Bucket list hunt

[Karlburns]

Alaska - Dall Sheep.

Living up here I look at the terrain then trip over something in my living room. I’ve decided sheep are not on my list. Only thing that would get killed on that trip would be me.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Earlier today I was looking at a taxidermy company's IG page and noticed a shoulder mounted Bongo, had never heard of it so I started googling. It seems this is one of the hardest hunts in Africa...miserable, hot, sweaty conditions in the rainforest, ants and bugs biting you and falling down your shirt, with little to no visibility due to the thickness of the foliage, sometimes not actually seeing any animals for days on end...chasing pygmies and their dogs through the jungle. I searched "bongo" and found your post. I'm admittedly ignorant about hunting in Africa, but based on initial impressions, this is much more interesting to me, and seems like much more of a challenge than the typical African safari for plains game.

Update: The African equatorial jungle and the bongo hunt were hot, thick, humid and miserable, as expected - I loved every minute of the trip. Visibility of inches at times. Very blessed, thankful, and grateful, nonetheless.



Bongo, Lokomo area, Cameroon, Equatorial Africa. May 19, 2024. Day 2 of 14 day hunt.



Forest sitatunga, Cameroon, Equatorial Africa. May 24, 2024. Day 7 of 14 day hunt.



We also saw a wild silverback lowland gorilla and a female lowland gorilla and also 3 bull forest elephants. Lifelong goal accomplished in seeing these wild animals.

I am posting a full hunt report on AfricaHunting.com. Good luck in the draws and happy hunting, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.

 

[KurtR]

Green timber in Arkansas with my dog by my side

 

[BluMtn]

My bucket list hunt is for the Washington state game dept to give me my branched antler tag while there are still some mature branched antler bull elk in our mountains. I currently have 26 points.

 

[farmermail]

Musk Ox, Artic Circle.