Antelope success

[DHuffman]

3rd day of hunting finally found one worth shooting. After 2 1/2 days of hunting my families private land I went to the public national grassland and found this guy in a prarie dog town chasing off challengers and trying to keep his does together.

 

[DHuffman]

6.5-284 shooting a 143 ELD X DRT

Numbers are way down here it took a lot of glassing several areas then a lot of walking to get in range.

 

[DHuffman]

14 on one side 13 on the other with a tiny ivory tip on one side and the little stickers on the back side.

 

[DHuffman]

Walked a mile + to make a 300 yard shot.

 

[DHuffman]

One more

 

[Cryhavoc]

Awesome and congrats! Thanks for sharing!

 

[CaptainMal]

Closest pictures I have ever seen. Kind of neat.

Good shot and hunt.

 

[Huntschool]

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Nice job. Seems like a lot of folks are saying the good ones seem to be more difficult to find this year.....

Congrats......

Bruce A. Hering
Program Coordinator/Lead Instructor (retired)
Shotgun Team Coach
Southeastern Illinois College
SCTP Collegiate Coaches Chairman
NSCA Level III

 

[johnfred1965]

Nice Trophy, congrats! I"ve shot many whitetails, in the woods. I would love to try Antelope in the wide open, seems like a greater challenge.

 

[Hal]

Antelope horns are made of hair and shed every year.
When shed the base of the horn is hollow and fit on a bone cone that is part of the antelope's skull. The bone core is covered in a rubber like substance.

Hal

 

[jepp2]

That is a nice goat. I had 3 tags and filled them last week. Spent 1 afternoon just taking pictures.

 

[5spd]

Great antelope IMO, nice hunt & shooting.

 

[DHuffman]

Great antelope IMO, nice hunt & shooting.

Thanks!