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I think the one in the video is bigger than last year. Horns are almost as long as his head. They get as long as the head and you have a good one!
6 PRC Primal
What a fun day. I'm whipped. Spotted this old warrior with tore up tip and prongs kicked out and couldn't help myself. Only 15" tall, but heavy by south dakota standards. Too much character to let him go. He's old as dirt and has fought his last fight! The 6mm PRC Primal absolutely crushed him. I was able to put the moves on this guy, so a super boring 134yd tripod shot... and the triggercam battery was dead so I didn't even get it on film. lol
He's all cut up already and I smell like goat. One of my all time favorite ways to smell!
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What a fun day yesterday. Didn't find anything I wanted, but it was a great day in the field.
Saw this one first. Little guy all by his lonesome at 1150'ish yds.
I always have tea in the morning.
Shortly after that, I spotted this one a little over 1300yds out. He was definitely worth a closer look.
I saw the general direction they were headed, and quick stuffed everything back in my pack. There was a nice wash they were headed toward, and I could drop down in that and get out in front of them without them seeing me. So I beat feet down in the bottom until I came to a nice spot where I could setup an ambush.
I lost sight of them down in the rough when I got there. However, I was fairly confident they'd come up toward me at some point. They certainly were not in a hurry.
There's nothing more satisfying than knowing animals well enough to predict their movements to this degree. It took them a while, but eventually they came up right where I thought they would. I got a great look at that buck.
Nice, but just not what I'm looking for. He had a little mass and had some height... but not much curl there, not very long prongs, and definitely not very wide. He wouldn't have scored well at all, but probably would have went 13'ish or so on length. Maybe 14. He gets a pass.
I spent the rest of the day out wandering around. Came across a few more small bucks, and 2 solid prospects that were way too deep to go for toward the end of the day. I'll see if I can hook up with them for a closer inspection a different day.
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Thats an awesome video.
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Nice pics and write up. I'm headed to Montana next week for my first Pronghorn hunt. I have a digiscope for my Kiowa spotting scope but it is staying home. From your pics I am now interested in getting a fitting for the iPhone on the rifle scope. Any tips to share?
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Four of us on our first ever Antelope hunt. Wyoming unit 73. We saw many bucks and had many failed stalks but in the end we all scored on bucks. Nothing big but a great week of learning and experiencing the western hunting world. Three of us scored within 30 minutes and within a half mile of each other. Mine was the longest shot at 120 yards. After all that practice on 300-400 yard shots. Yeah, I know, not really long distance hunting but it was great fun using the terrain to close the distance and crawling up over a ridge to get that close.
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Beautiful Goat Buddy!!! Congratulations!!! I'm not real sure when Pronghorn opens in New Jersey !!!???
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!What a fun day. I'm whipped. Spotted this old warrior with tore up tip and prongs kicked out and couldn't help myself. Only 15" tall, but heavy by south dakota standards. Too much character to let him go. He's old as dirt and has fought his last fight! The 6mm PRC Primal absolutely crushed him. I was able to put the moves on this guy, so a super boring 134yd tripod shot... and the triggercam battery was dead so I didn't even get it on film. lol
He's all cut up already and I smell like goat. One of my all time favorite ways to smell!
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WYO300RUM
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My buddy's lope last Sat. A weird one. A buck I shot in Ca. 2012. Fooled me at distance. Had good mass and prongs but I was off 2 in. in length. I was happy though . I haven't even drawn a doe lope here tag in 3 years !
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What's up with that left cutter?
GREG WHAT CAMERA IS ATTACHED TO YOUR tt????What a fun day. I'm whipped. Spotted this old warrior with tore up tip and prongs kicked out and couldn't help myself. Only 15" tall, but heavy by south dakota standards. Too much character to let him go. He's old as dirt and has fought his last fight! The 6mm PRC Primal absolutely crushed him. I was able to put the moves on this guy, so a super boring 134yd tripod shot... and the triggercam battery was dead so I didn't even get it on film. lol
He's all cut up already and I smell like goat. One of my all time favorite ways to smell!
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THANKS
LEN & JILL
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