lil elky, Then you probably would have liked my hunting trips this year. I live in Chicago burbs. Drew nonresident tags for moose in New Hampshire (C2) and deer in Iowa (5). Didn't drop a toad in Iowa, but did in NH. See photos.

For me? My dream tag would be for bighorn sheep anywhere I apply..........Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, or Oregon. Any one would do. I'm not picky!

Deer in Michigan. Not that it's all that exotic, and I've certainly got better hunting here in Kansas.

Here's why: My brothers live in Michigan and can do the traditional upper penninsula deer camp thing. However, I received the call to ministry years ago, and am now a priest and member of a religious order. I have to llive under simplicity, poverty, etc. I can't much afford an out of state tag on the limited spending allowance we receive. Also, my duties are pursuing graduate study and teaching. I can't get away very easily in deer season, certainly not for a full week.

One deer camp with my brothers would be great.

Mountain Goat Alaska! Though all of you have great choices too

Man, with all the choices, this is tough. I guess my first choice would be a desert bighorn in Colorado. If I were lucky enough to draw (been applying for this tag since 1990), the entire hunt would cost me less than $500 plus the $66 in app fees I've given to our DOW over the last 22 years. A polar or brown bear would be my second and third choice, in no particular order.

Governors tag elk Utah. Some of the most beautiful country out west and some of the biggest elk.

A monster whitetail tag in Texas or a wild boar or a pronghorn hunt somewhere. I don't care where.

Did you have a guide in NH on that moose hunt?

No, but I was able to take some work with me out there and do data entry for a week before the hunt. That allowed me to learn and scout every day. Still, moose numbers were not high. I saw less than one per day. The moose I shot was the only mature bull seen during 2 weeks there. I actually ended up putting a couple guides on some small bulls I passed on. They weren't seeing anything. One had a kid with a tag.

Wish I would have been just a little more patient in Iowa. But hey it was November 12th and the peak rut would have dropped off soon after. Still got a 137" P&Y.

Whitetails in Pike County, Illinois

Not listed, but cape buffalo.