Brother's first antelope - 865 YARDS

[M T Roberts]

Congrats !

 

[TBell]

Brother got this first antelope on a Steens Mnt. Oregon hunt during the last couple hours of the last day of his hunt.

Was public land so the lopes were skittish. They were often in large open basins about 2 miles wide with no cover! He had decided on closer shots but got busted on a couple stalks a few days before after getting to the 300~400 ranges. On another, the lopes were seemingly abducted by aliens after being out of site for just a few minutes as we crested a small rise.

So, on the last day, he decided a longer shot would be necessary. Found a large basin, with scattered juniper, and a good knob for a setup. Spotted this buck and 4 does walking away from us at 600 yards. Brother got setup; I was ranging and spotting. Issue was they just kept walking with their backs to us. Wind call was 9 MPH at 5 o'clock. I kept ranging and dialing the scope while my brother kept the reticle on target. Finally they stopped at 865 yards and started to graze. Buck turned sideways and paused - shot was taken - buck dropped instantly. The shot had perfect horizontal and was about 3" high which shocked the spine and dropped him where he stood.
Rifle was a 300 RUM with a 210 Berger.

Oregon antelope hunts take a long time to draw and are considered/managed as premier hunts for residents. They are particularly hard for nonresidents to draw. The nonresident quota for this hunt was just 3. My brother is a nonresident and had 22 years of points invested in this hunt. So no pressure there!
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Not a giant in height but great Symmetrix and cutters.

 

[NDAR15MAN]

Wow great shot and that is a nice antelope. MD

 

[tony d willIiams]

Good work and some tasty eating. Spotting was good, in the kill zone and the shooter did great.

 

[338 dude]

Brother got this first antelope on a Steens Mnt. Oregon hunt during the last couple hours of the last day of his hunt.

Was public land so the lopes were skittish. They were often in large open basins about 2 miles wide with no cover! He had decided on closer shots but got busted on a couple stalks a few days before after getting to the 300~400 ranges. On another, the lopes were seemingly abducted by aliens after being out of site for just a few minutes as we crested a small rise.

So, on the last day, he decided a longer shot would be necessary. Found a large basin, with scattered juniper, and a good knob for a setup. Spotted this buck and 4 does walking away from us at 600 yards. Brother got setup; I was ranging and spotting. Issue was they just kept walking with their backs to us. Wind call was 9 MPH at 5 o'clock. I kept ranging and dialing the scope while my brother kept the reticle on target. Finally they stopped at 865 yards and started to graze. Buck turned sideways and paused - shot was taken - buck dropped instantly. The shot had perfect horizontal and was about 3" high which shocked the spine and dropped him where he stood.
Rifle was a 300 RUM with a 210 Berger.

Oregon antelope hunts take a long time to draw and are considered/managed as premier hunts for residents. They are particularly hard for nonresidents to draw. The nonresident quota for this hunt was just 3. My brother is a nonresident and had 22 years of points invested in this hunt. So no pressure there!
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I live in Tennessee now formerly from Florida my friend from Florida came to my house and we left out to Wyoming last year on our first do it yourself antelope hunt we both got an antelope mine was at 615 yards and his at 783 it was pretty awesome for our first time out

 

[OrionsStar]

Congratulations! Great shot and great teamwork! Wish I were there too!

 

[Terry3006]

Congrats, nice looking !!!!

 

[MachV]

Thats a lot of patients for an antelope tag! Congrats

 

[Santiam338]

Congrats..

 

[55stone]

CONGRATS

 

[talltexanrancher]

A pile of things have to fall in place to make a shot like that...and it sure looks like they did! Congratulations on a job well done.

 

[17Tactical]

Great shooting and great goats.