Firebird24
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- Sep 3, 2024
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Had three days scheduled for a Wyoming antelope hunt. Then a funeral scratched a day and then there were two. Kids stuff intervened and then it was one. . .
Two of us killed bucks with no trouble. My buddy killed a taller one than mine but still pretty shape. I passed a dozen that looked just like mine before I decided we didn’t have time to keep “shopping.” The animals were typically not spooky and were very busy with the rut.
I killed mine when we accidentally got between his does and him as he chased another buck over a hill. When he came back I was waiting. I had expected a 400 yard shot and had my 28 nosler so of course he came around at under 200 and was still closing when I shot him. Should have had my 7mm-08! Hit quartering to me and I placed the bullet in front of the near shoulder, exited behind the off shoulder. He sprinted a hard circle at full speed and was down and done. Ruined no meat and my buddy is a big game taxidermist so the skinning was fast and precise. Didn’t see any sage grouse or coyotes this trip. Lots of antelope in this unit and a good selection of bucks. A car smashed a nice buck while we were hunting out on the main road. Photos make him look a bit odd, he was actually extremely symmetrical, nice mass, pretty shape. A very typical “representative” antelope and a great Day spent with my friend.
Two of us killed bucks with no trouble. My buddy killed a taller one than mine but still pretty shape. I passed a dozen that looked just like mine before I decided we didn’t have time to keep “shopping.” The animals were typically not spooky and were very busy with the rut.
I killed mine when we accidentally got between his does and him as he chased another buck over a hill. When he came back I was waiting. I had expected a 400 yard shot and had my 28 nosler so of course he came around at under 200 and was still closing when I shot him. Should have had my 7mm-08! Hit quartering to me and I placed the bullet in front of the near shoulder, exited behind the off shoulder. He sprinted a hard circle at full speed and was down and done. Ruined no meat and my buddy is a big game taxidermist so the skinning was fast and precise. Didn’t see any sage grouse or coyotes this trip. Lots of antelope in this unit and a good selection of bucks. A car smashed a nice buck while we were hunting out on the main road. Photos make him look a bit odd, he was actually extremely symmetrical, nice mass, pretty shape. A very typical “representative” antelope and a great Day spent with my friend.
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