Not willing to tell on myself yet, I'll relay a story about a couple of buddies on an antelope hunt a few years back. After 3 days of hard hunting in hot and dry conditions, they decided to take day 4 easier, driving around spotting. First light found them on a rise and right off they spotted a shooter. Grabbing only their rifles they started what they thought would be a quarter mile attempt. They were busted a couple of times but the buck never ran completely off and remained in their view. Long story short, 10 am found them a couple of miles from the truck with a downed antelope and the temp. was rising. Not too worried yet, they gutted the animal and were carrying it between them my the legs. Crossing the first dry gulch they spotted some cattle in the shade of what few trees were there. As they approached, a huge bull got up and was staring them down. Just as they thought they were going to escape his wrath, he rushed them. They scrambled up an almost vertical stream bank and the bull positioned at the bottom snorting and throwing dirt in the air. Every time they tried to get to the antelope, they were rushed again. Finally all of the cattle moved on and they retrieved the antelope. By now it's after 12 and starting to get hot. Really feeling the result of hot, dry heat and no water, they pushed on, making it to the truck in the late afternoon. They beat the desert this time, but now neither one will go take a pee without his day pack. It was their first antelope hunt. Now they both claim they don't like antelope meat but I think it's something else keeping them from applying again.
