What's the most challenging species you've ever hunted?

Mountain goat in the Canadian Rockies.
I thought I was in good shape...I was wrong.
Three days before we saw them, another day to work close, a day to complete the stalk...and one shot to miss.
But it was stunning country and just to sit with a cup of coffee and look at the mountains was all the reward I could ever have wanted.
 
Hey, Art Eatman - -

Back on page two of this thread, on 05-13-2002, 09:21 a.m., you posted “The Playground.,” with an image - -
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3554.

Is that taken from about the place where we went on 3 or 4 July, and the kiddos dug up some resurrection plants?

“Oh that I had the power to describe the wonderful country as I saw it then.”
James B. Gillette, on the Big Bend area, in Six Years With the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 as quoted by Tom Lea in The Wonderful Country.
(From memory - I may have a word or two wrong.)

Johnny
 
woodpigions (when using air rifle) You can hear them but they're always buryed so deep in the crown of the tree they spot you before you can spot them, and they have better eyesite than magpies.
 
Hey, speaking of tough hunting with air rifles, blue jays are smarter than heck...they never sit in one place more than a couple seconds, and they look around closely before flying down to the ground to get food, then off again immediately. Crows too of course, but crows' smarts can be overcome with their weakness - the susceptibility to game calls.
 
I have to say Eastern Wild Turkey. Followed by brown bears. Not because brown bears are physically dangerous, but because they're no where to be found when hunting them.
Normally out here on the Penisula you can't turn around without bumping into one. Bears in the yard, bears in the dumpsters, I've even seen one in the back of a pick up. Buy a bear tag and walk out the door with a rifle and they vanish. I've often told folks who've asked about bear protection out here to buy a bear tag and carry a rifle. I guarantee they'll never encounter bears.
 
My ex-girlfriend
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haha I was about to say "my girlfriend." I had to stalk her for about 2 years before I could get a shot :p

I don't have enough experience to add much to this thread, but it was a good read :)
 
yellowjackets, definately. Taking on a horde of stinging insects with nothing more than a pellet gun can be an invigorating experience. Try shooting the little devils in mid air with a 1.77 wadcutter and bear hunting starts to feel like grocery shopping :D
 
For me every species is difficult.

When was the last time you all seen a 400+lbs man go hunting in the woods. For me it was when I look in the mirror after my last hunting trip.
 
You took the words right out of my mouth canonoch (although I'm not overweight). I can't recall any species that didn't try real hard to avoid being hunted. They're all tough! Guess that's why they call it hunting.
 
Yep and the darn critters look at the hunting regs like we do. Except they're look at how long they got till the have to leave for the city, while we head for the woods at the same time. :)
 
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