Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    Since I started this fiasco, I'll post a reply.
    
    I want to hunt Alaska!  I'd love to start out on Kodiak island 
    hunting bears.  Ever since I was a little kid I've dreamed of 
    spending a month in the wilds of Alaska.  Bears, moose, caribou,
    and sheep, not to mention the birds and waterfowl.  Just think of
    all the new toys I would have to buy just so I was properly prepared.
    You could even spend your evenings fishing.
    
    Jeff

    Jeff, you must be psychic.
    
    Kodiak Island would be my first choice for the same reasons.  One
    question, though...Does hunting season occur during the months where
    the days last 18+ hours?  Imagine salmon and trout fishing in
    sandwiched between caribou, deer and moose hunting?  I'm going to
    be ill....
    
    Anticosti Island (Quebec) would be my second choice.  I believe
    you're allowed 2 deer, and something like 75% of all hunters score
    on 2 nice bucks during a given season.
    
    Others...
    
    Elk hunting in Colorado (could happen if my boss approves a road
    trip during Elk season :^)).
    
    Trout fishing in British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies. (to enjoy
    the scenery as much as anything).
    
    Mark.

    
    Jeff, When I think about it, I get sick. Can you imagine having
    the Time and Money to do it. WOW!!
    
    1st I would like to set a goal for trophy Whitetails. One from each
    of the folowing. British-Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba.
    
    When that was done I would concentrate on the Grand Slam of Rams.
    
    Then I'd head out for ELK in Montana. When that was complete its
    to the Northwest for Moose and Caribou, as a kicker Ive always wanted
    to try for a wolverine.
    
    Then I go after each of the bears, Griz, Kodiak, Brown, Polar, Black.
    
    When the above was completed and I,m sure I'd find something else
    to hunt, I'd build myself a real comfortable log cabin in Central
    Saskatchewan to write a book of my adventures then I'd semi-retire
    to Hunt-Fish-Trap and Guide Hunters from the lower 48 with Working-Man
    Prices as I don't really need the money so the regular Joe could
    plan a once in a life time hunt and be rest assured he gets a quality
    hunt for a reasonable price... 
    
    Ive heard people say, If you were rich and did'nt work-- You would
    be bored.  I don't know about them, But I certainly would not have
    time to be bored. 
    
    Rick...(Who keeps dreaming, but I will make at least one of them
            True before the Boss man calls me to the Happy-Hunting grounds)
                               

    One thing I have always wanted to do is follow the woodcock on its
    migration from PEI down to Lousiana.  I'd also like to hunt them
    in the central flyway, along with their ruff cousins.  This would
    take up roughly September to January.  I'd then hunt the South with
    some of the great friends I've made down there.  I'd be the Ultimate
    Houseguest.
    When the season was over in April, I'd fly to London and be fitted
    for a pair of Boss SXS 12 bores.  Since these take 3-5 years delivery,
    I'd see what I could obtain on the used market at Christies or Sotheby's
    or Holland and Holland, and either have them fitted by Wilkes or
    somesuch.  I'd then fly down to Kenya to shoot sandgrouse with a
    friend from NY, and go on a general photographic safari.  
    I'd be back in Scotland in time for the opening of the grouse season
    on 12 August, spend several weeks doing that, and then fly to New
    Brunswick to start the process all over again.  I'd probably add
    a winter trip to South America after I did the US and the UK.

    Okay, I gave this a lot of thought.  The Northwest is a good choice.
    I have never been to Alaska, but plan to go there someday.  The
    thing is, I have so much to hunt in my driving range from Seattle,
    that I would just like 3-4 months off in the fall.  This would almost
    be my dream hunt.  I have everything I want in right here but not
    enough time (money) to hunt it all. 
    
    I imagine the folks in Colorado feel the same way.
    
    However, I think the guy who has it made the most is Kenny Chinook.
    He has a cabin in Eastern Oregon.  From his cabin he has scored
    a Mulie in each of the last 5 years, 2 Elk, countless grouse etc.
    Also, there is good access to antelope in Eastern Oregon.  I imagine
    there are quite a few bears running around also.
    
    Now, combine this with Salmon and Steelhead.  Oregon has great fishing
    rivers.  So if you get tired of hunting for a day, toss a hook.
    
    You could have a good deal in Eastern Washington too, but the thing
    is he already has the cabin and knows the area.  I think he has
    a dream hunt at his disposal every year.
    
    Brett.

    God, what a great topic.  As if I don't daydream enough at work
    already....
    
    Anyway.  If money and time were no object, the ultimate for me would
    probably be a trophy ram in the Canadian rockies with a bow.
    
    A second choice, which I hope to realizes eventually, would be an
    Elk hunt in the rockies.
    
    Mark,
    

    
    
    	I guess most of all, I'd like to "turn back" the
    	clock about 30 years and hunt ANYTHING with my Dad again.
    
    
    	Merry Christmas all..

       The first thing I'd do is go back to Alaska and fish for King
    salmon and Dolly Varden again. That was a trip of a life time. Then
    I'd stay there and hunt brown bear and rams preferably by bow. After
    that I'd go to Manitoba for a monster buck with my bow again.
        Then I'd buy a couple peices of land in the mountains of Alaska
    and in Canada and build two dream lodges to RELAX in while I'm slowly
    hunting every stretch of woods from the east coast to the west coast
    with my brother and Dad and do what we enjoy most together.
    
          Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
    
    

    
    
    	Re .1,.2
    
    		Take a look at the December issue of Sports Afield
    	Good article on Brown bear hunting in Alaska!!!
    
    
    		Now my reply... I guess I'd like to hunt ANY type
    	of upland bird ANYWHERE !!!
    
    
    		~Mike~	(The Bird Hunter)
     

    1. Alaska for Grizzly, Moose, Caribou, Deer, Etc...,
    2. Wyoming for Elk, Muleys, Coyote, Black Bear.
    3. Quebec for Caribou, Moose and Whitetails.
    4. Good ole New Hampshire for what I have been doing my whole life
        now and still enjoy a whole hell of a lot.
    5. Maine for Whitetails and Black Bear.
    							Bret

    .10 I forgot to add Mountain Goats and Sheep in Alaska and Wyoming
    						Bret

  My dream hunt would be for Elk in Montana with my son,wife and myself.Using
my sharps model 1863.I'd video tape it, and beside putting meat in the freezer, 
come home with a couple of heads for mounting.
Then I'd build a half scale ironclad of the CSN Virginia to sail around Newport
harbor Ca. a couple times a year, with some friends from the 34 north Carolina
CO H as gun crew,and go goat hunting with cannons at San Clemente inland.
That has to be at the top of things I love to do most.Play with steam,
blackpowder and civil war reeinacting,all at the same time.


          ed-thompson

    I'd have a nice little 28 room hunting camp in Alaska with
    a trout stream by the front porch and hunting off the back.
    And I'd *never* leave home :-)

    
    
          My Dream Hunt???
    
    
       
      It would have to be....  mmmmmmmm...    To bow Kill a Grizzly
    in Alaska......  I would love to be that close to such a powerful
    animal and have only a bow in hand..
    
        I know it's crazy, But i never said i wasn't........
    
    
                             Jeff
    
    
    
      

    
          My Dream Hunt ???
    
          A hunt that I have dreamed about for years is a combination
         Moose, Caribou, Brown Bear hunt in Alaska. It would have to be
         a unguided drop camp type setup. AAAHHHHHHHH I can see myself
         now....
    
    
                                                        Mark

    Jeff, you are DEFINATELY crazy...
    
    I should know..Right Little Brother ??
    
    51 days until opening season..
    
    My ideal hunt is one Muley's, Moose, Grizzley's, and Big Whitetails
    during the same year...Oh, yea, I forgot about the Caribou and Elk...
    
    Jim