High success rate hunts.?

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If you were to plan a high success rate hunt, what would it be?

Hogs in Tx? Antelope in Wyo? Ducks in Ark? Doves on the border? Pheasants in SD? .....?
Im not excluding trophy hunts, just more interested in likely success rate.
I live in deer rich illinois, so not as interested in deer unless in a totally new setting.
I totally get the high adventure of an elk hunt. For this, im more interested in high action/success.
I dont care if its rabbits or rhinos.
 
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Axis deer on Molokai, specifically Molokai Ranch lands with hunting guide Joey Joao. He knows the land and the trails like the back of his hand. Don't know if he's still operating. LoonWolf probably knows. Hopefully he'll be along shortly.
 
Dove in Argentina - unlimited amount of birds. Only limitation is your ammo budget. Not unusual to shoot 1000 rounds before lunch and another 1000 after.......for several days; plus their steak and wines are superb!

Did you know that Argentina is the world’s most popular hunting destination?............
  1. The big hunting industry is for birds, especially doves and pigeons, which are considered a nuisance and exist in untold millions in farming areas. Within established seasons there is also excellent waterfowl shooting and hunting for perdiz (partridge).

  2. The primary big game hunting is for introduced species. The total list is long, but Argentina has some of the world’s best free-range red stag hunting, primarily in the western regions of Patagonia and La Pampa province. Other good opportunities include water buffalo, axis deer, fallow deer, blackbuck, and wild boar, with free-range populations scattered around the country.
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From Craig Boddington:
http://www.craigboddington.com/endorsed-outfitters/hunting-tips/best-hunt-argentina
 
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Newfoundland moose gets my vote. Not huge racks, but many of the licenses are either sex, and there are a ton of moose up there.

I did hear that the game people cut back on available licenses for the upcoming season. I don't know what that means. A couple buddies are going up, so I'll have a report in October.
 
Antelope in Wyoming are almost a sure thing if you draw a tag for eastern Wyoming. Opening day doves are another gimme. Ducks can be iffy and I classify hogs as vermin.

Put in for Shiras moose in the lower 48. You may never get drawn but getting a Shiras is not real difficult if you aren't too choosy about antlers.
 
I see pronghorn everywhere on the wyobraska border, and on the braska side, I guarantee a 100% success rate if you aren't trying 600 yd shots with a 50 mph crosswind and an unproven load/rifle. Many many ranchers/farmers will let you at em if you act responsibily and be glad to see you get em, we generally have high herd counts, and even the bow hunters enjoy high success rates.
After that, hogs are free in Oklahoma if not during a LG game season. I could put you on big muleys but we're at war with the whitetails trying to boost muley numbers, so less than ideal. I can put you on prairie dogs like crazy, for free, but they're not a game animal I guess....
 
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There's some great ideas here. Definately food for thought.
Dont let mrs farmer read about the Hawaiian island hunts though.
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Get ahold of @LoonWulf for Hawaiian hnuts, specifically goats, axis, and feral cows as he makes those seem MOST interesting. Mrs horsey is already pretty on board. Just a head's up, the HI gun laws have gotten trickier.
 
Lol, if you do end up out here let me know, I'll see if I can't set up something.
Horsey, u better hurry if you want those cows tho, getting scarce supposedly.

That offer stands for any highroader.
If you keep an eye on
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/
They put out notices of special, and seasonal hunts.
Only gun laws that might pose a problem is handguns can only have 10rnd mags (any rifle that takes pistol mags has the same regs), and possibility of having to register the firearm locally if your here for more than a week. I'm not positive on that one, I can check if anyone wants.

Hunting wise regs are pretty straight forward.
 
A planned "high success hunt" usually equals high $. I enjoy hunting deer, but you can do that almost anywhere. In many of our southern states, you can shoot hogs for free, or maybe even get paid to do it. Personally, I would like to get one of those weird jungle turkeys from Mexico, or better yet, do a package to Argentina where I get to smash a metric ton of dove and then get a red stag. As far as pheasant, yep, they are cool and taste great, but from what I see you are pretty much quail hunting but getting a different bird.
 
Armored Farmer, does it matter if it's on a game preserve OR a guided hunt in a national forest or BLM lands? I ask as some folks don't like "canned hunts", but I've found that most that don't like that scenario have only seen small game preserves. Some of the Midwestern and Western "preserves" are rather large, not to mention some that are epic in the amount of land "fenced in".

If it was me, I'd go with the Texas Hog route, first. I'm an avid flintlock hunter, so that' would be pretty challenging since hogs are pretty smart and have pretty good senses. Plus, with the feral hog situation in many states it's pretty sure that a hunter will have hogs to shoot..., whether or not they are in range and present a shot is of course on the hunter. :thumbup: Wild pork meat is pretty tasty too......

I also like the suggestion for the Moose hunt. I went for moose in Canada 15 years ago, and the area was leased from the government and not fenced. Lots of sign, BUT so early in the year the weather wasn't cold enough to get them to move much, didn't even see one . I was near Toronto, so Newfoundland sounds like a better bet, AND moose is also quite tasty.

I, myself, would also consider going for Pheasants in the Dakotas. Not sure I'd spend a lot of money to target shoot at moving targets aka prairie dogs, no matter how good the cuisine :confused:, BUT heck lots a folks think I'm pretty nuts using a hunting rifle that needs a rock to make it work :what: ..., so whatever folks feel like doing...it's their dollar.:thumbup:

LD
 
I plan all my hunts for a high success rate; doesn't always turn out that way, though. If you are talking paid hunts, Moose/caribou/salmon in Alaska. A guy can dream.

I guess pheasant would qualify, as I only hunt them at game farms. Just too few left wild around here, and most of them are game farm escapees, like my best friend has running into his yard. Sometimes they don't run out....
 
hillman23 said:
A plains game hunt in Namibia (or almost anywhere) in Africa has a very high appeal to me. Gemsbok, kudu, black wildebeest, springbok...
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I forgot about that one. I went to Namibia and So. Africa hunting plains game back in the '80s. In 2 weeks I "collected" 13 animals. The total cost at the time was less than an Alaskan moose hunt. It actually was hunting too. The Namibian hunts were all free range and the Natal hunts involved hunting, not shopping like on a game farm.

The overall conditions in So. Africa have deteriorated since then but Namibia is still viable.
 
For a cheap, fun hunt, Wyoming Pronghorns get my vote. Taking a goat isn't that hard if you just want meat, but hunting a wall hanger is a ball. This is one hunt where you don't shoot the first one that you see unless it screams Huge.
 
Loyalist Dave said:
I'm an avid flintlock hunter, so that' would be pretty challenging since hogs are pretty smart and have pretty good senses.
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+1 I'm trying to figure out how to use longer slugs in my flint roundball gun 50, for the same reason. I need some range time for that.
 
We did combo antelope/prairie dog hunts for several years in the southeast part of Montana. We would tag out on antelope in a day or two, then had more dogs than we could shoot.

If you know what you’re doing, turkeys can be easy IF you have good property
 
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