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Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« on: December 16, 2012, 07:57:32 PM »
I didn't know which category to post this on So I just did this one.
Which Hunting Do You Like Better? DEER HUNTING OR ELK HUNTING?
Why Is It You're Favorite?

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2012, 08:01:51 PM »
Neither, I prefer turkey. :chuckle:
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2012, 08:04:12 PM »
Turkey hunting is fun to :)

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Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2012, 08:05:35 PM »
Elk hunting

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Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2012, 08:07:15 PM »
Elk hands down.  They are more challenging than deer and the are so fricken majestic.  I feel like its an honor to take one.  There is nothing easy about elk hunting.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2012, 08:12:44 PM »
Elk hunting for sure. I look forward to September and bugling bulls year around. I never get all too excited about deer since I pretty much just look at it as a meat hunt for the first legal animal.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2012, 08:16:08 PM »
Deer hunting for me. Live and breath whitetails.
 
That being said I do get a rush out of sept. bulls. I love the hose pack in and out heavy with meat and antlers. :tup:
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2012, 08:20:10 PM »
ELK definitely for me.  But cougars the most of all.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2012, 09:54:12 PM »
Love them both!  :twocents:

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2012, 10:07:46 PM »
Elk for sure...

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2012, 10:15:04 PM »
I am a better deer hunter. Deer hunting is  more enjoyable to me. But I hunt elk harder and really cherish elk more.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2012, 10:17:57 PM »
I am a better deer hunter. Deer hunting is  more enjoyable to me. But I hunt elk harder and really cherish elk more.

 :yeah: Couldnt of said it better. I personally suck at elk hunting  :chuckle: But it makes me push so much harder, for deer its a whole lot easier so its far more enjoyable most of the time.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2012, 10:21:21 PM »
for me it depends on the time of year...November its all about rutting whitetails

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2012, 10:45:33 PM »
Whitetail's only for me. Elk are awesome animals but hunting them doesn't interest me much if there is a deer season. I have passed up bulls each of the last three years.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2012, 10:56:38 PM »
If it is good elk hunting, I prefer elk. But I would rather hunt in the rain than the 80 degree heat and dust. This last year was a tough season for me in terms of elk. I had more fun deer hunting this year, but in the past seasons, elk hunting has taken the cake  :tup:

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2012, 02:51:02 AM »
Deer, because I can do it close to home.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2012, 07:14:13 AM »
I would rather chase a big muley buck over elk any day.  Calling in a bull is fun, and gets the heart pumping, but a big muley buck gets me going more than anything else.  Honestly, I could care less about elk unless I draw a tag.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2012, 08:24:34 AM »
Elk.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2012, 08:34:31 AM »
ELK :IBCOOL:

There is nothing like calling a bull into close range.  Being able to manipulate these animals in their natural setting.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2012, 08:36:21 AM »
Any, and all of the above :tup:

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2012, 08:42:06 AM »
Deer usually because it's not so cold. I do love if I can afford it being in Elk camp can't be beat.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2012, 08:48:17 AM »
Deer...unless if I found a good spot for elk and actually got an elk...or should I say, MY elk  :IBCOOL: :chuckle:
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2012, 08:57:19 AM »
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2012, 08:57:48 AM »
Elk
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2012, 09:01:41 AM »
I didn't know which category to post this on So I just did this one.
Which Hunting Do You Like Better? DEER HUNTING OR ELK HUNTING?
Why Is It You're Favorite?

Archery Elk!!!  Nothing else like screaming bulls in late Sept.!!!  Already have a back country trip planned in Eagle Caps wilderness for Sept. 2013.  Of course, that will be after chasing them around here in WA first.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2012, 09:05:21 AM »
Beaver

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #26 on: December 17, 2012, 09:20:54 AM »
 :yeah:
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #27 on: December 17, 2012, 02:37:06 PM »
For me it is all great!  I love the challanges that Elk hunting brings and now that I hunt Wyoming for Elk it is a great thing.  I will only hunt WA Elk if I am drawn for a good tag.  I deer hunt close to home with my son's and my daughter and absolutly love that more than about anything but taking an Elk is jsut a different feeling al together.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #28 on: December 17, 2012, 02:39:06 PM »
elk, absolutely addicted to archery elk.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #29 on: December 17, 2012, 04:54:35 PM »
Deer for sure, maybe if i could hunt something other than true spike or cow.
Elk is all about the meat unless i could draw a tag.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #30 on: December 17, 2012, 05:02:19 PM »
Muleys
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #31 on: December 17, 2012, 05:07:20 PM »
ELK!
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #32 on: December 17, 2012, 05:09:45 PM »
Off subject, but some of the grandest most enjoyable hunting I've ever had was good old squirrel hunting with a 22 in Arkansas hardwoods. Oh how I miss it!
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #33 on: December 17, 2012, 05:15:53 PM »
Rutting elk or Mulies... I can go either way.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #34 on: December 17, 2012, 05:30:12 PM »
That's pretty loaded question.  I love both, been sucessful in both but like someone else said I can go out not far from home and hunt even for a few short hours.  I love hunting mulies most because of the terrain they live in even if I don't kill one.  There are always plenty of opportunity for a blacktail and I've come to enjoy hunting them also.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #35 on: December 17, 2012, 07:11:00 PM »
Off subject, but some of the grandest most enjoyable hunting I've ever had was good old squirrel hunting with a 22 in Arkansas hardwoods. Oh how I miss it!

I grew up in Arkansas. I miss squirrel hunting too.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #36 on: December 17, 2012, 07:39:10 PM »
Seeing as how I've never been elk hunting I'd have to say deer and prefer whitetail over mulies
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #37 on: December 17, 2012, 07:39:25 PM »
Elk...until it's laying there and I realize how much work it's going to be to get it off the mountain. Then I prefer deer hunting!
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #38 on: December 17, 2012, 07:43:36 PM »
Muley hunting, unless I get drawn for a bull.  The feeling of chasing my bugling bull around will never be beat.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #39 on: December 17, 2012, 08:11:55 PM »
I really enjoy tracking elk here in western washington but I also enjoy hunting the smart blacktail bucks.

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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #40 on: December 18, 2012, 05:39:03 PM »
ELK definitely for me.  But cougars the most of all.

I wish I agreed.  So far cougar hunting for me has been days of calling.  Followed by ten seconds of being terrified and blowing an opportunity.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #41 on: December 18, 2012, 05:43:01 PM »
There is nothing like watching a bull dip and dodge his antlers through the reprod when he's coming to your stand.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #42 on: December 18, 2012, 05:53:48 PM »
If I could get a Muley to bugle I would hunt nothing else.
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Re: Which Hunting Do You Like Better?
« Reply #43 on: December 18, 2012, 06:10:38 PM »
Bear, Elk, Deer and Turkey.  And yes, in that order  :tup:

 


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