top 10 most difficult game to hunt in north america

It's really impossible to narrow it down like that. There are areas around here where people have been hunting their whole lives, they know there are deer in the area, they spend the whole summer getting ready and they go the whole season without shooting a deer, yet they'll shoot 5 the next year.

Does that make deer hard to hunt?

Well, there are other areas that I've hunted that I set foot in once in my life, went there opening day and shot deer.

What's that tell you?


Then again, I say it also depends on whether or not you mean "kill one" or "kill a trophy".

Most "normal" people who have to hunt unfenced land of reasonable acreage with deer that cross multiple property lines will never, in their entire lives and probably their children and grandchildren, kill a deer with a rack scoring over 110-120 inches.

Certainly, if the question is "kill a deer" and I can pick where I want to hunt, I can virtually guarantee a kill in one day. If the question is "We're dropping you here, kill a 140 class buck.", well, no way, no how.

I would guess that the same is true of most game animals.
 
I suppose every part of the country would have a different list of animals.
I have hunted moose, bear, elk, mulies, turkeys, and whitetails.

The deer were very easy.
Elk and bears werent that much harder.
Moose around here are very hard to find anymore cause of the wolf problem, but there are areas I know of that they are very easy to get.
Around here the turkey is the hardest tag I've tried to fill. Been doing it 7 years and only shot 1. But man is it fun. Kind of a cross between coyote hunting and elk hunting.
I think mountain lion hunting would be hard and fun.
 
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Most difficult:
Wild Ferrets (there are many species... but most are protected)

The species native to the western U.S. are quick, tiny little things. They can be very difficult to find without baiting, and are nearly impossible to hit. (We used to hunt them when I was a kid. I have no idea if the species we were after are even legal now - so don't try it without checking first.)


Close second:
Flying Squirrels.
 
I really don't hunt too many things except deer, coyote, rabbit, and ground hog.

My dad swears up and down till this day that grouse is the hardest thing he has ever tried to hunt. He said when you kicked one up it sounded like a chopper taking off. Nearly gave him a heart attack. LOL.
 
try taking a dump next to a grouse there wont be any detail to the story just know is was a bad bad day at work after that
 
+1 on Chukars. Little ba***rds run up the mountain and laugh at you. Then when you get up to where they are, they fly down to the bottom and laugh again...
 
From the standpoint of wariness and smarts, I'd sorta figure on either turkey in areas with a good bit of hunting pressure, or fully-mature trophy whitetail bucks.

Physical challenge? Probably critters like the Dall sheep or mountain goats.
 
May be I'm just being a homer, but in my experience it has been Rosevelt elk and Black tail deer. I stumbled around the woods with an open black bear tag as well (for the first time) and saw sign all over, but no bears.
 
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