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I killed a gemsbok (oryx) in Namibia. I was expecting a fire-breathing, bulletproof monster. One shot from a 7x57 with a 140 gr. Nosler Partition put it down within 30 yards.

The bulletproof animal I encountered was a zebra ....super tough animal!
 
Yeah, Lol. So...I think most of us can scratch BH's off our list of possibilities. So what other, more realistic, bucket list or repeat hunts would we recommend?
 
My wife drew a bighorn tag in 1979. By the time the hunt rolled around, she was 6+ mos. pregnant and the doctor wouldn't let her go above 7000 ft.

That was a bitter bowl of tag soup.
 
There are only two kinds of people who get to hunt BH sheep. The rich and the lucky.;) And some Canadian residents.
 
H&H It will only cost you about $60,000 to go to Mexico and hunt them. Maybe I just don't understand the attraction. They are beautiful animals. But it seems the attraction lies solely in the the limited number of tags available. Which is also why they are so expensive. By my figuring, that's about 5 trips to Africa. Or several to Alaska/Canada/South America. $60k-$500k just to say "look at that sheep head on my wall".
 
Any hunt that I can take a child whom is new to ,but ready to hunt . The thrill & excitement generated watching & participating in the first kill can't be brought about on a hunt of my own .
 
BigBore44 said:
H&H It will only cost you about $60,000 to go to Mexico and hunt them. Maybe I just don't understand the attraction. They are beautiful animals. But it seems the attraction lies solely in the the limited number of tags available. Which is also why they are so expensive. By my figuring, that's about 5 trips to Africa. Or several to Alaska/Canada/South America. $60k-$500k just to say "look at that sheep head on my wall".
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Any year now I'm going to draw my BH tag in CO. It will cost me well under a $grand all in when I do. $250 for the resident tag and the rest will be scouting, fuel and groceries. You won't find me buying a desert BH hunt in Mexico anytime soon. I disagree with you on the hunt experience however. Mountain hunting is one of the most challenging things you can do. The extreme physical and mental aspects of a mountain species hunt is what makes it attractive to me.
 
H&H,
I'm not discounting the fact the hunt "can be" physically challenging. I'm not discounting the possibility of all of them being physically challenging. That in itself is an attraction to me as well. I just meant the BH itself. The reason someone would pay $480,000 to hunt one has ZERO to do with the physical or mental challenges of the hunt. It can only be for prestige. And if he/she can drop half a mil on a tag, think what they will spend to ensure they get their trophy.

I hope you do draw that tag. And I hope you get your sheep. Even if it costs you $5,000 I think that's worth it for what you will see while you're up there. You're hunting for the right reasons. You're just doing it frugally.
 
BigBore44 said:
H&H,
I'm not discounting the fact the hunt "can be" physically challenging. I'm not discounting the possibility of all of them being physically challenging. That in itself is an attraction to me as well. I just meant the BH itself. The reason someone would pay $480,000 to hunt one has ZERO to do with the physical or mental challenges of the hunt. It can only be for prestige. And if he/she can drop half a mil on a tag, think what they will spend to ensure they get their trophy.

I hope you do draw that tag. And I hope you get your sheep. Even if it costs you $5,000 I think that's worth it for what you will see while you're up there. You're hunting for the right reasons. You're just doing it frugally.
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I repeat my Dall sheep tag costs $25. Same type of hunting, nearly the same animal.
 
BigBore44 said:
H&H,
I'm not discounting the fact the hunt "can be" physically challenging. I'm not discounting the possibility of all of them being physically challenging. That in itself is an attraction to me as well. I just meant the BH itself. The reason someone would pay $480,000 to hunt one has ZERO to do with the physical or mental challenges of the hunt. It can only be for prestige. And if he/she can drop half a mil on a tag, think what they will spend to ensure they get their trophy.

I hope you do draw that tag. And I hope you get your sheep. Even if it costs you $5,000 I think that's worth it for what you will see while you're up there. You're hunting for the right reasons. You're just doing it frugally.
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Ego might play a part in why these guys pay the big bucks for a governors tag or a sheep foundation tag. But the reason these tags exist is to create revenue for conservation for the species. So I have no problem if a successful business man or other wealthy hunter wants to spend big bucks on those tags. The money goes to an excellent cause. If it is for the good of conservation I am all for it.
 
Couldn't have said it better. Probably no tags in the country that give more bang for the buck than those collaborated on by states and wildlife organizations
to support the same species.

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H&H,
I think we should agree to agree. I believe you're interpreting my responses incorrectly. Someone wants to spend a million on a tag, go for it. It's not going to affect me in the least. And the money/revenue is going to conservation....well, some of it. But we were talking about the challenges of a mountain hunt and the allure of that hunting. Like Jim (lucky) $25 for a Dall tag. I don't see Dall tags being sold for a couple hundred grand. Why? Because they aren't Big Horns. So the attraction for those tags is the prestige.
 
Seems to me it's like any other charity auction. You ever see a $2000 gun go for ten times that? Folks bid high for the charity, not necessarily for the item itself. As H&H said, it's just a way of raising funds.

Personally, I could spend a long time in Africa for half a million dollars.
 
I really want to hunt pronghorns in Montana. I go there every summer to visit and see them running around all over, but I haven't managed to get a hunt put together yet. Maybe next year...

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I think a speed goat hunt would be pretty fun. I pretty much hunt everything here. And it's not old. But I would like to expand my horizons. This year I've got an invite to Arkansas for a black bear hunt. Private property and "all the bears you could want". Biggest killed off the property was right at 600lbs. I'm going to either do it with my Matthews, or my Redhawk 44 mag. Pretty excited.
 
I'd much rather kill a 16" pronghorn than a 400 lb. bear. Last time I looked, bears didn't have horns.

After killing a couple of bears, I wondered why I did it? :confused:
 
Patocazador,
You're absolutely right. They don't. Not sure what the point of that statement was. Lots of game animals don't have horns (or antlers). Might be the only one I ever hunt too. But I'm still going to do it. It's something different.
 
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The meat and hide?
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The meat on one was tender and tasteless, the other was like trying to eat a rope.

I mounted one but won't hunt another. They just don't do anything for me ... kind of like hogs, same thing.

I talked to a guy who said he killed or guided people to 85 black bears over the years. Obviously, he liked bear hunting.
 
Patocazador said:
The meat on one was tender and tasteless, the other was like trying to eat a rope.

I mounted one but won't hunt another. They just don't do anything for me ... kind of like hogs, same thing.

I talked to a guy who said he killed or guided people to 85 black bears over the years. Obviously, he liked bear hunting.
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Depends on the hunt. Some garbage bear shot over bait or chased all day by hounds I don't know. But I hunt up high alpine bears that live on berry's and they are very good.
 
I myself am recovering from back surgery, and a kidney removeal. Trying to get my legs back under me while dreaming of hunts to come. Hoping back is healed enough to shoot a deer rifle this fall, and a shotgun come September. Have been entertaining myself with .22's and .223's. Elk and mule deer are a far away hope at this point, never hunted either. Here's to all as we dream of future hunts, thanks for past and future health, and good hunting.
 
double bogey said:
I myself am recovering from back surgery, and a kidney removeal. Trying to get my legs back under me while dreaming of hunts to come. Hoping back is healed enough to shoot a deer rifle this fall, and a shotgun come September. Have been entertaining myself with .22's and .223's. Elk and mule deer are a far away hope at this point, never hunted either. Here's to all as we dream of future hunts, thanks for past and future health, and good hunting.
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We need a cheers smiliey here.;)
 
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