What's the best caliber for pronghorn?
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 31
What's the best caliber for pronghorn?
I've hunted my whole life, but never pursued the pronghorn. I'm planning a hunt in wyoming for a goat in 2011. Just wanted some input from my fellow hunters on your opinions for the best caliber. Thanks, and happy hunting!
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: OKC Ok. USA
Posts: 501
Any caliber that you can shoot well out to 3-400 yards if you're a capable shooter.
Pronghorns are the whimps and fairly easy to anchor with a well placed shot. Just practice your long range shooting in case that's the shot you'll have to take. Personally I like to work in close and only had to take one shot over 150 yds over the years.
Pronghorns are the whimps and fairly easy to anchor with a well placed shot. Just practice your long range shooting in case that's the shot you'll have to take. Personally I like to work in close and only had to take one shot over 150 yds over the years.
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Wyoming has a minimum caliber requirement of.23-caliber. This means the smallest round I know of, that is legal to hunt with in Wyoming is 243.
Tough to call any thing a bad antelope round. I have shot most of my antelope with a 270-Winchester.
If I had to pick one rifle from my safe to hunt antelope with, it would be my 270-Winchester.
Tough to call any thing a bad antelope round. I have shot most of my antelope with a 270-Winchester.
If I had to pick one rifle from my safe to hunt antelope with, it would be my 270-Winchester.
#5
I use a .25-06 when hunting antelope. That cartridge uses a slightly heavier bullet than the .243/6mms and does a very nice job on mule deer also. I would bet that I have seen other guys use a .30-06 or .270 more than all others combined. Not many guys buy a special antelope rifle.
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,320
I won't live long enough to know what is "best" but there is a whole bunch of good ones. As was said antelope are not particularly tough and any decent center fire common big game chambering will kill one quite easily. I have probably used ten different chamberings over the years and everyone of them worked as well as the next. It all about shot placement..............
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 612
All of the ones I've killed were with my 06. My kids have killed most of thiers with a .243. As insinuated above, if you have a center fire, big game rifle, you are no doubt set. Although, if you've an eye on a firearm you don't have, this good be the opportunity...