World travellers, how many countries have you hunted in?

[Northern Safari]

I know many here have hunted internationally and it sounds like once you start you really catch the bug for it.

How many different countries have you hunted in? What species did you harvest?

Any stand out hunts from your list?

 

[Duckhunterbrad]

I've been lucky enough to travel mostly wing shooting but some big game as well.

South Africa for plains game, no real desire to return until I'm to old to hump it up the mountains. Security concerns, lack of ethics, no recourse if something goes wrong.

Argentia dove hunt, by far the most fun hunt I've been on. Easy travel, no security concerns, treated like royalty from arrival to departure.

6 Canadian provinces for waterfowl primarily but caribou as well. Always a great time in Canada and will be back soon.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I went on a moose hunt in Canada with my dad like 20 years ago. So 2 countries.

 

[ozyclint]

Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA.
Successful with recurve in all but USA.

 

[magtech]

So.... We talking about hunting only animals, or are we including military experience?

 

[Edge]

Cameroon
Mozambique
South Africa - multiple hunts
Spain
Zimbabwe - multiple hunts

Too many animals to list but have had great hunts in all the countries.

 

[buffybr]

A year ago today I shot a bull moose in northern Alberta, Canada. That was my 5th Canadian big game hunt. On other Canadian hunts I shot a Dall ram, 3 subspecies of caribou, a wolverine, and a musk ox.

In 50 some years of hunting in the US I've shot most big game species available in Montana or Colorado including almost 3 dozen elk and about the same number of deer and antelope. On 3 Alaskan hunts I shot caribou, a Stika blacktail deer, and a brown bear. On a Texas exotic hunt I shot an aoudad, a scimitar horned oryx, and a blackbuck.

In New Zealand I shot a red stag, a fallow deer, a chamois, a Himalayan tahr, and a bunch of wallabies.

I shot a Dagestan tur in Azerbaijan.

On 5 trips to Africa, I shot a cape bufflao and a Chobe bushbuck in Zimbabwe; a leopard and Roosevelt sable in Mozambique; and 32 other species on multiple hunts throughout South Africa.

Many great hunts and a Trophy Room full of mounts that bring back wonderful memories every day.

 

[Northern Safari]

A year ago today I shot a bull moose in northern Alberta, Canada. That was my 5th Canadian big game hunt. On other Canadian hunts I shot a Dall ram, 3 subspecies of caribou, a wolverine, and a musk ox.

In 50 some years of hunting in the US I've shot most big game species available in Montana or Colorado including almost 3 dozen elk and about the same number of deer and antelope. On 3 Alaskan hunts I shot caribou, a Stika blacktail deer, and a brown bear. On a Texas exotic hunt I shot an aoudad, a scimitar horned oryx, and a blackbuck.

In New Zealand I shot a red stag, a fallow deer, a chamois, a Himalayan tahr, and a bunch of wallabies.

I shot a Dagestan tur in Azerbaijan.

On 5 trips to Africa, I shot a cape bufflao and a Chobe bushbuck in Zimbabwe; a leopard and Roosevelt sable in Mozambique; and 32 other species on multiple hunts throughout South Africa.

Many great hunts and a Trophy Room full of mounts that bring back wonderful memories every day.

That is an impressive list. With so many years hunting in North America are you close to completing the Super Slam? (29 animals).

 

[buffybr]

That is an impressive list. With so many years hunting in North America are you close to completing the Super Slam? (29 animals).

I have 19 of the NA 29. I'm hoping to get a few more, but there are 4 or 5 on that list that would cost about as much as I paid for my house so I don't see any of those hunts in my future.

Actually 8 of my 19 species I got on DIY solo hunts less than 100 miles from my home here in Montana for the cost of a tank of gas and, at most, a $25 resident tag.

 

[Mojave]

Spain, Australia, Germany, Namibia, Austria, Hungary, USA

I still have another hunt in Germany, Slovenia and the Czech this year.

 

[Blockcaver]

Big game bowhunted: Zimbabwe, South Africa, Australia, Canada (four provinces and two territories), USA (15 states bowhunting big game). NA 29 plus 4 African species of antelope

Upland bird hunting: Canada (two provinces) and USA (16 states). 18 species of upland birds

 

[Cliffy65]

Australia - Rusa, Fallow, Reds, Chital/Axis, pigs, goats, foxes, cats

New Zealand - Tahr, Arapawa Ram, Fallow, goats, pigs, turkeys

USA - Elk, Muley, Whitetail, Bear

All archery.
Next on the list is Canada - Have not hunted Canada yet, but in the process of seeing if I can extend my mortgage to hunt Moose in the Yukon. After that I will start planning Mountain Goat somewhere.

Stand outs for me are all deer species, as are Tahr. For my USA buddies, I always recommend Tahr for the physically challenging and breathtaking scenery where they live, along with the Fallow rut…because it is intense.