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Antelope Opener Success
Got my hands on one this morning. The long wait is over. This is my first Antelope and I couldn’t be happier. The stalk went as well as it could have. Wind was mild and in our faces the whole time. With the sun at our backs we closed to under 400yards with some crawling on hands and knees and got set up prone on the bipod. Ranged at 365 yards. Dialled the turret and touched off a 115gr Berger from my .257 Wby. He was down almost instantly. Had a lifelong friend along for it as well. Thank you for the assistance BTW. We caught it all on video as well.   
This is the one we were hoping to find this morning but he was MIA. 
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10-16-2017, 03:28 PM
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Nice buck, what zone?
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10-16-2017, 03:30 PM
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Nice speed goat!
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10-16-2017, 03:35 PM
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Nice
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10-16-2017, 03:43 PM
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Congrats! The second one is a good one.
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10-16-2017, 03:45 PM
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Nice!
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10-16-2017, 04:31 PM
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Well done. He is very good for a first antelope.
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10-16-2017, 04:38 PM
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Nice! Congrats!
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10-16-2017, 04:59 PM
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Congrats
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10-16-2017, 05:21 PM
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Great goat and story , thanks for posting. That buck you couldn't find is close to 82 me thinks
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10-16-2017, 06:06 PM
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Nice antelope looks suspiciously like 102
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10-16-2017, 06:48 PM
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Very nice goat, thanks for posting.
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10-16-2017, 07:30 PM
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Wow!!
Nice !!!
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10-16-2017, 07:40 PM
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Awesome Antelope Big Lou...gonna be hard to beat that.
Congrats and thanks for sharing.
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10-16-2017, 08:41 PM
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Very nice. I love the shape on those horns. Well done
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10-16-2017, 08:47 PM
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Nice!!!! I like the heart horn a lot...........on the one that didn't show  I agree it looks like 102.
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10-16-2017, 09:26 PM
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102 indeed.
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10-17-2017, 06:35 AM
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Congrats!!! Nice goat!
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10-17-2017, 07:05 AM
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Beauty! Thanks for posting.
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10-17-2017, 07:59 AM
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Great goat and story , thanks for posting. That buck you couldn't find is close to 82 me thinks
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Thank you for the congrats all. 82”??? I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to judging I’m not at the point I can break them right down. We knew right away he was a jumbo but I didn’t think he was a book goat. Good grief. That’s ok though. I now have a couple solid bases of reference/comparison for anything Antelope score related in the future.
He may have been harvested yesterday. We’re pretty certain that he ended up further north than where we put him to bed on Sunday evening. There were three other groups of hunters to the north, two to the west and eight shots fired(including mine) in the general area. We probably could have got glass on that bunch of antelope to see if he was there but if those guys were fortunate enough to be where he was then so be it. I’d feel terrible messing up someone else’s play. If you’re interested at all, I’ve got piles of pictures and video of him from the three days before season opened. I’m glad we got it done when we did. Very windy here this morning and supposed to get worse as the day goes on. I’m homeward bound with an important side stop at the taxidermist.
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10-17-2017, 08:36 AM
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Congrats Lou! Great goat! I didn't see anything close to those specimens yesterday! Heading back down in a couple days and I'm not leaving until I'm tagged out!
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10-17-2017, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Lou
Thank you for the congrats all. 82”??? I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to judging I’m not at the point I can break them right down. We knew right away he was a jumbo but I didn’t think he was a book goat. Good grief. That’s ok though. I now have a couple solid bases of reference/comparison for anything Antelope score related in the future.
He may have been harvested yesterday. We’re pretty certain that he ended up further north than where we put him to bed on Sunday evening. There were three other groups of hunters to the north, two to the west and eight shots fired(including mine) in the general area. We probably could have got glass on that bunch of antelope to see if he was there but if those guys were fortunate enough to be where he was then so be it. I’d feel terrible messing up someone else’s play. If you’re interested at all, I’ve got piles of pictures and video of him from the three days before season opened. I’m glad we got it done when we did. Very windy here this morning and supposed to get worse as the day goes on. I’m homeward bound with an important side stop at the taxidermist. |
would love to see another pic or two from different angles to get a better guess on score please and thank-you if possible. just seeing the pics makes me sooooo jealous!!
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10-17-2017, 12:09 PM
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Congrats on your 1st antelope! The 2nd buck is a tank no question but 82 inches...he is not!
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10-19-2017, 07:04 AM
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Congraulations Lou..Where did you stay ..we were in Foremost. Man the wind was Brutal.
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10-19-2017, 10:33 AM
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Beauty first loper!
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10-19-2017, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Springer
Congraulations Lou..Where did you stay ..we were in Foremost. Man the wind was Brutal.
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Thanks again fellows. We stayed in Elkwater at the lodge. I wasn’t quick enough on the draw to get one of the cabins but it was very nice. Not cheap for the room I had to take but very nice. It contributed nicely to a very gentlemanly hunt that’s for sure. I can’t imagine what the wind was like later in the day. It was humping on her when I headed north on Tuesday morning already.
What are the accommodations like in Foremost? I’ve never really checked it out. Given a few of the mule deer bucks I saw down there, another trip may be in order sooner than later for some stick and string action.
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10-19-2017, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bonedogg
would love to see another pic or two from different angles to get a better guess on score please and thank-you if possible. just seeing the pics makes me sooooo jealous!!
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At your request to my offer Sir. Enjoy! I know I sure did.... Am.... Will continue. You know what I mean.
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10-19-2017, 07:30 PM
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Ya , he's a tad smaller, closer to 76-78 maybe, could use more mass on the bottom
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10-19-2017, 07:31 PM
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I took my Holiday trailer down Lou.Ya i saw some decent Muley Bucks as well. I saw an exceptional Whitetail as well.
You have some great pics.
I chose foremost because of being able to get fuel. I only touched maybe 10% of our zone.. wish i knew it better, but like you i think a stick and string are in order as well.
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10-19-2017, 09:20 PM
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Congrats on the Antelope.
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