Antelope Rifles

[DrMike]

Who's the young bearded guy, Jim? :wink:

 

[JD338]

Shot this group this afternoon at 200 yds. I pulled the third shot. Temp 75*F, Wind W 10 mph.

JD338

 

[DrMike]

Antelope in the freezer with that load.

 

[JD338]

Who's the young bearded guy, Jim? :wink:

Some 23 yr old kid that you may know. :mrgreen:

JD338

 

[onesonek]

It looks like that load/group will do 200 x 2 + quite a bit more Jim,,,,nice shooting there!!!

 

[elkeater2]

After all that prep, if the buck walks out at 100 yds, do you shoo him away, or slowly crawl backwards? :grin:

My buck fell last week to my sizzlin' 25-06 using 120 gr. Hornadys at 3175 fps mv out of a 28" barrel Encore. He was 110 yards away. Just ribs and lungs in the way, and pass through was inevitable. No complaints and no waste meat!

EE2

 

[JD338]

Nice buck elkeater2, congratulations.

As for range, I like to plan for the worst and hope for the best. I am confirmed out to 600 yds with my rifle but will take a 100 yd shot. :mrgreen:

JD338

 

[DrMike]

Congratulations on a fine looking buck. That's hunting; we plan for the worst and accept whatever is presented, even when it is the best. :grin:

 

[gerry]

Congrats on your buck EE2, love the comment about putting horns on your dog although some bubba might try and shoot your dog :shock:

 

[SJB358]

Great buck EE2! I will take the close shots all day long..

 

[Guy Miner]

I've got no proven antelope rifle, as I've never hunted them!

Hope to solve that problem next month!

Guy

 

[elkeater2]

Thanks guys. BTW, Bubba won't be archery hunting where I go, so the dog will be safe!
Tom

 

[.280 Remington]

After all that prep, if the buck walks out at 100 yds, do you shoo him away, or slowly crawl backwards? :grin:

My buck fell last week to my sizzlin' 25-06 using 120 gr. Hornadys at 3175 fps mv out of a 28" barrel Encore. He was 110 yards away. Just ribs and lungs in the way, and pass through was inevitable. No complaints and no waste meat!

EE2

Nice Goat!

 

[cloverleaf]

I've got no proven antelope rifle, as I've never hunted them!

Hope to solve that problem next month!

Guy

Hmm, how many deer and coyotes has that 25-06 accounted for? Trust me you are good to go. Im lucky I guess, shot more antelope at less than 100yds than I have over 200. CL

 

[Guy Miner]

Well... The .25-06 has taken a few mule deer, coyotes and rock chucks....

But I don't know. Fotis used to tell me that it took a .30-378 or a .338-378 or some other cannon to take down a good pronghorn... :mrgreen:

 

[DrMike]

Fotis used to tell me that it took a .30-378 or a .338-378 or some other cannon to take down a good pronghorn... :mrgreen:

The bad ones? You have to start at 40 calibre. :shock: They're tougher than grizzlies.

 

[Guy Miner]

Crud. Maybe I better bring my rockchuck rifle.

The .375... :grin:

 

[elkeater2]

Well... The .25-06 has taken a few mule deer, coyotes and rock chucks....

But I don't know. Fotis used to tell me that it took a .30-378 or a .338-378 or some other cannon to take down a good pronghorn... :mrgreen:

What he left out was that's only when you're shooting upwind in Wyoming. Shooting downwind you can use a pellet gun. :lol:

 

[DrMike]

What he left out was that's only when you're shooting upwind in Wyoming. Shooting downwind you can use a pellet gun.

Very good! :mrgreen:

 

[jmad_81]

I'm very quickly falling head over heals for the 270 Weatherby chambered m70 sitting in my safe. I would think a 140AB @ 3250+ would be a great goat gun.

My brother in-law used my stw last week to take two doe goats @ 653 and 683 yards. Both with a single 160 AB on the first shot. It worked pretty good as well.