which ammo for pronghorn
#6
OK I'm going to sort of repeat myself. The last 2 antelope I took were with a 130 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip from my 270 Win. However, my friend that was with me shot his with a 180 gr Barnes TSX from his 30-06. So like everyone else has said, Uses what your rifle shoots best and you won't be wrong.
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
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Use what shoots best in your rifle. Pronghorn are not hard to kill but they are often shot at a little longer range than other big game and they also aren't very big in size. Accuracy is more important that anything else. As long as you put a hole in the lungs you can cleanly kill one.
#8
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: texas
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Ive only hunted antelope a couple times , but a 6mm remington in my browning bolt action ,
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/23...oint-box-of-50
and a 257 wby ruger #1 put down the few I have shot just fine
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/74...oint-box-of-50
as stated above, they are not all that difficult to put down
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/23...oint-box-of-50
and a 257 wby ruger #1 put down the few I have shot just fine
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/74...oint-box-of-50
as stated above, they are not all that difficult to put down
Last edited by hardcastonly; 07-05-2019 at 07:00 AM.
#9
Like others have posted, with antelope, accuracy is more important than bullet energy. With a .308 Win, I would use whatever 150 grain bullet that was most accurate in my rifle.
I have hunted antelope most years for the past 45 or so years. My favorite rifle is my .257 Roberts Improved shooting 115 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips, 117 grain Sierra GameKings, or 120 grain Hornady Hollow Point bullets.
I have hunted antelope most years for the past 45 or so years. My favorite rifle is my .257 Roberts Improved shooting 115 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips, 117 grain Sierra GameKings, or 120 grain Hornady Hollow Point bullets.