While waiting for muzzy season A fella has got to do something. One of the things I do is archery antelope hunt. The opener was yesterday. Bow hunting a speed goat is one of the greatest challenges I've had . I think my record for the past few years has been at least 13 stalks before a successful harvest. The wide open prairie makes it rather difficult.'
The technique that i've found to bring me the most success is a homemade ghillie.
I find a clump of cone flowers or weeds and either sit or work my way close inch by inch literally. My longest stalk to date took over 7 1/2 or 8 hours .( I forget exactly)
Here I am on opening day .




There was a mud hole but the antelope weren't using it to drink from. I was watching it because they have been crossing from one ag field to another and passing by it. there was also a nice clump of weeds that I could hide in. I passed on a little guy but the one I was after stayed about 3/4 of a mile away. Its a long season though.

The pics below show the field I was watching, then me with my homemade suit and the face cover in place. I can see through it to watch but I move it aside to shoot.
here I am HARD AT WORK GOAT HUNTING .






Now look at this pic, its amazing how even a persons eyes stick out.





this was last years harvest , 52 yd shot.




and yes, it does get hot when its in the 90's. and you have 5 or 6 pounds of jute on.

very cool... that's a long bow shot. I personally tried shooting that far (50 yards) with my bow (before I blew my shoulder out) and never could justify shooting that far consistently. Very nice looking goat. And a really nice suit there..

See! Proof you don't need to take long shots with a gun if you can do that with a bow. There's always another way.

I'm going to have to make me one of those ghillie suits. After you skin the ghillie do you treat the hide before you put it on, or use it green?

Definately use it green. And the stinkier the better. Wild critters love nothing more than the smell of a rotting ghillie.

Ghille is the only known creature known to man where the hide is better eating than the flesh. This is why Chet had to make a suit of Jute. Most eat the hide, but if you wish to wear the hide, as grandma used to say, fly at it. It seems you swamp beings are semi-ignorant, but perhaps not.

So jealous. We just couldn't afford it this year, as I have been out of work since May.

Well done.

I've been shooting all year and been hitting the 3d circuit almost every weekend.

So ready for the season to finally get here.