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I had the good fortune of drawing one of Wyoming's famed red desert antelope licenses this year. talk about a grand area..
dad and I got down there Monday morning and immediately went to work. I mean, really, who wants to take time to set up camp with these guys running around?
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ill keep this one short, like the hunt.
anyway, yesterday I spotted a lone, bedded giant. made a great stalk in the wind and got to within 15 yards. needed one more sideways step to clear a brush to shoot and he picked me up. keeping a long story short here (and considering I have no pics of him), no dice. fast forward to this morning, and dad and I back to looking for him.
we drove high and low to different glassing points and could not turn this buck up. lots of bucks around, including some little freaks!
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Your killing me Bud. I am headed out in 3 days
anyhow, at one point we were parked on a high vantage point glassing all over looking for Mr. Big, when we noticed 5 bucks moving through a canyon below us. they were all small, but one had a bent rack like the previous pic. kinda cool. we were both checking him out through the binos, when I lowered mine to look around and was astonished to see a hell of a big, gnarly buck not all that far from us! he just looked massive as all get out above the cutters and quite tall! and, surprisingly, he wasn't that far away. maybe 100 yards or so out and raking a large sage brush. for the life of me I don't know how we didn't see him before, or him us?
anyway, with him tearing things up I decided to try a sneak. a gentle breeze hid any noise from my usual stumbling and tripping all over creation, and this guy was really worked up! he'd beat the brush for a while then look up, but always straight away from me. there must have been other antelope out there I couldn't see? who knows, but either way this went on and I kept slowly sneaking in. in rather short order, I was 25 yards from this guy and raising to shoot. somewhere in the he noticed me and locked on, but it was too late..
I shot...
he "jumped it" and tried to rocket away so instead of hitting him in the chest broadside he took it from behind the ribs angling in. less than 40 yards later, the heart shot buck crashed to the ground. I was elated!
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this is the coolest buck I have ever seen! he has the neatest rack! here is a side view. im home now, the meats in the fridge aging and the cape in the freezer, as this buck will be mounted. quite possibly the coolest buck ive ever laid eyes on, and NOT small. sorry for the way shorter than usual tale, but it wasn't a long hunt or sneak. just kinda came together for once...
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Great buck with exceptional character. Congratulations!
I love eastern Wyoming, someday I hope to make a hunt there. This great hunting story adds fuel to the fire for sure. Sometimes, it all comes together just right, nice buck.
Cool! Congrats!
Todd
:thumbsup: :notworthy:
:thumbsup: :notworthy:
That buck definitely deserves the wall-exceptional character. Good story, short and sweet.
Congrats.
That is one incredible buck. You done good. What did he measure out at?
Heck of a speed goat. Congrats to him and you
Wow. He's a beauty. Congrats.
Good job!
Terry
Wow, congrats!!
Wow! Great buck! Congrats on a fine animal.
Congrats! That's an awesome animal.
I always marvel at how hard bowhunting is (or seems) when nothing is going right, but how easy it seems when everything finally comes together.
Wow! Nice buck!
Awesome! :clapper:
Congrats, that is a very unique set of horns!
Very cool buck! And to take him stalking really adds to the challenge. Congratulations!
I hunted the Red Desert last year - what a special area it is.
That's a great animal. Congratulations!
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WOW! Congrats!! ...That's Good Stuff!
:thumbsup: OUTSTANDING :thumbsup:
Way to get it done!
Congrats,
Bisch
Awesome buck, glad it came together for ya, congrats!!!
Nice! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
It will be interesting to see how that buck scores...that would be an amazing trophy with a rifle...to shoot him that close is an accomplishment of a lifetime
DDave
Now that's an antelope!!!
Way to get it done,very nice antelope!
So nice to see the Fall Stories begin! Congrats on a fine animal and a great shot.
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Holy smokes what a buck!!! Congrats man :campfire:
Oh my! Amazing. Great job.
What a buck! You should be sure to post on the highlights thread later...hopefully with a big bull! :archer2:
Fantastic Buck Brother! And thank God the hunting threads are beginning.
Absolutely Awesome!!! I'm no judge of antelope, but even I know that that's a slammer. Congrats!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Bob
Congrats on one FANTASTIC buck!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
WOW, what an incredible buck! Congrats
Hey that's a super cool looking speed goat! I've seen lots of them and never one like that. Definately deserves a place on the wall! Congrats!
Awesome Antelope!
Very Nice! Congrats!
Thats a dandy buck! Congrats!!
That is a really cool looking goat :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good, or sometimes both ... Congrats
That is a real Dandy! What a start for the season. :thumbsup:
That is a cool looking buck! Congrats!!!!
Killing a buck like that from a blind would be great, but to do it stalking is 10x better!
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So nice to see the Fall Stories begin! Congrats on a fine animal and a great shot.
X2
You took the words right out of my mouth Tim!
What a cool looking Buck, congrats!!!!
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Congrats on a fine antelope....and I especially like the "camo" you're wearing....
That is a very nice buck. I am crushed I did not draw my Unit 63-1 tag this year. Hopefully next year.
Very cool :thumbsup: Congrats!!!
Congratulations, that is a very cool looking animal.
Nice buck! Congrats!
Double post!
Boy, that's a nice one!!! Congratulations on an outstanding hunt. That guy sure has a lot of character.....well done! :clapper:
Bernie
Wow what an awesome animal! Great job
What an awesome animal! Congrats on a great trophy!
Very nice. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Very nice , well done sir.....
,,,Sam,,,
I think it was the guy from A-Team that used to say "I love it when a plan comes together", NICE!!!
Wait a minute....you need high tech. camo and a blind to kill goats. :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Great buck Brad. Very cool that you could do a spot and stalk on him, that takes a lot of skill.
Great story and antelope! Thanks for sharing.
Great story, great buck, great time I'm sure , what else could one ask for. Congratulations bet it was a lot of fun doing it with your father there as well great memory's.
Nice job and what a beautiful antelope.....Conrgats!
Awesome and great pics!
Awesome antelope, what bow are you shooting?
Cool critter, on the ground with stickbow COOL !! Nice going.
What an antelope! I would like to hunt there.
Mike
Nice one Brad!
wow!
WOW! That is a big buck! Congrats! :thumbsup:
Great buck! you made it all come together with a solid hit on a shifty animal.
Well done! I was looking forward to this thread. I can't get out for antelope this year, so Im itching. What a buck
That's awesome, congrats!
:thumbsup: :archer:
That's a cool big buck. :thumbsup:
Well done Mr. Jones! A real character buck! Congrats!
Kenny :thumbsup:
Envious in the best posiible way!
WOW!! Big, unique and beautiful. You are livin' right!
fantastic buck!
:notworthy: :clapper: AWESOME HUNT!
Congrats!!!!!!
Congratulations. Still waiting to hear if I am antelope hunting this year or not.
Congrats on a fine buck!!!
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Holy s***!!! That was the first thing that came to mind.. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Awesome, that is a great Trophy!
CONGRATS!!!!
Congratulations on your trophy!!! :thumbsup:
Denny
What a great accomplishment-antelope on the ground! Congrats :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Cool Buck Congrats!
Somehow, I missed this thread. That is a great goat!
Man O Man, what a LOPE. Congrats. I would certainly have him mounted too.
Tony
Spot N Stalk? ANTELOPE? BIG BUCK!! That is the ultimate challenge, and you pulled it off!
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Amazing animal.Congrats!
Awesome, congratulations. Very fine buck.
Wow really great buck. Please post pics of the mount when you get it back.