I thought this would be a fun thread, but I'm sure there have been previous threads like this.

What are your top 2-3 bucket list hunting trips (even if you have already been)?

I've pretty much only experienced whitetail and pig hunting on private land in central, south, and west TX, so my threshold for cool hunting experiences is fairly low compared to some of you.


I'm not as concerned with the "trophy" aspect of the hunting trip as I am with the environment/landscape/experience overall.

For me, it's Alaska Dall Sheep. Followed closely by muleys anywhere in the Rockies. 3rd is probably Caribou in BC or the Yukon.

Africa looks cool, but for some reason I'm much more drawn to experiencing wild places on this continent.

What's on your list?

A blackbuck called Edgar

I really have no desire to leave the continent. Mine are fairly pedestrian.

Alaska Caribou
Dakotas pheasant
Canada moose
Black bear anywhere

- Argentina dove hunt
- Some sort of mountain lion hunt

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In order:

-Caribou in the Yukon
-Mule Deer on horseback in the Rockies
-Elk in general
-Moose just because I think they make the most bad*** mounts in a house

-Muley
-Big Horn Sheep
-Elk/Moose

Those are my three I would really like to go for.

Elk
Buffalo
Desert Bighorn

Horseback mule deer in the mountains. (Done 2x in Wyoming)

African safari (scheduled for June 2023. Delayed from 2020 due to C19)

Archery black bear

Used to have Argentina dove hunt on my list but really wasn't bucket list worthy after going.

Caribou with a bow in BC
Big horn sheep
Dagestan Tur(booked for 2024)

LPHA said:

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Unfortunately, my bucket is filled with pennies rather than gold bars.

I'm thinking a moose or elk hunt once with all my boys.

Moose for me.

LPHA said:

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Didn't even have to click to know what that thread is.

Been very fortunate to check several of the top priorities off my list over the past couple years. Next few hunting species would probably be.....

- Elk
- Mountain goat
- Musk ox
- Wolf

For fishing....

- Tarpon
- Roosterfish
- Tuna

New Zealand Red Stag

bowhuntr said:

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New Zealand Red Stag

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Me too! Red stag and the NZ landscape really calls out to my soul!

That and an Alaska hunt for any BG species there.

Thaddeus Beauregard said:

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bowhuntr said:

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New Zealand Red Stag

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Me too! Red stag and the NZ landscape really calls out to my soul!

That and an Alaska hunt for any BG species there.

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Agree…the red stag hunts are surprisingly lower cost than I would have imagined…$6-8k total for 4 day hunt before airfare. Total after taxidermy etc. is probably $12k. Would have guessed just the hunt and trophy fee would have been $12k.

No offense but hunting musk ox is like hunting domestic cattle based on my interactions w them around Nome

txaggie02 said:

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Been very fortunate to check several of the top priorities off my list over the past couple years. Next few hunting species would probably be.....

- Elk
- Mountain goat
- Musk ox
- Wolf

For fishing....

- Tarpon
- Roosterfish
- Tuna

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Got 1 spot left to fill on an Idaho trophy elk trip in '23. j.texags@gmail if interested.

Fairly pedestrian

I want to shoot a nice mule deer buck, an elk (have 5pp in WY) and pronghorn(5pp in WY)

I'm more of a bird hunter but really don't have any left but really haven't done anything big besides w trips to freelance with some buddies in Canada for ducks and geese

My list is extensive and mostly in Texas (as that's the most realistic) but at the very top is a trip to South America.

Dove in Argentina followed by quail, red stag, and trout fishing in Patagonia.

Done: Black bear and big Axis bucks

Still on the list: Mule deer and bull elk anywhere.

Alaska/Canada Moose and Caribou Hunt
New Zealand Red Stag
Africa - Eland/Kudu + whatever else (hopefully a 2023 trip)

I really want to do a sheep slam but no way I can afford it. Maybe an ibex slam in Spain is realistic though…

Greenhead Smackdown - wherever… Kansas/Nebraska/Canada. Smoke green heads in a dry field sounds incredibly awesome

Horse pack in for elk hunt
Alaska black bear hunt via canoe stalk or spot stalk bear hunt in spring
Float trip for Moose during rut

Hope to check off elk hunt in next two years in either NM or Montana depending on draw results

Fishing
Boundary Water Canoe area for pike and smallies
Islamorada mixed bag of snook / tarpon
Middle Fork of Salmon River

email sent

Opening week pheasant hunting in North Dakota and then the opening week in South Dakota. 2 weeks up there hunting behind good pointers for wild birds. I've been to both several times but only for 2 or 3 day hunts.

Griz
Moose
Dall

Trophy Muley is hopefully next

I want my 4+ spiral blackbuck

B-1 83 said:

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I want my 4+ spiral blackbuck

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Check out this dude

Moose
Brown bear
Caribou
Cougar
Black bear

Too wide

Oh. My. Goodness

Marco polo sheep in Tajikistan
Lord derby eland in Cameroon or CAR
Mountain Caribou in the Northwest Territories

I have the North American sheep slam on my list, and am heading to Alaska this fall for dall sheep. But I would prioritize the hunts I have above before I tried to knock out all four NA sheep

Mine would be:
Pheasant somewhere in the Dakota
Dove/duck in Argentina
Mules or elk, since red stag will never be affordable

Some good ones already mentioned.

I would add Sonora desert mule deer.