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Article: Lord Derby's long odds.(TOUGH ENOUGH: Three completely different hunts, one common denominator.)
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- Petersen's Hunting
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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When somebody asks me about the most difficult game, my favorite answer is whitetail deer east of the Mississippi. Eastern whitetail hunting is tough because generations of hunting pressure and plenty of other hunters stack the odds against you.
Of course, hunting sheep is no cake walk either, what with the mountains they like to frolic in and their elusive nature. And if it happens that there are no sheep where you're hunting, the difficulty is only compounded--often right in your knees.
African bongos, with their fondness for jungles, are both mentally and physically hard to hunt. In fact, they are one of the most difficult species to pursue, period. ...