Utah antelope. Score!
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Musket Man
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Congrats on your antelope!! Whatever he scores you have a Utah antelope!!! What measurements did you get? Honestly from that pic it looks like he has 12-13" horns, good mass and almost no prongs but they are hard to judge, especially in 1 pic.
I didn't know if you're supposed to measure from the hair, or at the skull. From the hair, he measured 11-1/2"
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clifhunter
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Nice antelope!!! 320 is a heck of a shot on a goat. Those buggers are hard to hit way out here. How did the bullet do? Did it leave any damage on the exit wound?
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The bullet hit just behind the shoulder, liquified all the organs, shed its jacket and stopped at the hide on the opposite side. A complete energy dump.
The antelope dropped hard, DRT. I was surprised that there was no bullet exit. I didn't hit the shoulders, but the bullet path was so close, and so destructive, that there was some meat damage. While it did the job, I wonder if the Amax is a little too fragile.
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Yeah, might be a perfect antelope round but not any bigger. I just dropped a couple doe antelope with some Berger bullets and they left very little damage to meat, compared to shooting my buck with a federal Speer bullet which left a fist size exit wound.
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I believe you measure from below the hair. I found a good document on proper measuring. I'll look for the link again. Booklet was called field evaluation for B and C scoring. It provides really nice diagrams. Measure it in sixty days. I believe this is what B&C wants for drying out ect... It's a good goat.....you're in the 70's I'd say.
It's tricky. They almost have to be caped. You can use a credit card. You have to measure from center of horn. But lowest point. So if there is a point that is lower than center. You use the credit card for a horizontal line to measure from. 320 is no chip shot! The last goat we took with a Berger. About a 2" exit hole. Got two more to take this coming weekend. Hoping the Berger does the same if not better. I think my bullets are going a bit fast for the Berger to do what it's suppose to do. That and the fact an antelope is probably the smaller/softer side of the spectrum for that bullet. I was under the impression I would have a shotgun pattern on the exit side. There suppose to go in, and grenade from what I understand.
I've heard that, too, about the Berger bullets. That's pretty much how the Amax behaved.
Are you using hunting, or match Berger bullets? Is there even a difference?
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Minimal. But yes there is a diff. I'm using hunting vld. The bullet did not come in contact with much bone either. May be the reason for the action. Bullet went in about 2 ribs behind shoulder. And exited about 3 ribs from shoulder. Top 2/3rd mass. Great shot. Took out lungs. Just curious if I should be focusing on a bit more bone for different results.
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Vikingload
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With my antelope one had a hole for a exit and one had a shotgun pattern, it didn't damage the meat at all. Now when I shot my elk last year with a Berger it destroyed the vitals but no exit wound. For me I love the bullet and my browning loves shooting them.
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