Shot my first SpeedGoat opening day. Unit 10, Arizona. Found this Antelope with 4 does about 9:00 AM at about 1500 yards. Was able to close to about 800 and then had to crawl hands and knees to around 575-600 yards. He was bedded watching his 4 does in the middle of a large open plain area with really no surrounding cover for us to stalk in. We used a small ridge to hide our presence until around 800 yards. We then dropped my pack and crawled the last 250 yards. My son in law kept his pack and glass so we could study him when we got closer. My other hunting buddy stayed behind from where we spotted them at first just in case they moved off. We got to the 575 point and were able to tuck in behind a small cluster of desert sage brush. Got the Binos and spotter out and looked him over for quite a while as the heat waves were intense. After about 1.5 hours of looking him over he finally gave us a view where we could really study him. I determined I wanted to take him, got the rifle setup for a prone shot. Waited him out for about 2 hours. His does got up and started grazing and got separated by a couple of hundred yards, he got nervous and rounded them up and the shot presented itself at 564 yards. 1 shot with the 6.5PRC with a 144 Berger Hybrid took him down. Many thanks to @AZHTR and @lancetkenyon and @ButterBean with advice on tuning rounds and advice on the unit. Went back and forth on the 144 and the 131 HH and finally settled on the Berger. It was a great day and thanks to my Son in Law Doug and my good friend Steve. DIY is the way.
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