Bucket list hunt?

[NigelM]

I'm very lucky through my work to have made some very good friends all over Europe. They have taken me Moose shooting in Lapland, Chamois hunting in the Alps and the Pyrenees, Mouflon hunting in the Massif Central and Boar shooting in Italy. They have all been great adventures with great friends and I have some fantastic memories.

However, I wouldn't swap any of them for a week in Scotland on the Reds and the Sika during the rut. We should never forget what fantastic sport we have on our door step. The grass is not always greener on the other side.

I still have a bucket list that includes plains game in Africa, Tahr in NZ and Ibex in Eastern Europe or a Russian state, but I am willing to bet that Scotland will still top the list of experiences. Stalking into a switch holding 30 hinds who's fending off a few poachers or whistling a Sika Stag into 10 yards are memories that stay with you forever. Loading them onto a pony and walking them back to the larder where you embroider the story over a few drams of single malt is something you don't find anywhere else in the world.

 

[jimbo1984]

Quite a simple one really I’d love to have a go at capercaillie and black grouse , cwd would be nice one day too to round off the 6 species but to be honest I’ve done a hell of a lot of deerstalking so I’d be very content with those two

 

[Feugh]

I would love to have a crack at a McNab, and to go to northern Norway to fish for salmon and grayling. Neither has to be massively expensive if you do it DIY and some day I will do both.

 

[CarlW]

I've got most of the raptors but have never shot a peregrine falcon or a golden eagle. Perhaps next year.




Just kidding.......you guys.......

 

[Cootmeurer]

I have loved the bucket list hunts that I have been on. But, the problem is the bucket never empties, it seems to get bigger. I wanted a representative Roe - and Malcolm set me up nicely. Then he said you should come to the highlands. Then I went to the highlands with him and got a representative Sika (actually a bit better - but I digress) and a little Red. Then I ended with Frank and shot a representative Red and a bunch of pink foots and greylags. Now I am convinced I need to come back and get the other 3 deer species - and maybe head over to the continent for a Mouflon. Of course I still have all the species here in the US.

Right now the only thing not on my list is African game, but that is probably a short lived illusion, and once I take my first head - the bucket will get even larger

 

[norma 308]

The Yukon sounds good apart from the horse bit , Alaska does look amazing dog sleds wolverine moose and carabou

 

[tusker]

Quite a simple one really I’d love to have a go at capercaillie and black grouse , cwd would be nice one day too to round off the 6 species but to be honest I’ve done a hell of a lot of deerstalking so I’d be very content with those two

I got my capercaillie 3 years ago in Finish Lapland, one of the most memorable hunts I have had.
Tusker

 

[devon deer stalker]

The Yukon sounds good apart from the horse bit , Alaska does look amazing dog sleds wolverine moose and carabou

And you will need deep pockets Norma (maybe you have?!) it's my understanding that you have to employ an outfitter unless you are hunting with an Alaskan close family member, doesn't seem fair to me.
Cheers
Richard

 

[Bear1cat]

Already done it, Elk and Deer self guided public land hunt in Montana, just have to think about another one to add to the list now.
Cheers
Richard

Yes,
This is what I would love to do.
That must have been amazing

 

[Pine Marten]

The Yukon sounds good apart from the horse bit , Alaska does look amazing dog sleds wolverine moose and carabou

I think it very much adds to the experience but then I suppose it depends how comfortable you are on a horse!

 

[Pine Marten]

And you will need deep pockets Norma (maybe you have?!) it's my understanding that you have to employ an outfitter unless you are hunting with an Alaskan close family member, doesn't seem fair to me.
Cheers
Richard

Yes, it's very expensive. As for the much higher prices for visitors, I suppose they have a very limited natural resource that they don't want to overexploit. In those environments, game densities are actually very low because they're very barren and harsh. You could overhunt them quite easily. But stick a US$10 price tag on each moose and the same again for the outfitters and you have a sustainable, profitable business model bringing in plenty of money whilst preserving the resource for the locals. I'm not sure whether it's fair or not comes into it unfortunately...

 

[Klenchblaize]

Feel sure I could be persuaded to go after a chamois if oppertunity arose.

K

 

[User00025]

I've got most of the raptors but have never shot a peregrine falcon or a golden eagle. Perhaps next year.




Just kidding.......you guys.......

Neither taste as good as a hen harrier, so don't bother.

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

The Yukon sounds good apart from the horse bit , Alaska does look amazing dog sleds wolverine moose and carabou

horses are nasty at both ends and crazy in the middle! ,and yes i,ve rode horses even broke one in once yrs ago, but no! half a step behind sheep and a full one behind goats!

 

[VSS]

horses are nasty at both ends and crazy in the middle! ,and yes i,ve rode horses even broke one in once yrs ago, but no! half a step behind sheep and a full one behind goats!

Doug, people will talk if you start riding sheep!
(And besides, we've already had a fairly long discussion on here about the best way to deal with sheep worriers - you could come to a bad end!)

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

I wouldn,t worry an hedgehog these days tim. atb

 

[devon deer stalker]

Yes,
This is what I would love to do.
That must have been amazing

This the latest trip
Famous four go to Montana
I did 2012, 2014, 2016 and the above trip.
Cheers
Richard

 

[Bear1cat]

This the latest trip
Famous four go to Montana
I did 2012, 2014, 2016 and the above trip.
Cheers
Richard

What a great read.
Thanks for that.

 

[devon deer stalker]

What a great read.
Thanks for that.

No worries, this might be of help as wellhttps://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/threads/are-you-thinking-of-hunting-in-the-us.152678/#post-1432992
To be honest, I have made some good friends over there, next time (did I just write next time!) I won't take a rifle, I will borrow one.
Cheers
Richard

 

[Bear1cat]

No worries, this might be of help as wellhttps://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/threads/are-you-thinking-of-hunting-in-the-us.152678/#post-1432992
To be honest, I have made some good friends over there, next time (did I just write next time!) I won't take a rifle, I will borrow one.
Cheers
Richard

Again that was helpful.
Time I got serious about planning a trip.
I know I’ll end up really regretting it if I don’t.
I find Montana breathtaking just in the hunting videos, I can’t imagine what it will be like in real life.