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Title: antelope sucess
Post by: j yenney on August 28, 2008, 12:28:00 AM
Finally got my goat tonight. I've been stalking antelope during the evenings and have come close to some bucks. Tonight I was 20 yds from a fair buck about ready to shoot, when a fawn about ran into my lap and scared me and the bucks near by  :scared:  . I knowticed a doe about 300 yds away run into a draw. Made the sneak and a beautiful 25 yd. shot. She was down at 30 yds. Figured I'd better get the season over seeing that elk and deer season starts in a few days. My camera is toast. The mega pixels are blank on about 2/3 of the pic. and the color shows up blue. Wonder if it would be cheaper to buy one or send it in. The camera is only 1.5 years old. Any advice, it is a sony.
Title: Re: antelope sucess
Post by: Bjorn on August 28, 2008, 12:38:00 AM
Congrats on the successful hunt! Buy a new camera....we can't be kept waiting!
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on August 28, 2008, 05:55:00 AM
Well done! From what I hear, it's an amazing accomplishment to stalk an antelope!
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Post by: centaur on August 28, 2008, 08:51:00 AM
Congrats on gettin your goat. I will be chasing them myself in a few days, and then off to the elk woods. What a great time of year!
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Post by: Steve O on August 28, 2008, 10:34:00 AM
THAT is a challenging way to hunt antelope.  Great job!
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Post by: j yenney on August 28, 2008, 12:42:00 PM
Challenging but fun. I don't have the patience to sit in a blind. The place I was hunting is basically a 200 acre alfalfa field with 3 small draws running thru them. I was glassing and would find that they would spend about 30 minutes in the mid morning early evening cooling down and feeding at the bottom of the draws. It was a perfect opportunity to take advantage of, just a matter of time. Not so sure about how good there hearing is compared to mule deer. The deer are much more alert to Dry crunches compared to the antelope.
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Post by: JimB on August 28, 2008, 01:33:00 PM
Digitals are pretty expensive to fix.With the prices today and improvement in features,I bet you would be further ahead to buy a new one.Congrats on the antelope.They can be tough sometmes.
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Post by: Oregon Bill on August 29, 2008, 02:26:00 AM
j: You're soooo lucky to live in antelope heaven. Nice job!
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Post by: Guru on August 29, 2008, 04:53:00 AM
Congrats, and cheaper to buy a new one....
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Post by: Jack Skinner on August 29, 2008, 08:13:00 AM
Get a new one. I dropped mine off an ATV the other day while out getting pictures of local deer. I cant believe it stills works.

Congrats on stalking your goat.

I got a doe from a blind on the 16th. Now have another doe tag near the house. Will try a blind on a large water hole but it may be to much water for me to cover alone. The area has some unique erosion areas that may make a stalk poss. With your success it gives me good reason to try.

Congrats again I have tried stalking and it is tuff.
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Post by: kennym on August 29, 2008, 08:18:00 AM
J, Excellent job!! Congrats!
Title: Re: antelope sucess
Post by: j yenney on August 29, 2008, 09:50:00 PM
Thanks everybody,

I'm looking for a new one as we speak.

Good hunting