Snowed in it was. Plenty of it up there.
Most challenging hunting you experienced.
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The biggest challenge while hunting small game for substance is not to expensive more calories on the hunt than you harvest. Snares, deadfalls, traps that hunt while you save energy are your best bets. Without firearms the privative skills of throwing sticks and stones become relative. Fishing in any form can supply more quality calories than most small game will. Rabbit starvation?
Yaworski
Hawkeye
At the risk of being controversial, yep. I don't see the fun in shooting an animal just to shoot it.
Nowadays most hunting is sport hunting. Licences, permits, rules and regulations, very few are authorized to substance hunt like the folks of The First Nations that utilized every part of the bruin I bagged. It's up to sport hunters to ensure that they harvest what they shoot. JMHO YMMV. The hogs I harvest are donated to the church and feed the needy. Yet the smallest recipe books usually belong to P-Dog hunters, can't imagine why?
"I don't hunt for "sport". Killing something from 300 yards away from hiding like a coward.... not impressive."
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. Shooting at most herbivore type game animals doesn't involve face to face confrontation. It is be accomplished if/when the hunter is undetected by the game. Most game will be spooked and run away at the sight of a human @ 300 yards.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this.
Shooting at most herbivore type game animals doesn't involve face to face confrontation. It is be accomplished if/when the hunter is undetected by the game. Most game will be spooked and run away at the sight of a human @ 300 yards.I've never needed to take a 300 yard shot at tablefare, stalking is a skill that I pride myself on. Yet shooting from a blind or tree stand isn't stalking. Still, hunting with a firearm is ambush hunting unless you are being charged. While I prepare for 300 yard encounters (the maximum range I would engage tablefare) I have proven capable of one shot stops at over six times that distance on targets with 10 inch vital zones. Those targets have never been served on my table. YMMV."I don't hunt for "sport". Killing something from 300 yards away from hiding like a coward.... not impressive."
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this.
How about spear hunting an elk or moose? Maybe a grizzly. That's a sport- either could win. 
Did you get your bag limit? I'm a Snipe and I'm going to ask XUSNORDIE to give you an AO punch.Those "snipes" my uncles kept making me hunt at night when I was a kid
Does this most challenging hunt include wimmin?? They can be the biggest challenge of all.
Here we have more tales of The Most Interesting Man In The World....hoisting another glass of Dos Equis XX towards us as if we are thirsty for more. As his saying goes..."stay thirsty my friends".....or, perhaps it's Chuck Norris's hunting memoirs....we'll never know as he eludes to so much......probably "classified".
....as for hunting with spears....yes it's done. Look at Tim Wells for an example.
But what do I know.....I'm a "coward" who hunted varmints out to 1000 yards.... We also hunted the ferocious Ground Grizz by stalking with handguns and bow. Each method has it's challenges not to be confused with cowardice from the ignorant and opinionated about hunting.
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....as for hunting with spears....yes it's done. Look at Tim Wells for an example.
But what do I know.....I'm a "coward" who hunted varmints out to 1000 yards.... We also hunted the ferocious Ground Grizz by stalking with handguns and bow. Each method has it's challenges not to be confused with cowardice from the ignorant and opinionated about hunting.
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"....as for hunting with spears....yes it's done."
It's even specifically 'allowed' by MO deer hunting regulations during the 'alternative methods' season. Not certain if loincloth, moccasins, and feathered head dress are required
I'll stick with my 6.8 SPC AR 'pistol' with 10 round mag and 1-4x scope (plus insulated coveralls and boots in the typical January weather).
It's even specifically 'allowed' by MO deer hunting regulations during the 'alternative methods' season. Not certain if loincloth, moccasins, and feathered head dress are required
I'll stick with my 6.8 SPC AR 'pistol' with 10 round mag and 1-4x scope (plus insulated coveralls and boots in the typical January weather)
.Hunting Artic Squirrel ( parka squirrel / ground grizz) with handguns and a bow sounds interesting, but that seems like a lot of calories expended for a small meal..
But what do I know.....I'm a "coward" who hunted varmints out to 1000 yards.... We also hunted the ferocious Ground Grizz by stalking with handguns and bow. Each method has it's challenges not to be confused with cowardice from the ignorant and opinionated about hunting.
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Well I have never had the opportunity or been able to afford the big hunts out west or Africa. So my most challenging hunt would be for grouse in the strip pits in southern Ohio. Hunting heavy and thick cover and walking up and down in the old strip mines made for a long day. Not to mention grouse flying at high speed weaving in and out of that heavy cover. Those days are long gone, both the birds and me being able to hunt them all day.
Badger Matt
Single-Sixer
I’m a new 9.3x62 Sauer Field Ethos model and will take it to Africa. Only been twice and used my 458 WM on Buffalo. Any preferred loads you recommend? Where did you hunt the Buffalo and elephant with your 9.3?
Thanks, Matt
Near the end of the 70's Kenya banned hunting so things shifted to South Africa. Back then most everywhere in Africa the 9.3 x 62 was grandfathered in, so it would be wise to check the regs where you intend to hunt as many spots now regulate a minimum of 375 H&H. Nosler Partitions used to be the bees knees on thin skinned game, yet many prefered solids for thick skinned game. Nowadays there may be many improved loads for the 9.3 x 62 that I'm not familiar with. Yet if I was returning for a hunt currently I'd probably still pack a box or two of Nosler Partition. JMHO YMMV.
Never had a problem finding women, unless I was sort on funds.
I used to be a bartender... No problem finding them. You just didn't keep what you found
Catch and release!!
Mine was in 2021, alone in Little Norway Bay. 60 Miles North of Dutch Harbor AK. hunting with a 375 Ultra Mag Remington Rifle w/300gn. popped out my tent with my hand gun to take a coffee pee. spotted this guy at 45 yards. behind my tent, 3 shots in the chest with my Grizzly 45 win mag. not a day go's by I don't think about it. epic!
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Query or Quarry?
DGW1949
Hawkeye
Killed a big feral sow in a muddy corn field over in Waco Texas just before dark about 20 years ago. I had to drag it into the surrounding woods, field dress the thing, and then carry it over my shoulder back to camp some 1/2 mile away....That was the longest 1/2 mile That I think I've ever walked.LOL.
DGW
DGW
Hertervillian
Saluki
An elk hunt that required a 10 mile horseback ride each way. I’ve since had hip replacement surgery and hope that elevates the pain. I was nearly crippled for a couple hours after those rides.
The horseback portion has always been an ordeal from a pain perspective. My back just isn’t what it should be. The hiking around goes pretty well. Gutting can be a challenge when pressed for time because of my back. Remind myself it’s a once a year experience and drag it out and enjoy it.
The horseback portion has always been an ordeal from a pain perspective. My back just isn’t what it should be. The hiking around goes pretty well. Gutting can be a challenge when pressed for time because of my back. Remind myself it’s a once a year experience and drag it out and enjoy it.
