gotten up here I've always at least heard airplanes.

Block L-7 of the Niassa Reserve in Mozambique is the most remote Joyce and I have been considering we never heard an airplane and when we climbed an Inselberg to watch the sunset later in the darkness we realized there were no lights or fires visible to the horizon in all directions. It was remote!!

I have been in lots of remote places including the Yukon, BC, and all over Alaska, but the most remote place by far is Mongolia - the one place where I never saw a plane flying over my head.

About 1400 miles up the Amazon, fishing 200 miles up river from Manaus near Codajas.

Full Moon party on Koh Phangan (Island off coast of Thailand).

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Somewhere north of Tok AK near the Yukon border It took a larger Cessna to fly our party of 4 into a remote bush airstrip/ staging area. Then a super cub to fly us in 1 at a time to ridge top in the middle of nowhere. When it takes 2 bush flights to get to your drop camp( unguided hunt) you know you are in the boonies. Never saw a plane or any other sign of humans for a week. 40 Mile Air believes in giving you your money's worth!!

The Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Extremely remote, locals were cannibals in the recent past, naked wearing gourds over their private parts, ugliest women you ever saw. Used pigs are money.....

300 miles out on the polar sea ice north of the North shore of Alaska. Not a visit I worked there for a winter. I've seen some places in central and Southwestern Ak out on the peninsula that were pert near primordial.

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The Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Extremely remote, locals were cannibals in the recent past, naked wearing gourds over their private parts, ugliest women you ever saw. Used pigs are money.....

. . . sounds like Louisiana.

In Australia, drive 8 hours west of the east coast and it will be the most remote place you have ever been. Or drive 2 hours east of the west coast of Australia and the same.

Break down in the wrong place, and if no one knows your location you'll be weeks or months from rescue.

About the same as the Yukon.

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The Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Extremely remote, locals were cannibals in the recent past, naked wearing gourds over their private parts, ugliest women you ever saw. Used pigs are money.....

. . . sounds like Louisiana.

Rather crude and uncharacteristic for a man of your high standards I'd say.

I imagine we have some members from Louisiana as I recall having dinner with one that bothered to drive one hour in Colorado simply to meet Joyce and have dinner with us during a pronghorn hunt.

fa·ce·tious fəˈsēSHəs/adjective: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. Synonyms: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, ironic, sardonic, joking, jokey, jocular, playful, sportive, teasing, mischievous.

. . . for what it is worth, my paternal grandparents were both born, raised and died in Louisiana, my Dad was born in Louisiana and went to LSU, I have two aunts and uncles that currently live in Louisiana (both of which were born there) and one that is deceased that was born and lived in Louisiana . . . not to mention numerous cousins and extended relatives.

I guess that I could add; 1300 feet under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and 600 feet under the polar ice cap.

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The Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Extremely remote, locals were cannibals in the recent past, naked wearing gourds over their private parts, ugliest women you ever saw. Used pigs are money.....

. . . sounds like Louisiana.

Very similar......

Lots of such places, its a big world. The desert of Mexico is pretty darn remote..The Challis and Salmon in Idaho was given a honorable mention but during elk season its damn crowded these days, Been hunting it for the last 36 years, more people all the time, but its a big beautiful country for sure, just not remote anymore.

NW Alaska, though we did occasionally hear a bush plane (usually fish and game).

The Altai mountains of Mongolia were extremely wild and remote as well. I took a 3 hour helicopter charter from Ulaanbaatar to the Altai and can honestly say we flew over less than half a dozen yurts. Interestingly, we saw dozens of ancient tombs from the air that had yet to be "discovered", though some had been rifled through by grave robbers at some point in history. Never saw or heard a plane of any kind while there. Flying from the altai to the gobi we didn't see a single person, though did see some livestock in some of the valleys.

Hope to go back to both places soon.

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fa·ce·tious fəˈsēSHəs/adjective: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. Synonyms: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, ironic, sardonic, joking, jokey, jocular, playful, sportive, teasing, mischievous.

. . . for what it is worth, my paternal grandparents were both born, raised and died in Louisiana, my Dad was born in Louisiana and went to LSU, I have two aunts and uncles that currently live in Louisiana (both of which were born there) and one that is deceased that was born and lived in Louisiana . . . not to mention numerous cousins and extended relatives.

Ya Coon Ass!

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fa·ce·tious fəˈsēSHəs/adjective: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. Synonyms: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, ironic, sardonic, joking, jokey, jocular, playful, sportive, teasing, mischievous.

. . . for what it is worth, my paternal grandparents were both born, raised and died in Louisiana, my Dad was born in Louisiana and went to LSU, I have two aunts and uncles that currently live in Louisiana (both of which were born there) and one that is deceased that was born and lived in Louisiana . . . not to mention numerous cousins and extended relatives.

Ya Coon Ass!

Still not clear here on the definition of CoonAss. I know all Coonass are Cajun but not all Cajun are Coonass. Beyond that, I get lost

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fa·ce·tious fəˈsēSHəs/adjective: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. Synonyms: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, ironic, sardonic, joking, jokey, jocular, playful, sportive, teasing, mischievous.

. . . for what it is worth, my paternal grandparents were both born, raised and died in Louisiana, my Dad was born in Louisiana and went to LSU, I have two aunts and uncles that currently live in Louisiana (both of which were born there) and one that is deceased that was born and lived in Louisiana . . . not to mention numerous cousins and extended relatives.

Ya Coon Ass!

Still not clear here on the definition of CoonAss. I know all Coonass are Cajun but not all Cajun are Coonass. Beyond that, I get lost

I meant it as a compliment after Mike explained his heritage. Of course, some people consider the term an insulting slur; but I'm confident Mike won't as he is a big boy here on AR and besides, as an attorney he's been called things far worse by people who actually meant it.

DLS, I didn't see it as a slur in any way and am sure Lawyer Jines wouldn't either.

I am legitimately trying to figure out the defining line between Cajun and CoobAss....just for my own curiosity

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fa·ce·tious fəˈsēSHəs/adjective: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. Synonyms: flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, ironic, sardonic, joking, jokey, jocular, playful, sportive, teasing, mischievous.

. . . for what it is worth, my paternal grandparents were both born, raised and died in Louisiana, my Dad was born in Louisiana and went to LSU, I have two aunts and uncles that currently live in Louisiana (both of which were born there) and one that is deceased that was born and lived in Louisiana . . . not to mention numerous cousins and extended relatives.

Ya Coon Ass!

Still not clear here on the definition of CoonAss. I know all Coonass are Cajun but not all Cajun are Coonass. Beyond that, I get lost

I meant it as a compliment after Mike explained his heritage. Of course, some people consider the term an insulting slur; but I'm confident Mike won't as he is a big boy here on AR and besides, as an attorney he's been called things far worse by people who actually meant it.

To outsiders we are Cajuns, to each other we can be Coonasses. Coonass is usually preceded by dumb. Esquire Jines wishes to be a Cajun, however he is just a lowly Texan.

. . . I will openly confess to the occasional bout of coonass envy . . . particularly around this time of year when the mudbugs are generally getting cooked up.

Don't forget the boudin!

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I meant it as a compliment after Mike explained his heritage. Of course, some people consider the term an insulting slur; but I'm confident Mike won't as he is a big boy here on AR and besides, as an attorney he's been called things far worse by people who actually meant it.

Far, far worse!

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I meant it as a compliment after Mike explained his heritage. Of course, some people consider the term an insulting slur; but I'm confident Mike won't as he is a big boy here on AR and besides, as an attorney he's been called things far worse by people who actually meant it.

Far, far worse!

. . . and that was by my family.

Wildest places....Chapare valley, San Jose de Guaviare, Putamayo, Tres Esquinas, Chaco, and Isadoras in Quito.

Detroit Michigan 1967