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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2607948" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>I have pretty much hunted everything I wanted to except Marco Polo. I will give some younger members some unsolicited advice: if you really want to do exotic hunts every year, take a chance and figure out how to start your own business. In my 30s I made enough to blow 15k or so every year on an African hunt or guided NA hunt, but I really wanted an African lion and not a canned South African hunt. I knew if I didn't do something different I would never be able to afford a 21 day Tanzanian tented safari or have the ability to take off nearly a month to do it. So I started my own business. I took the profits from that one and invested in real estate heavily during the global financial crisis.</p><p></p><p>I would also add this: when I was in my early 20s I always thought my life would be complete if I could shoot a caribou worthy of mounting ((I have now shot 13). After I did that, I thought, no, I really just need a Dall sheep. Shot that and said, I will really be happy if I shoot a grizzly. Did that, then needed a 6x6 elk. Then a big kudu and gemsbok. Next was a Cape buff. Then I thought if I shoot a lion and and a trophy elephant I will be totally satisfied. Now? I hunt the animals that are fun: Alaska Yukon moose. Elk. Deer. Rabbits. Coyotes. Trophy animals can be like making money: you can never have too much - until you realize it isn't a competition. So at this point I really have little desire to hunt Marco Polo - I am not sure I would enjoy it more than other hunts I can do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2607948, member: 3230"] I have pretty much hunted everything I wanted to except Marco Polo. I will give some younger members some unsolicited advice: if you really want to do exotic hunts every year, take a chance and figure out how to start your own business. In my 30s I made enough to blow 15k or so every year on an African hunt or guided NA hunt, but I really wanted an African lion and not a canned South African hunt. I knew if I didn’t do something different I would never be able to afford a 21 day Tanzanian tented safari or have the ability to take off nearly a month to do it. So I started my own business. I took the profits from that one and invested in real estate heavily during the global financial crisis. I would also add this: when I was in my early 20s I always thought my life would be complete if I could shoot a caribou worthy of mounting ((I have now shot 13). After I did that, I thought, no, I really just need a Dall sheep. Shot that and said, I will really be happy if I shoot a grizzly. Did that, then needed a 6x6 elk. Then a big kudu and gemsbok. Next was a Cape buff. Then I thought if I shoot a lion and and a trophy elephant I will be totally satisfied. Now? I hunt the animals that are fun: Alaska Yukon moose. Elk. Deer. Rabbits. Coyotes. Trophy animals can be like making money: you can never have too much - until you realize it isn’t a competition. So at this point I really have little desire to hunt Marco Polo - I am not sure I would enjoy it more than other hunts I can do. [/QUOTE]
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