Results of a Successful Hunt
09-27-2005, 09:39 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Eastern Shore MD
Posts: 2,487
RE: Results of a Successful Hunt
Heres some more hunt details:
I killed him in Gillette, WY. I had hunted hard doing spot and stalk for a few days with only one close call. As the week went on, the rut kicked in hard so the bucks were chasing does constantly. It dawned on me that doing so much running meant they needed more water than the usual morning/evening times. So i gave up the spot and stalk and set up a blind downwind from a water hole. Had another smaller buck show up first, but he wasnt so sure of my set up and kept his distance. As he started to commit this big boy came and chased him off. Thankfully he committed to the water and i drilled him at 35 yrds. You can see the mean entrance wound on the shoulder in the picture. He ran only 30 yrds and tipped over, this sold me the rockey mt snypers and I use them now for whitetail. The arrow flew deadly straight despite the long range and high winds. As he wobbled away i could see blood spraying out both sides at 50 yrds. So these heads do the trick. I had a complete pass threw the opposite shoulder blade as well. It was an awesome hunt, and i plan on getting him into the P&Y records, being it was my first antelope ever.
I killed him in Gillette, WY. I had hunted hard doing spot and stalk for a few days with only one close call. As the week went on, the rut kicked in hard so the bucks were chasing does constantly. It dawned on me that doing so much running meant they needed more water than the usual morning/evening times. So i gave up the spot and stalk and set up a blind downwind from a water hole. Had another smaller buck show up first, but he wasnt so sure of my set up and kept his distance. As he started to commit this big boy came and chased him off. Thankfully he committed to the water and i drilled him at 35 yrds. You can see the mean entrance wound on the shoulder in the picture. He ran only 30 yrds and tipped over, this sold me the rockey mt snypers and I use them now for whitetail. The arrow flew deadly straight despite the long range and high winds. As he wobbled away i could see blood spraying out both sides at 50 yrds. So these heads do the trick. I had a complete pass threw the opposite shoulder blade as well. It was an awesome hunt, and i plan on getting him into the P&Y records, being it was my first antelope ever.
09-27-2005, 10:52 AM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: Results of a Successful Hunt
Awesome! Not too many people get a before and after pic of their animal! He's beautiful; what's a traditional mount look like on one of these? Is it your typical shoulder mount a la a whitetail?
