What's your favorite animal to hunt?

Taurus_9mm · 09-12-2007, 05:02 PM

Just curious as to what your favorite animal is to hunt? While growing up and over the years since, I've hunted deer, rabbit, squirrel and doves. My all-time favorite has been deer but as I've gotten older I've enjoyed hunting squirrel about as much. I'd say now deer slightly nudges out squirrel as my favorite game to go after.

deputy125 · 09-12-2007, 06:39 PM

I'd have to say dove hunting. The challenge of shooting on the wing, much more shooting and more days in the field, and minimal costs.
Hard to say about 2nd place---either phesant(rare but tons of fun), or sandhill crane.

Calvin Wiles · 09-13-2007, 12:13 AM

Hunting Armadillo's with a .45 Auto.

rman · 09-13-2007, 02:28 AM

I'm with you Taurus! Only thing I would add is Elk, but I'm not up to the mountains any more.

sheepdog · 09-13-2007, 02:32 AM

Water Moccasins.......

gunman42782 · 09-13-2007, 02:55 AM

I honestly would rather hunt squirrels than anything. I think they are a blast, and I get as big a kick out of hunting them as deer. I like them because I can move around more and still kill a few instead of sitting still for hours on end hoping to catch a glimpse of a deer. Now, I would rather eat deer, and my favorite critter to eat is rabbit, but squirrels are the most fun, IMHO.

Taurus_9mm · 09-15-2007, 05:14 PM

rman,

Elk would be something I would like to try sometime. We had them reintroduced back into Kentucky in, I believe, around 1998 from Utah. Apparently they were here before around 100 years ago or so but all were completely killed off. The last I had heard there are now between 5,000 - 6,000 in E. Ky and down in parts of E. Tennessee.

sheepdog · 09-16-2007, 12:30 AM

Cool to know-sure have the mountains for them...love eastern Tenn....

ratgunner · 09-16-2007, 09:07 AM

I'd say turkeys.

rp_cavanaugh · 09-16-2007, 06:32 PM

Ducks and upland bird, for the same reasons as above. The big deer trip lost its appeal after college, when I started working in the cold all winter. Pheasant can be hunted wearing jeans and a t-shirt around here, and the duck blinds are a ten minute walk from the house.

Turkeys are too much fun. Easy and yet difficult at the same time.

Bryan · 09-18-2007, 09:54 AM

Deer,squirrel,& ground hog

Johngoboom · 09-18-2007, 10:10 AM

Handgun hunting for deer is just two much fun. But if just hunting with freinds, then squirrels are hard to beat. The bunny huggers up here in Michigan won't let us hunt doves or sandhills.

peace · 09-18-2007, 01:45 PM

I have to agree with Taurus_9mm and say deer with squirrel running a close second, because these are the two I can and do hunt on a regular basis. Let my finances get longer and hogs, bear, elk, caribou and moose would all be on the endangered list. Also would like to try my hand at turkey, ducks and geese and some of those other birds.

kim · 09-24-2007, 03:42 AM

Coyotes

Molon Labe

Kim

rman · 10-04-2007, 03:37 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by kim

Coyotes

Molon Labe

Kim

Oh yeah! How could I forget coyotes? Not my favorite, but about number 4 on the list. Also like to shoot crows and prairie dogs. Haven't got to in a while though.

EddieF · 10-04-2007, 07:00 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Bryan

Deer,squirrel,& ground hog

Bryan, you're not too far from me in Northern Virginia. Could you come to my house and hunt the groundhogs that have built an Osama-style underground bunker beneath my shed??

RVN11B · 10-04-2007, 08:20 AM

Tree Rats and Wabbits with hand gun for sure!

After this fall/early winter I just might add hogs! Cant make up my mind about what to use though. Hell Ill just use a different gun for each trip.

That'll work! [8D]

VerySavage · 10-27-2007, 03:36 PM

I have been a Moose hunting fanatic ever since I shot my first Bull Moose on my 14th birthday on October 1, 1971. I enjoy hunting Elk, Muley Deer, Whitetail Deer & Black Bear also, but for my favorite hunt I would pick Moose everytime.
--Ken

Cocked and Locked · 10-29-2007, 02:44 PM

#1 Favorite Whitetail Deer

#2 Favorite Wild Hogs

Snuffy · 11-17-2007, 05:54 AM

nice pictures, just about anything really if it doesn't cost and arm and leg to hunt it.

Drummer · 11-26-2007, 01:26 PM

Bass

Neophyte · 11-26-2007, 01:34 PM

Being "outside" enjoying the privilege; is a hunters paradise.

dbsoundguy · 11-27-2007, 04:25 PM

Rattlesnakes(Shhhhh[8)])

and Quail...
love to hunt Elk..

whistlepig · 12-28-2007, 03:25 PM

varmints...groundhogs are a blast, so are sod poodles and ground squrriels, although you have to scale back your gun a lot with the ground squrriels...my favorite is the .17HMR for them- very accurate...although I have never had anything that shoots as accurately as my .22-250 700 Varminter...grey squrriels with a MKIII 512 SS bull barrel is a hoot, too...

RVN11B · 12-29-2007, 03:56 AM

The tasty ones!

smortium · 03-12-2008, 06:42 AM

nothing better to hunt..

Wuchak · 03-12-2008, 11:48 AM

Georgia Peaches!

They are a cruel thing to hunt though. If your gun misfires they'll laugh at you and tell all their friends (or so I've heard)

zippo9 · 03-13-2008, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taurus_9mm

Just curious as to what your favorite animal is to hunt? While growing up and over the years since, I've hunted deer, rabbit, squirrel and doves. My all-time favorite has been deer but as I've gotten older I've enjoyed hunting squirrel about as much. I'd say now deer slightly nudges out squirrel as my favorite game to go after.

What he said!

sheepdog · 03-13-2008, 03:53 PM

Laughter is painful, Wuchak...

zippo9 · 03-13-2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cocked and Locked

#1 Favorite Whitetail Deer

#2 Favorite Wild Hogs

Wow, what did you shoot that white tail with? blew him all to pieces!

Great pictures

Calvin Wiles · 03-13-2008, 04:51 PM

I don't hunt, but things that I shoot are Armadillos, Poisonous Snakes, Coyotes, and Wild Hogs. Squirrels and Rabbits if I want them to eat. Tried the Wild Hogs and didn't like eating them.

samh · 03-13-2008, 05:50 PM

Whitetailed deer with my Tikka T3 Hunter in 25/06 or my muzzleloader or my long bow. The Tikka was my Father's Day gift from my kids last year. Mule deer would be second, but I haven't been out west for a long while now. Loved hunting elk, but hated get'n them out after they were down, them suckers are big !!!

terry_p · 03-13-2008, 05:51 PM

I enjoy deer hunting with a bow as the fall weather, leaf color and crisp air are a great time to be in the woods. I also gun hunt deer so my favorite is deer. I also hunt turkey, waterfowl and hogs.

Deadeye · 03-14-2008, 07:37 AM

Cats....They taste just like chicken!!!!!!

OkieHunter · 03-14-2008, 05:00 PM

Whitetail Deer #1, Elk #2, Mulies#4, Speed goats #5

usmccpl · 03-18-2008, 04:41 PM

Cottontails with my Single Six. Deer with my Contender or Black Hawk.

OldCowHand · 03-18-2008, 08:41 PM

Pheasant. That was always the festive meal in our family when I was growing up, which meant that we needed to get out there in the fall and scare up some birds for the Thanksgiving and Christmas tables. Lots of wonderful memories of time in the field, and lots of funny recollections of my father, who always seemed to be the one who found the sevens-and-a-halfs by chomping down on them. Leastways it seemed funny until it started happening to me ...

Haven't been able to find a place to hunt for the last few years, but I'm working on getting Dad to Oregon for a hunt this fall. He's nearing 90, but still gets around okay, and his Labradors are precision instruments in the field. Lookin' forward to that!

Bozack · 03-19-2008, 02:29 PM

I would have to say Deer. I get excited just seeing them. Squirels are fun too. I went Pheasant hunting once and had a blast. I will have to do that again.

madtown · 04-11-2008, 10:05 AM

Pheasant and/or partridge for me. The only problem is these days my old lab, Tucker, is only good for about 30-40 minutes. Duck was my fave when he was younger. Rabbit and squirrels are good fun. Deer is more about getting out in the sticks alone and using your skillz trying for the best possible shot. If I could get away with it I would like to have a one day only cat hunt. Just happen to have 2 of them in our house that would make great prey.

gswbbc · 04-11-2008, 02:23 PM

I would say goose hunting is my favorite.

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09-12-2007, 05:02 PM	#1
Taurus_9mm The Joker Joined: Jul 2007 From: Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Posts: 2,758	What's your favorite animal to hunt? Just curious as to what your favorite animal is to hunt? While growing up and over the years since, I've hunted deer, rabbit, squirrel and doves. My all-time favorite has been deer but as I've gotten older I've enjoyed hunting squirrel about as much. I'd say now deer slightly nudges out squirrel as my favorite game to go after.

09-12-2007, 06:39 PM	#2
deputy125 Joined: Mar 2007 From: , TX, USA. Posts: 3,147	I'd have to say dove hunting. The challenge of shooting on the wing, much more shooting and more days in the field, and minimal costs. Hard to say about 2nd place---either phesant(rare but tons of fun), or sandhill crane.

09-13-2007, 12:13 AM	#3
Calvin Wiles Forum Founder Joined: Aug 2006 From: Panama, Ok, USA. Posts: 3,628	Hunting Armadillo's with a .45 Auto.

09-13-2007, 02:28 AM	#4
rman Joined: Aug 2006 From: , , USA. Posts: 2,291	I'm with you Taurus! Only thing I would add is Elk, but I'm not up to the mountains any more.

09-13-2007, 02:32 AM	#5
sheepdog Joined: Aug 2006 From: duncanville, tx, USA. Posts: 6,621	Water Moccasins.......

09-13-2007, 02:55 AM	#6
gunman42782 Joined: Aug 2006 From: KY, USA. Posts: 2,734	I honestly would rather hunt squirrels than anything. I think they are a blast, and I get as big a kick out of hunting them as deer. I like them because I can move around more and still kill a few instead of sitting still for hours on end hoping to catch a glimpse of a deer. Now, I would rather eat deer, and my favorite critter to eat is rabbit, but squirrels are the most fun, IMHO.

09-15-2007, 05:14 PM	#7
Taurus_9mm The Joker Joined: Jul 2007 From: Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Posts: 2,758	rman, Elk would be something I would like to try sometime. We had them reintroduced back into Kentucky in, I believe, around 1998 from Utah. Apparently they were here before around 100 years ago or so but all were completely killed off. The last I had heard there are now between 5,000 - 6,000 in E. Ky and down in parts of E. Tennessee.

09-16-2007, 12:30 AM	#8
sheepdog Joined: Aug 2006 From: duncanville, tx, USA. Posts: 6,621	Cool to know-sure have the mountains for them...love eastern Tenn....

09-16-2007, 09:07 AM	#9
ratgunner Joined: Feb 2007 From: , Pennsylvania, USA. Posts: 1,040	I'd say turkeys.

09-16-2007, 06:32 PM	#10
rp_cavanaugh Joined: Apr 2007 From: Maple Valley, WA, USA. Posts: 298	Ducks and upland bird, for the same reasons as above. The big deer trip lost its appeal after college, when I started working in the cold all winter. Pheasant can be hunted wearing jeans and a t-shirt around here, and the duck blinds are a ten minute walk from the house. Turkeys are too much fun. Easy and yet difficult at the same time.

09-18-2007, 09:54 AM	#11
Bryan Joined: Aug 2007 From: Renick, West Virginia, USA. Posts: 23	Deer,squirrel,& ground hog

09-18-2007, 10:10 AM	#12
Johngoboom Joined: Sep 2007 From: Hastings, MI, USA. Posts: 1,211	Handgun hunting for deer is just two much fun. But if just hunting with freinds, then squirrels are hard to beat. The bunny huggers up here in Michigan won't let us hunt doves or sandhills.

09-18-2007, 01:45 PM	#13
peace Joined: Apr 2007 From: Connecticut, USA Posts: 3,241	I have to agree with Taurus_9mm and say deer with squirrel running a close second, because these are the two I can and do hunt on a regular basis. Let my finances get longer and hogs, bear, elk, caribou and moose would all be on the endangered list. Also would like to try my hand at turkey, ducks and geese and some of those other birds.

09-24-2007, 03:42 AM	#14
kim Joined: Apr 2007 From: Wellington, Kansas, USA. Posts: 414	Coyotes Molon Labe Kim

10-04-2007, 08:20 AM	#17
RVN11B Joined: Aug 2006 From: , Missouri, . Posts: 311	Tree Rats and Wabbits with hand gun for sure! After this fall/early winter I just might add hogs! Cant make up my mind about what to use though. Hell Ill just use a different gun for each trip. That'll work! [8D]

10-27-2007, 03:36 PM	#18
VerySavage Joined: Sep 2007 From: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Posts: 23	I have been a Moose hunting fanatic ever since I shot my first Bull Moose on my 14th birthday on October 1, 1971. I enjoy hunting Elk, Muley Deer, Whitetail Deer & Black Bear also, but for my favorite hunt I would pick Moose everytime. --Ken

10-29-2007, 02:44 PM	#19
Cocked and Locked Joined: Oct 2007 From: NC Posts: 57	#1 Favorite Whitetail Deer #2 Favorite Wild Hogs

11-17-2007, 05:54 AM	#20
Snuffy Joined: May 2007 From: , Tex, USA. Posts: 2,803	nice pictures, just about anything really if it doesn't cost and arm and leg to hunt it.

11-26-2007, 01:26 PM	#21
Drummer Joined: Sep 2007 From: Kentucky, USA. Posts: 218	Bass

11-26-2007, 01:34 PM	#22
Neophyte Joined: Jul 2007 From: Charlotte, NC Posts: 297	Being "outside" enjoying the privilege; is a hunters paradise.

11-27-2007, 04:25 PM	#23
dbsoundguy Joined: Nov 2007 From: , Arizona, USA. Posts: 93	Rattlesnakes(Shhhhh[8)]) and Quail... love to hunt Elk..

12-28-2007, 03:25 PM	#24
whistlepig Joined: Dec 2007 From: Waldorf, MD, USA. Posts: 28	varmints...groundhogs are a blast, so are sod poodles and ground squrriels, although you have to scale back your gun a lot with the ground squrriels...my favorite is the .17HMR for them- very accurate...although I have never had anything that shoots as accurately as my .22-250 700 Varminter...grey squrriels with a MKIII 512 SS bull barrel is a hoot, too...

12-29-2007, 03:56 AM	#25
RVN11B Joined: Aug 2006 From: , Missouri, . Posts: 311	The tasty ones!

03-12-2008, 11:48 AM	#27
Wuchak Joined: Aug 2007 From: Shawnee, KS Posts: 398	Georgia Peaches! They are a cruel thing to hunt though. If your gun misfires they'll laugh at you and tell all their friends (or so I've heard)

03-13-2008, 03:53 PM	#29
sheepdog Joined: Aug 2006 From: duncanville, tx, USA. Posts: 6,621	Laughter is painful, Wuchak...

03-13-2008, 04:51 PM	#31
Calvin Wiles Forum Founder Joined: Aug 2006 From: Panama, Ok, USA. Posts: 3,628	I don't hunt, but things that I shoot are Armadillos, Poisonous Snakes, Coyotes, and Wild Hogs. Squirrels and Rabbits if I want them to eat. Tried the Wild Hogs and didn't like eating them.

03-13-2008, 05:50 PM	#32
samh Joined: Feb 2008 From: Damascus, AR Posts: 14	Whitetailed deer with my Tikka T3 Hunter in 25/06 or my muzzleloader or my long bow. The Tikka was my Father's Day gift from my kids last year. Mule deer would be second, but I haven't been out west for a long while now. Loved hunting elk, but hated get'n them out after they were down, them suckers are big !!!

03-13-2008, 05:51 PM	#33
terry_p Moderator Joined: Nov 2007 From: NH, USA. Posts: 2,055	I enjoy deer hunting with a bow as the fall weather, leaf color and crisp air are a great time to be in the woods. I also gun hunt deer so my favorite is deer. I also hunt turkey, waterfowl and hogs.

03-14-2008, 07:37 AM	#34
Deadeye Joined: Jan 2008 From: Seguin Tx Posts: 186	Cats....They taste just like chicken!!!!!!

03-14-2008, 05:00 PM	#35
OkieHunter Joined: Apr 2007 From: Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA. Posts: 68	Whitetail Deer #1, Elk #2, Mulies#4, Speed goats #5