My First Archery Buck of the Season!
 

Our deer season doesn't open until October, so for the past week, I've been on a DIY antelope bowhunt in South Dakota. It's my first archery antelope. Had a blast, and even took a few extra days for vacationing in the black hills. I'll post a full report along with some video here within the next week or so, in the HNI field journals.

http://www.huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=729

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Very nice buck! Great pic too. Congrats.
I'd love to get one of them with the bow someday.

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Congrats! Nice goat. Great way to start off the season!

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Nice buck and Congrats! That is one of my many dreams.

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Man, you've got me salivating for '09 to get here!! :)

Congratulations, Joey! Looks like he'll make a beautiful mount!

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Congratulation on your pronghorn bowkill. I hope to do that in '09.

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Congrats! Kudos on the nice picture.

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Nice buck Joey, Congrats!!

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Nice buck:D

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Sweet man, Congrats!

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Congrats!!! Great looking Pronghorn and a nice picture!

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Congratulations on a nice goat!

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Way to go bud!! I look forward to reading the story in your journal. Excellent photo by the way.

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Great looking animal and a heck of a way to start off your season. He will be a great addition to the wall. Cant wait to hear the story behind it.

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Nice Loper Joey. Congrats man.

U gonna try to mount him yourself? I know you've dabbled with that stuff in the past... I know they're weird, b/c the horns slip right off of the bony stems, like a knife and a sheath... I guess the cut up the back of the skull, and horn removal would be different... (thinking out loud).

They really do make beautiful mounts. Something about the coloration - just really nice.

Judging by the black shirt, I'm guessing a ground blind kill?

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Congrat's nice buck.

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Nice Job!!!

Someday, someday

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nice goat...and great picture, congrats joey!

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Wow .... thats a real nice prong horn you got there kshunter , congrats to you cant wait to see it mounted.

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awsome picture. Great job.

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Nice!My bro in law is heading out to wyoming for an antelope hunt soon,he's a rifle hunter but I just set him up with a bow about two weeks ago and his first time ever shooting it he was shooting 5"groups at 20yds!!!I could'nt beleive it!Oh by the way he is a firearms instructor in the lower peninsula and retired police cheif of kalkaska.So he might give the bow a try.

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Nice one! I will get there sooner or later. Congrats!

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Congrats!!!

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nice bro!!!

where is a link to buy a hat like that?

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Thanks Guys.

Quiksilver - I've mounted3-4 antelope in the past, and they're actually easier than a whitetail (IMO). The skin is mostly back, and the thick hair is easy to hide any problems. Yep, it was a ground blind harvest. I tried spot and stalking the first couple days, but couldn't get any closer than 80-100 yards, after stalking for an hour on my belly...

Pa Yote Hunter - They were available on the HNI online store. I just checked and they're not on there currently (that I can see). Maybe they ran low on stock. I love the hat though.

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Right on KS! thats great.. cant wait to hear and read about it in your journal..congrats!

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Congrats on a nice speed goat...were you hunting in Wyoming or South Dakota?

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I was hunting is South Dakota. But those hills in the far background, those are in Montana. It's a ways out there, in the boondocks.

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VERY NICE!!!!! i've always loved those... one of these days i'll make it out there to go after some speed goats... gonna have to drop my first bow taken whitey though... i'm gonna go for different ones each year as I get them... whitey, mule, pronger, elk, bear, moose... I won't move on to the next one until i've filled each before it... maybe i can get that list taken care of before I die...

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Congratulations Joey! I bet that was a blast! Cant wait to hear the whole story and see the video!

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That's my team mate. Let's get a big buck now!!!!

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man I want to do that so bad

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Congrats! I can't wait to kill one some day

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CONGRATS!!!!!!

Beautiful buck!!!!!!!

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I know a lot of you guys asked... So here is the full report :D

http://www.huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=729