More when I get service. Most fun I've had in a while. We all 3 shot one on our first day. 260 yards, 340 yards, and mine was 313. Headed to out deer area for a few days of scouting. I chased mine for several hours before he finally slipped up.
Antelope Down!!
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Well, I've finally settled back into reality. We had an absolute blast. We left Thursday the 9th at 8:30pm with way too much stuff! 27 hours later, after stopping for groceries, we arrived at our campsite for the antelope hunt. We set up camp in the dark and settled in briefly before hitting the sack. We were up before daybreak in what turned out to a beautiful crisp morning. We loaded up and hit the 2 track headed to where I had assumed we would get into some antelope. Less than half a mile into our ride I spotted a lone doe feeding about 150 yards ahead. We stopped and watched to see what was with her beyond the rise. Sure enough 1 by 1 about 20 more doe came into view. And lastly, I seen the horns of what I thought to be a very nice buck cresting the hill. My brother tried to get into position and that's all it took....they were out of there! After about an hour of trying to catch back up with the buck we decided to move on. The rancher stopped us along the way and told us to head north to his pastures because there were "about 1,000 antelope out there right now". Why not.....so off we go!! I couldn't stop thinking about that buck as he crested the rise. He looked huge to me but we had chased him into another county I was sure.
About a mile after we left the rancher we found another group of bedded antelope with a buck amongst them. My friend Dwayne decided that he wanted to take this buck. He positioned himself while we glassed and ranged for him. Three consecutive ranges gave 343, 345, and 343. As I'm watching through the binos Dwayne squeezes the shot off from his 30-06, and I proceed to witness something I'll never forget. Dwayne lost the buck after the shot and asked if he'd hit it. My brother and I looked at each other and laughed as he had witnessed the same thing I did. A perfect heart shot and a 30 yard death run. I won't get graphic, but what we seen through binos is what you would expect to see from a bow shot whitetail.
First antelope down!!
And off we go to this mythical pasture full of antelope. We came across many antelope along the way and had passed on maybe 10 bucks when Spencer (brother) located a lone buck down in a creek drainage. After looking him over for a few minutes he decided to try and get a shot. We got as close as we could and ranged him at 260 yards. Spencer got a solid rest and squeezed off the 7mm mag.....this antelope face planted. Didn't take a step haha. Another site to see through binos!! While we were dressing him a real dandy came up behind us. He was very tall and had nice prongs, but average mass. I flip flopped and had just about decided to take him, when he decided he'd had enough and took off. I continued glassing while Spencer was attending to his harvest and counted at least 100 antelope with 1 really nice buck. But I had to see more.
Antelope #2 down!!
About a mile after we left the rancher we found another group of bedded antelope with a buck amongst them. My friend Dwayne decided that he wanted to take this buck. He positioned himself while we glassed and ranged for him. Three consecutive ranges gave 343, 345, and 343. As I'm watching through the binos Dwayne squeezes the shot off from his 30-06, and I proceed to witness something I'll never forget. Dwayne lost the buck after the shot and asked if he'd hit it. My brother and I looked at each other and laughed as he had witnessed the same thing I did. A perfect heart shot and a 30 yard death run. I won't get graphic, but what we seen through binos is what you would expect to see from a bow shot whitetail.
First antelope down!!
And off we go to this mythical pasture full of antelope. We came across many antelope along the way and had passed on maybe 10 bucks when Spencer (brother) located a lone buck down in a creek drainage. After looking him over for a few minutes he decided to try and get a shot. We got as close as we could and ranged him at 260 yards. Spencer got a solid rest and squeezed off the 7mm mag.....this antelope face planted. Didn't take a step haha. Another site to see through binos!! While we were dressing him a real dandy came up behind us. He was very tall and had nice prongs, but average mass. I flip flopped and had just about decided to take him, when he decided he'd had enough and took off. I continued glassing while Spencer was attending to his harvest and counted at least 100 antelope with 1 really nice buck. But I had to see more.
Antelope #2 down!!
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We got Spencer's antelope taken care of and proceeded to the pastures. The rancher didn't tell us, and I didn't look at my maps, but the pastures were below us. WAY below us. So much so that I wasn't about to take a vehicle of any sort down there. We would have to drive around which took about 40 minutes. We decided to have lunch and cape their antelope.
The mythical pasture. There were about 200+ down there. Along with 50 or so mule deer.
Lunch had, antelope caped and on ice. We rode around for the next few hours and viewed many a good antelope and a real nice mule deer buck. By circumstance we came back to where we'd seen that first buck, and low and behold he was still in the general area along with his doe. I got a better look at him and realized he was as nice as I'd thought, and bigger than any that I'd seen thus far. The gig was up though and he wouldn't let us get anywhere close to him. Trust me, I tried lol. We back tracked and pulled out the maps and GPS. We came up with a plan.
There were several piles of rock scattered in the area where he was hanging out. Along with typical rolling terrain. I could have tried a stalk by myself made it somewhat easier, but I'd had so much fun watching these guys that I wanted them to come with me. We came around a back way from normal and proceeded to stalk up to his "area" climbing the rocks along the way for good view points. We couldn't locate him. We seen 1 nice hill left and decided to crest it staying as low possible as we went. As we came to the top I spotted his horns and froze. He was less than 150 yards away looking at us. They didn't all out run, but they made their way out pretty fast. I got in position and Dwayne was calling out ranges. The buck finally stopped at 313 yards and I squeezed the trigger (.270wsm). I watched through the scope as he ran about 20 yards and stopped. He hunkered over and went down. It was all high fives from there.
Antelope #3 down!!
The mythical pasture. There were about 200+ down there. Along with 50 or so mule deer.
Lunch had, antelope caped and on ice. We rode around for the next few hours and viewed many a good antelope and a real nice mule deer buck. By circumstance we came back to where we'd seen that first buck, and low and behold he was still in the general area along with his doe. I got a better look at him and realized he was as nice as I'd thought, and bigger than any that I'd seen thus far. The gig was up though and he wouldn't let us get anywhere close to him. Trust me, I tried lol. We back tracked and pulled out the maps and GPS. We came up with a plan.
There were several piles of rock scattered in the area where he was hanging out. Along with typical rolling terrain. I could have tried a stalk by myself made it somewhat easier, but I'd had so much fun watching these guys that I wanted them to come with me. We came around a back way from normal and proceeded to stalk up to his "area" climbing the rocks along the way for good view points. We couldn't locate him. We seen 1 nice hill left and decided to crest it staying as low possible as we went. As we came to the top I spotted his horns and froze. He was less than 150 yards away looking at us. They didn't all out run, but they made their way out pretty fast. I got in position and Dwayne was calling out ranges. The buck finally stopped at 313 yards and I squeezed the trigger (.270wsm). I watched through the scope as he ran about 20 yards and stopped. He hunkered over and went down. It was all high fives from there.
Antelope #3 down!!
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Musket Man
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Congrats to all of you on your goats! Thanks for sharing all the pics! Yours looks alot like my WY antelope from 2012.
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Againstthewind
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roknHS
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Cobb,
I gotta say, I am impressed. All that research and planning payed off big. That is one nice looking buck.
Thanks for sending an early picture. We'd like to see more..................
I gotta say, I am impressed. All that research and planning payed off big. That is one nice looking buck.
Thanks for sending an early picture. We'd like to see more..................
PlainsHunter
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Colorado T
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Great work Cobb, glad to hear your had a great time. Good mass and great cutters!! Looking forward to seeing more pics. Congratulations!!
ElkTrout
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woodtick
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And here you were freaking out on me a week ago!!! You did nicely man I'm glad it all worked out!!
Sfjeeper
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Musket Man
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I tried to tell them this would happen if they didnt leave the gun in the truck the first day! HAHA
libidilatimmy
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CrossCreeks
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kesand72
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Great goat! IMO antelope hunts r the most fun a hunter in this country can have.
Lots of animals, lots of easily accessible public land, and high success rates. Doesn't get any better!
Lots of animals, lots of easily accessible public land, and high success rates. Doesn't get any better!