Handgunning Wyoming Antelope....

[Preacher]

I just returned from a very successful handgun Antelope hunt south of Gillette Wyoming.
We hunted on the 55,000 acre Durham Buffalo ranch in Wright Wyoming, a 25 hour drive out of Western New York...
The weather was as good as could be, very light winds for a change, and warm and sunny all day...
A friend up the road from me came along to help out and shot a very nice Antelope at a bit over 200 yards with a custom built 16 inch 25-284 XP-100 shooting 100 grain Nosler Ballistic tips..
After getting his dressed out and in the truck we were headed to the skinning shed and saw 4 nice Bucks and a single doe about 300 yards out on a side hill just laying there enjoying the day. They all stood up and I got the Swarovski HD on the window mount and dialed them in, and told Mike that I was going to kill the one in the middle...
I put the big Leica Geovids on the one I wanted and got a 311 yard reading. I tried to settle the pistol on him but it was not feeling good off of the window mount that I usually use, I just didn't feel good about the way it was working out, so I bailed out of the truck and put the bipod on my rear grip 16 inch 25-284 XP-100 and slipped the sandbag under the rear of the rear grip stock and sent a 115 grain Berger VLD on the way when he started to move off. I heard it hit even with my ears on, and watched through the 5.5x22x50 NSX as he started to run with his nose about 6 inches off the ground, and after about 10 foot of scrambling he put his nose into the ground and flipped over on his back........
Pretty nice goats for a first time Antelope hunt with a handgun...
Mikes went 14.2 on horn length and scored 74.2...
Mine was 14.5 on the horn length and scored 80.2...

 

[NorCalMikie]

And I was just wondering when you were headed out West? Good job and they say a pistol won't get the job done? You sure proved a point. Well done.

 

[Bulseyetom]

The last time I looked it was illegal to shoot from a motor vehicle! :-[

 

[BIGMAC]

Mike and Preacher,
Well done you did good.

 

[Preacher]

Well bulseyetom you better look better at the laws before you run your mouth about it!!!
Especially since I didn't shoot out of the vehicle anyways...
Wyoming states you need to be off the berm of the road, and seeing I was a few miles off the road it was really a no brainer..
Besides that I have disabled permits that allows me to do exactly that in a few states....

 

[TheBlueEyedBear]

And, any of those laws that would apply only apply on County roads or U.S. highways. Anything else, farm roads, section roads, two track field roads et al do not apply (MT, WY, ID).

Nice 'Goat'' Bruce. Looks like a candidate for the wall.

 

[distinguished]

Nice animals and good shot. Is that the exit wound in the top pic?

 

[Dgd6mm]

Nice Goat. It pays to Know the laws. Good job Preacher and your Buddy.

 

[Preacher]

((((Nice animals and good shot. Is that the exit wound in the top pic?)))))

Yes on the exit wound, it took out that shoulder and kept right on going...
The entrance was tucked in just behind the other shoulder and it slipped in between 2 ribs.
First time shooting the 115 VLD's at critters, but it sure won't be the last time ...........

 

[P1ZombieKiller]

Very nice. By the way, I've been seeing a lot of your XP work in the past few days. Seems like there is a fellow here in Texas that has a very simular XP to the one you shot there.

 

[mauritz45]

congrats on some great shooting and a successful hunt.
how did you get hooked up with that ranch?--cam

 

[Preacher]

mauritz---
It was the 25th HHI hunt on that ranch.... HHI = Handgun Hunters International......

WES--- You Texans always like em bigger and better "O)

 

[TheOtherZilla]

The last time I looked it was illegal to shoot from a motor vehicle! :-[

Yes it is in the regs, cept for handicapped/disabled permit from the state... A warden Mighta ticketed ya and it is considered illegal here to shoot from the vehicle inside or out.. Nice goats BTW

This quote is directly from the reg:

(b) The Disabled Hunter shall not:
(i) Discharge a firearm or other legal hunting device from a motor vehicle except as otherwise provided in accordance with Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulation Chapter 38 Hunters with a Qualifying Disability Authorized to Shoot from a Vehicle;

Here's a link to the full reg. http://gf.state.wy.us/admin/regulations/pdf/Ch35.pdf

And here is the qualifying reg #38. http://gf.state.wy.us/admin/regulations/pdf/Ch38.pdf

 

[P1ZombieKiller]

WES--- You Texans always like em bigger and better "O)

Yes, and those sure are bigger.

 

[wapiti25]

Two nice antelope. Good shooting and I love XP's. I have a 7mm BR that I used to shoot silhouette with, great gun.

 

[sscoyote]

Pretty good Preacher. My newest XP is gonna be a 27 SAUM twisted to shoot the 130-150 Berger's/polymer tips. I was actually considering the 25 SAUM, but decided to go with the 27 for the variety of bullet selection.

 

[treeman]

way to go bruce. I love hunting antelope in wy. my wife and I went up there in 08 and she got two and I got one . I had one more permit but the ice chest was full so we called it quits. what I like about it is you can see 'em for miles and try to get close enough for a shot. I've got an xp in 6br to make a stock for to give long range pistol a try. nice goats!!!
treeman