awesome antelope

ishootbambi · #1 10-01-2010, 08:05 PM

just got home from todays hunt.....who wants to see some pics of a truly unique antelope. some great horns on this beast. one is a good inch shorter than the other, but a superb trophy all the same. i have to upload and get em up.......coming soon.......

Drop_Tine · #2 10-01-2010, 08:09 PM

Get them uploaded I want to see. ...

220swifty · #3 10-01-2010, 08:33 PM

Packhuntr want's to see pics.............

ishootbambi · #4 10-01-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 220swifty

Packhuntr want's to see pics.............

i bet he does......im wondering why he hasnt posted when he has told us what he and his crew have taken? im working on it.....having issues. coming soon, i promise.

buckslayer1 · #5 10-01-2010, 09:26 PM

This is great.. I sure want to see his 84"s of Antelope.He probably ran it over with the truck.That is why he needs a cape.

redranger15 · #6 10-01-2010, 09:28 PM

What's the hold up? We wanna see this thing man.

ishootbambi · #7 10-01-2010, 09:35 PM

so here they come. its a small world out there. anyone remember Justin C? i ran into him on thursday morning. turns out he had one of the few non trophy tags for 144, 142, 138. i saw non trophy my roody poo candy arse. look at the horns on this old girl. 3 inches on the one side, inch and a half on the other. pics dont show it real well, but it even has prongs on both sides. i wasnt packing a tape, but im guessing it must gross around 10. i dont know who keeps track of such things, but im declaring it the world record antelope doe for now. if anyone has one bigger id like to see it. Justin said he had been practicing all summer at shooting out to 800 yards, but 600 would be his max to ensure a clean kill. well, we looked over a few that he thought were much too close, and when we saw the horns on this critter, we knew she was the one. so we headed in the opposite direction to egt a nice even 600. it was a ways to go as we started at 60, but we got where we needed to be. wind was almost zero....negligible anyhow...and as Justin settled in behind the 7mm RUM and got the bipod adjusted just right, i plugged my ears for the death wave that i knew was coming. he has a brake on that cannon, and although i cant stand them.....i dont blame him. after a few seconds of settling in......KABOOM!!! well.....just like best of the west tv, after a pause for bullet travel.....thump and down she went. the shot wasnt perfect.....the berger struck about 4 inches right of where he said he aimed....but a one shot kill all the same. i will say i was impressed. he said he was more than capable at that range, but i wasnt as sure as he was. if you ask me, it is an awesome antelope and a unique one of a kind trophy. i know you are creeping this site Justin.....congrats on your prize.

steve · #8 10-01-2010, 09:39 PM

Nice!

redranger15 · #9 10-01-2010, 09:43 PM

Very good .Now your other post on the other thread makes sence. Had me hook line and sinker as they say.

redranger15 · #10 10-01-2010, 09:45 PM

Oh yah and this.

deanmc · #11 10-01-2010, 10:15 PM

A

wesome story.

220swifty · #12 10-01-2010, 10:48 PM

I will be stomping around 152 next week, and will see if i can top that. Might not beat the range, but i will try and go for a more balanced set of headgear.

AB2506 · #13 10-01-2010, 11:40 PM

Definitely a non-typical.

Traps · #14 10-02-2010, 07:31 AM

Save the long shots for the range, if your presented with 60 yards take the clean ethical kill shot. A 5 mph wind can drift your bullet 12" easily at 600 yards. Not something to brag about.

220swifty · #15 10-02-2010, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Traps

Save the long shots for the range, if your presented with 60 yards take the clean ethical kill shot. A 5 mph wind can drift your bullet 12" easily at 600 yards. Not something to brag about.

If the guy had really practiced and was comfortable to 900 yds, then 600 yds would be a pretty ethical shot, no. If you just want to bash another's methods (even though they resulted in a clean, humane kill) then you should maybe think twice and keep your Traps shut.

For the record, I have only shot my rifle to 300 as today, and intend to spend a day and more than a few rounds shooting to 500 the day before the hunt, although i doubt it will make me confident enough to hunt to 500, i will set my threshold at the end of that day.

Traps · #16 10-02-2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 220swifty

If the guy had really practiced and was comfortable to 900 yds, then 600 yds would be a pretty ethical shot, no. If you just want to bash another's methods (even though they resulted in a clean, humane kill) then you should maybe think twice and keep your Traps shut.

For the record, I have only shot my rifle to 300 as today, and intend to spend a day and more than a few rounds shooting to 500 the day before the hunt, although i doubt it will make me confident enough to hunt to 500, i will set my threshold at the end of that day.

Ethical is shooting from the best position and state to produce a humane kill, in this case at 60 yards. The shot was 4" back from where aimed, at 60 yards this would have been 0.4" back. The only reason to go back to 600 yards was to boast about it, IMO no respect was given to the animal hunted. Your introducing more risk in having the animal injured. Lets play this out in a hypothetical situation, your the doe - what would you choose, a slow and painful death or a quick one?

To address the method your going to use to find your shooting threshold. Your going to judge your threshold at the end of the day before the hunt by practicing to 500? Days change as does the wind and your physical state during the hunt. You don't know your threshold a day before the hunt, if your confident out to 300 that is your threshold regardless of what you did the day before.

I am not going to keep my Traps shut when this boasting does nothing to improve how the public sees us.

diamonddave · #17 10-02-2010, 11:47 AM

Traps.... Believe nothing you read and only 50% of what you actually see. Thanks for the laugh bambi.

buckslayer1 · #18 10-02-2010, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Traps

Ethical is shooting from the best position and state to produce a humane kill, in this case at 60 yards. The shot was 4" back from where aimed, at 60 yards this would have been 0.4" back. The only reason to go back to 600 yards was to boast about it, IMO no respect was given to the animal hunted. Your introducing more risk in having the animal injured. Lets play this out in a hypothetical situation, your the doe - what would you choose, a slow and painful death or a quick one?

To address the method your going to use to find your shooting threshold. Your going to judge your threshold at the end of the day before the hunt by practicing to 500? Days change as does the wind and your physical state during the hunt. You don't know your threshold a day before the hunt, if your confident out to 300 that is your threshold regardless of what you did the day before.

I am not going to keep my Traps shut when this boasting does nothing to improve how the public sees us.

Hey bud what are you trying to say? If you cant do it no one can??? If the poster shot 500 shells out to 800-1000 yards in all types of conditions.Also has a wind spead reader and all other gadgets to make it ETHICAL... Would this not be just like the 60 yard shot? Also as Bambi said 4".Which is F all that.It is still 1/3 of a pie plate.Still a humaine kill shot. I agree with other poster.Zip it. If you want to complain send a letter to the best of the west.Also I personally know of kill shots that make this look like a joke as 1200-1600 yards.Now that is a different story.

Congrats to the poster and Bambi on the hunt and a cool animal.

220swifty · #19 10-02-2010, 04:32 PM

Consider it this way Traps, you have shelled out $3000 dollars on rifle and scope, and spent many more dollars, as well as your time, buying ammunition, or components, and burning them up practicing. You do all this simply to hunt one of your favorite quarry, the pronghorn antelope. This is something you get to do every 3 or 4 years, if you play your draws correctly. Now, you get to finally use that rifle on your intended target, and you are slightly dissapointed that the shot is only 60 yds, you could have done that with the mod 94 that your grandpa left you. You opt to step back a bit and take a long range shot that you know you can make, but will have to put effort into it.

For some of us, we aren't just out to harvest meat, we put alot of time and money into our sport and sometimes neglect our family. To go out and pop the first doe we see at 60 yds would be anti-climactic, and honestly, a bit dissapointing. By your logic of taking the first ethical clean shot available, all the guys who have been looking for that perfect rack are un-ethical slobs. Most of the antlered critters i have harvested were not the first easy shot i came across, and i have passed up several legal animals inside 100 yds because they were not what i was after, only to take a tougher shot (successfully) on the one that would best fill my tag.

You better not have ever missed an animal in your life, either, because that would make you a hypocrite.

elkhunter1234 · #20 10-02-2010, 08:24 PM

Thiers know way that speeder will make 10", I can only come up with 8 3/8" from the pictures,she's lacking both mass and cutters, but i know pictures can be deceiving sometimes... Thanks for the laugh...

whitetail Junkie · #21 10-02-2010, 10:37 PM

You got me,too funny!!!

Geez even the Doe's in WMU 144 Have big Horns!!!
That is Truely A Trophy,non-trophy Antelope

ishootbambi · #22 10-02-2010, 10:48 PM

the owner has the cape off and will email me some pics. you will be able to see the prongs then....it may be better than 10! 144 even has does with big horns...........woooooohooooo!!!

there is way more to the story that went into that day as well......more pics and tales will come tomorrow.

nube · #23 10-03-2010, 09:30 AM

Good on the guy for making a good shot. At least he knew what he was doing unlike half the guys out there that would attempt a shot like that

Traps · #24 10-03-2010, 03:12 PM

Swifty

I am not judging people that trophy hunt. If you want to wait it out to take a larger specimen or to spend more time in the field then great - to each their own. But the difference here is a concious decision was made to harvest that animal at 600 versus 60. If this animal was a trophy of a lifetime do you think he would have backed up to 600 yards? There is a difference in what is presented to you and what you choose to exercise.

If I was a hypocrite then I would have said something like a hunter should never miss an animal. I have missed an animal and because of that it has made me a better marksman and a better judge of my capabilities - a concept that all hunters should be aware of, not just going out the day before the hunt to test your range.

buckslayer1 · #25 10-03-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Traps

Swifty

I am not judging people that trophy hunt. If you want to wait it out to take a larger specimen or to spend more time in the field then great - to each their own. But the difference here is a concious decision was made to harvest that animal at 600 versus 60. If this animal was a trophy of a lifetime do you think he would have backed up to 600 yards? There is a difference in what is presented to you and what you choose to exercise.

If I was a hypocrite then I would have said something like a hunter should never miss an animal. I have missed an animal and because of that it has made me a better marksman and a better judge of my capabilities - a concept that all hunters should be aware of, not just going out the day before the hunt to test your range.

The poster stated the shooter had done LOTS of practice. I still dont understand what your problem is on this topic.The hunter might have wanted that long shot to make it a trophy to him. I really dont understand the probem here. He did all to ensure a proper kill doing what he wanted. I think you should not belittle the guy for wanting to make a long shot that sounds like he was more than capable of making.

220swifty · #26 10-03-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by buckslayer1

The poster stated the shooter had done LOTS of practice. I still dont understand what your problem is on this topic.The hunter might have wanted that long shot to make it a trophy to him. I really dont understand the probem here. He did all to ensure a proper kill doing what he wanted. I think you should not belittle the guy for wanting to make a long shot that sounds like he was more than capable of making.

exactly

JustinC 2 · #27 10-03-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Traps

Save the long shots for the range, if your presented with 60 yards take the clean ethical kill shot. A 5 mph wind can drift your bullet 12" easily at 600 yards. Not something to brag about.

I can make that shot everyday of the week. Even if there is a 20mph wind I turn my turret to compesate for it. Just cause you cant do something dont come on here and try to put me down.I am very happy with this goat as it my fifth one.2nd non trophy.I also shot my last on @ 550yards. So this aint my first Rodeo but thanks.Also my gun is a .25moa groups all day long.

Like 220swifty said be a hipocrit somewhere else.

honda450 · #28 10-03-2010, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JustinC 2

I can make that shot everyday of the week. Even if there is a 20mph wind I turn my turret to compesate for it. Just cause you cant do something dont come on here and try to put me down.I am very happy with this goat as it my fifth one.2nd non trophy.I also shot my last on @ 550yards. So this aint my first Rodeo but thanks.Also my gun is a .25moa groups all day long.

Like 220swifty said be a hipocrit somewhere else.

Thought you were banned from this site?

New Hunter Okotoks · #29 10-03-2010, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by elkhunter1234

Thiers know way that speeder will make 10", I can only come up with 8 3/8" from the pictures,she's lacking both mass and cutters, but i know pictures can be deceiving sometimes... Thanks for the laugh...

LOL!!!!
I figured at first these HAD to have been photoshopped.But yeah I see what your saying.I think it has got a chance at GROSSING 10" but your 8 3/8 will probably be bang on for Net after drying.Probably would have had a good shot at going book in another year with good nourishment and a mild winter.

Traps · #30 10-03-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JustinC 2

I can make that shot everyday of the week. Even if there is a 20mph wind I turn my turret to compesate for it. Just cause you cant do something dont come on here and try to put me down.I am very happy with this goat as it my fifth one.2nd non trophy.I also shot my last on @ 550yards. So this aint my first Rodeo but thanks.Also my gun is a .25moa groups all day long.

Like 220swifty said be a hipocrit somewhere else.

0.25 moa all day long yet you were 4" off your mark, at 600 yards that is 1.25" yet at 60 yards it would have been 0.4"...... and you were saying something about being a hypocrite?