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So you'll pay $2K+ to travel to another state ......to hunt animals that dwell in your own back yard......

......but you wouldn't consider a hunt to another continent to hunt animals you'll never SEE in your home country (probably)?

What the mindset?

I can see me doing it, one day. Hunting the same animal with the same weapon will bore the hell out of me, eventually.

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Jeff im with you on this one. I have hunted whitetail in Texas twice, Maryland, NY, PA and Kansas.I also hunted black bear in quebec.I have only payed to hunt Texas and Quebecout of all those hunts, and after doing so, im with you, im going to put my money into trips to bag game that i cant hunt in my home state.

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If you're talking about the hunting in Africa thread it's just that Africa has never appealed to me. Now if it was New Zealand for red stag or something like that I'm all in.

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It's not just the game, Jeff.I don't want to deal with the government BS, 20+ hour flight, civil unrest, etc. I know I'm painting with a pretty broad brush there, but those are a few of my reasons.

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pretty simple one for me ........ I LOVE hunting whitetails ... I would love a midwest hunt for them ......OVER an african hunt .... you see, I know what I would be missing with whitetails

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2,000 Is much cheaper then 6,000 to 12,000. My out of state elk hunts usually cost me about a 1,000. The last time I went was 2004 so I'm guessing that would go up a bit with the current gas prices. Some people aren't In to the "Africa thing", not a big deal. How many out of state hunts you been on Jeff that wasn't for whitetails? Go and chase some elk In the mountains, I guarantee you won't get bored, you'll get tired and beat! That's why so many love doing It.

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I wouldn't pay 2 g's to go hunt deer anywhere...I have all I need here!

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Vacation. ;)

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Any foreign country for any foreign game. I don't consider whitetails in Canada as a "foreign" species.....lol. I can hunt whitetails out my back door.

I like seeing other states to see different terrain......but to pay hard-earned money to hunt an animal that is right here......I just don't see it.

Yeah....the African thread spurred this. I repeat that hunting whitetails with the same weapon.....year after year.....will eventually (would) bore me to tears. I'll likely expand my horizons via different animals r different weapon (traditional archery tackle) in the future. I'm not slamming on anyone who chooses to hunt whitetails with a compound year after year. I'm just not understanding why people wouldn't appreciate an expansion of their hunting experience.

How many (________) whitetail deer does it take before you feel an inner need to expand your hunting experience?

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Yeah? There are so many here, why would I need to go anywhere else. Hell, Alaska is LIKE another continent to me. I hope I go there one day. Down south...I'd love to hunt down there too. Out west, I hope I have the chance to go back. East, yup, like to go there too. The United States alone is so diverse, I don't need to leave.

Why would you have to hunt the same animal.

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IfI would ever pay for a hunt I sure as hell wouldn't go to "The Home Land". I think from whatI have been told your 2 grand plus should be more like 3500 plus for a week archery hunt.

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Only three, "so far". One had little to do with hunting....and a LOT to do with friendships (much like I see hunting ANYWHERE outside your home woods). The other two were bird hunts in NE and VA. I also spent a few years in SC.....hunting turkeys/ducks/geese and in-shore and off-shore fishing.

Given the choice of going to another state to hunt.......I'm going to pick an animal I can't hunt here at home. My '09 will see me chasing pronhorns in WY. I'm getting things together for an '10 trip to CO to elk hunt. Lisa and I will likely go on this adventure, together....and that's icing on the cake.

I'm not putting down anyone's pursuits. I'm wondering why so many seem close-minded to hutning different species in different lands......yet have no problems paying equally hard-earned monies to hunt what dwells in their back lots.

I never said "I" did/would.

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My personal mindset is to use that money to hunt moose, bear, elk, mule deer, sheep, etc all of which are in the U.S. or Canada. Pretty simple, I have more desire to hunt those animals than plains animals in Africa. It's allabout personal preference. You have yours and I have mine.

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Close minded? Kinda harsh there Jeff. Have you tried the gay thing, or are you close minded there? I like close minded if that iswhat you want to label folks that would rather hunt what they are used to ....

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Pretty inflammatory....coming from a preacher, T.:eek:

I'm talking about guys who would close their minds and seemingly put down another's choice to hunt abroad. If you're Ok hunting what you like.....I applaud that. I don't have to agree or understand it. If you're gonna hint at putting down the other guy's choice.....that's being close-minded (at BEST).

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I just like deer, I could hunt deer all day long, for the rest of my life, without complaints. If you want to go hunt some african game, have at it, I just like my deer, whats the big deal?

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I never could understand why anyone would take their hard earned American bucks to another country to spend on a vacation where they sit on their ass the whole time getting drunk, dont even take the time to catch a fish or hunt anything, but they do!

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I have no desire to leave the USA. None at all. If I want to hunt different animals then I will pay to hunt, Elk, Antelope, Moose, Muledeer, Blacktail and so on. There are more than enough species of animals I can hunt in the USA, enough to last my lifetime, anyway.

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I DO NOT care where others hunt. If that is what floats their boat, then good for them. I would just like to be involved with a hunting camp in some way shape or form someday. That would be my "African dream hunt" except it would be right here on American soil with family and friends. Me personally, I would not pay any amount of money to go hunt in Africa, EVER.

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How so, Jeff? Why is that inflammatory ..... and what does me being a Preacher have anything to do with it??

well try just coming out and sayingwhat you meaninstead ofdoing your end-arounds:eek:

Your post made it sound like all those that chose to hunt whitetails was close-minded

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You keep saying over and over.........animals that are in their own backyards. Technically CORRECT, but as you've stated time and again in the argument for "Location" those "SAME" animals are NOT ineveryone's backyards.
When was the last 150" , 250lb 10pt that walked by your stand in NC again? ;):D

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^^^ What he said!

That's why I'm going to Illinois next year!

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1,000,000.

There are a few other animals that I'd like to hunt.....Elk, bear and moose. They can all be found on the continent that I live on.

However, Whitetails are still my number 1 species of choice to hunt. I'll never tire of hunting for whitetails. I really never feel the need to expand. Whitetails will fasinate me for the rest of my life. Call me boring. ;)

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x2 plus what buttonbuckmaster said

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Matt.....you have to understand something. I've only been hunting whitetails for 3+ seasons. I'm learning more and more about what makes me tick while hunting them.....every day.

I'm learning I don't need to shoot a bigger "whitetail" in another state. To each his own.I don't begrudge anyone who wants to do so.....because you're right. They can't hunt THAT animal in their back yard. What I CAN do , though.....is hunt the best animals HERE.

That's enough for me.....for now.

Again....I don't begrudge anyone who wants to shoot "big" deer. Hunting's personal. If that's not for me.....so be it.

The ONLY people I'm speaking to...are the one's who'd seemingly make light of another man's pursuits because they don't fit his view.

GregH....I never calle dyou boring. I said it would bore ME.

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I should also add, i will continue to hunt out of state for whitetail, especially Kansas, but i will be doing it with friends and not paying huge dollars for and outfitter. Ill save that cash for "other" species.

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Happens all the time here over many different things. If you don't "let them go, let them grow" then you get pounded for shooting "small" bucks. If you shoot a 2.5 yr old then you get pounded for not shooting a mature buck. If you shoot one a a range someone doesn't like then you get pounded for shooting at an "unethical" range. And now, if you choose to hunt out of the country then I guess you get pounded for that too LOL.

You're going to be a very busy guy defending all of the folks that get pounded for pursuits because they don't fit someone else's view ;).

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I would love to go to Iowa/Ill/KS blah blah blah to hunt big deer, but i will not pay $$ to do it... I have some big deer here in Va and they are very close to the house, I will keep hunting them until they are gone....I already pay 1200$ a yr here in my own state to hunt deer, I'll be damned if I pay it elsewhere...with that said, I have hunted whitetails for 20 yrs and have not gotten bored yet, and i have this funny inclination that I will never get bored....they are just an amazing animal and they bring so much excitement to me that it's all I need for now!

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The day I get "bored" with hunting whitetails is the day the bow gets hung up for good.

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I have to pay good money to have a decent deer hunting experience and I live in this freakin' state. [:@]

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I'd never get bored hunting whitetails w/ a bow. NEVER.

I hunt two states regularlythat have dramatically different terrain, and I love it, and I've taken one trip to the midwest for deer and really enjoyed that as well, it was more of a DIY hunt but i saw good deer and different terrain as well.

I've also done a trip to WY for elk, mulies, and antelope, even managed to take a P&Y antelope, that was AMAZING, and I plan to do it again someday.

I guess I dont mind paying some money to have different experiences hunting, because I've seen first hand that even whitetail act dramatically different based on location.

My next trip will probably be a combo muzzleloader/archery hunt for caribou. I also have good connections for WY antelope and might take a quick trip out there soon. Someday I'd like to do another midwest archery whitetail hunt, I just enjoy every aspect of taking a hunting trip.

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Id just as soon kill a 110" 4.5y/o+ NC deer as I would a IA or IL or OH, etc... 150" deer. No desire to leave the state to hunt unless I had access to land outside of the state I could hunt on a regular basis or an invite.

I will say that a guy on our board at work, an elderly gentleman of 80yrs, goes all over the world to hunt. He told me the hardest thing he ever had to kill out of all the sheep and goats in North America, bears, mountain lions etc.....was a B&C deer. That said he has one over 200" and just shot a 'small one' this year.....thought it was a 200" and ' it was only 185"....wasnt near what I thought it was"........gimme a break lol. If I had the money to do that, I might go hunt some other things in North America such as elk or pronghorn just to say I did, and put the rest of the money back into my own land in NC and see what I could grow. I do know of a free range place in NC that has an INTENSE management plan that grows them to 150s regularly, and 160s and 170s are taken each year as well. Lot of time, money, and TLC put into it, but theyre free range. I think a deer of that caliber hereis as awesome as a 180+ from the midwest. JMO. Kinda got off on a little tangant

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annika....I think you're taking me too literally. I'm talking about hunting the same animals....the same ways.....in the same places....over and over again. At some point....wouldn't it become redundant (no matter your success rate)?

I see me hunting them for years to come. I also see me LOVING each year. I'm just going to have to switch things up to keep it interesting. I've already decided a few things I'm going to do differently next year on the same gorunds I hunted this year. I also see the day when I hunt a LOT more (maybe exclusively, some day) with traditional gear. Maybe switch it up from year to year? Maybe hunt deer with one....turkeys with the other? Hnt from the ground? Hunt a single deer? Hunt different species, here (coyotes/fox/etc...)?

I'm not burned out (by a long shot). If anything....with my season drawing to a close in a few weeks.....I'm invigorated! Next year (and the rest of this one) holds many "unknowns".;)

Whitetails in NO WAY "bore" me. Hunting them the same old way....would lead me to burn out REALLY quickly.

EXCELLENT counterpont, Ed.;)

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Jeff - I might recant my statement, the only way I think I'd ever get bored of hunting whitetails would be if I could go out and kill a mature deer every hunt. I've been bowhunting obessively for 8 years now, and feel like I've only learned maybe 10% of what I need to know... So I'm looking at atleast another 72 years of bow hunting before I get there :D

Also keep in mind that I live in a 'game rich' area. I predator hunt in jan, have great waterfowl hunting from nov-jan, shed hunt/scout for deer in feb/march. Fish for stripers in march-may, fish all summer, crab from jun-oct, and bowhunt from sept till jan. So I have plenty to keep me occupied outdoors right out my back door...;)

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My thinking is....I know what Ive got in whitetails and can build off of that and try to better myself.....................hunting something else... I wouldnt know come here from sick'em. I could shoot a world record buffalo or leopard or something and not bat an eye because I wouldnt know what to expect. Sometimes knowing what to expect makes the surprise that much sweeter.

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I am with the preacher on this one, hunting whitetail in the midwest is hardly the same thing as hunting them here in the northeast.I plan on traveling to hunt whitetails, but the experience itself would be worth my hard earned cash. Just to be able to see the type of deer activity I read about here would be worth it to me, never minding scoring on a nice buck.
Not to mention I have been to Africa and don't plan on going back, it wasn't exactly a pleasure vacation when I went.

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I understand what you are saying Jeff about hunting the same deer and the same land and the same way....I to look for new land and new ways to place stands on existing land to keep it changed up.. I like hunting my land and have liked it for 20 yrs, but it's probably b/c I have good deer here....

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I would rather hunt animals in my country that I cant hunt in my state before going overseas like Elk, Moose, sheep, goats, antelope, muleys etc...Carribou is first on my out of country list. But yeah, I would eventually like to travel overseas once Ive completed some of the above hunts and I was financially willing to spend that kind of money. I have several friends that do out of country hunts every year, and some of their hunts gets prettyexpensive after its all said and done. The basic hunts, travel costs are just part of the costs, its the other hidden costs likethe shipping of the animal back and other fees can really get you where it hurts!!

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