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Working hard ,but we got two antelope
By: Prairie blaster Date: October 15, 2013, 9:25 am
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WOW! Tuff Hunting.
A four hour drive to about 40 miles south of Malta. Way out in
the "Boonies" , we set up camp in the dark on the shore of
Shallow lake. It turned out warmer that predicted ,with light
east breeze. Sleep came easily even with the expectations of the
hunt in the morning, At least for me. I had to work Friday and
got up at 2:00 A.M. and it was around 10:00 pm.
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Day break found us in the field about a mile from the truck. As
it got light we saw a band of antelope only 150 yards from us
,too bad the saw us first. We made a quick plan to try and
intercept them and off we went. This old man has a rough time
keeping up with the kids and speed goat anymore but I did it. We
could have been another 200 yards but, they showed up as
expected on the sky line, and of course My son had the shot and
he took it. 258 yards with his "Swede" and it was over. He took
the heard buck, the only buck, and it was not bad . A 14" buck
isn't bad.
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They started to take care of the animal after some pictures and
I headed back to the truck with the guns to get the game cart.
Long stinking way back, two miles at least. By time I got
unloaded and dug the cart out and headed back I could see them
on the ridge dragging. I got to them with only 3/4 of a mile
left to the truck. we did load him up for a ride.
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Got it back and tied down and off for more.
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Hunted several other spots without ANY luck. We did find some
but hunted them unsuccessfully. About dark we thought we would
look one more time for the flock we saw. Bingo Now we could find
'm. Poor Daughter-in-law was whipped by now and took a spot
where she could see and set. We made a remarkable stalk and got
to within 85 yards of a very nice buck. The grass being so long
I had to sit up and use my sticks to shoot. All the does stood
first and covered the buck. As they ran off I never could get a
shot at the buck. D-I-Law on the other hand had an opportunity
of her own. We spooked four antelope that walked to within 50
yards of where she was sitting but her luck was the same as ours
no shot. The heard we hunted also ran to her but again no shot
at the buck.
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Dark now we went back to camp to find the cows had moved in next
door and where using out camp, tent, and Suburban as there own,
rubbing post and crapping everywhere. After a forced eviction
we made dinner and hit the sack,7:00 pm and the lights were out.
Next day started at 4:00 am. so we could break camp, hot coffee
and a breakfast sandwich that I made at home and had in the
cooler and off again. We went to a spot the boy thought could
hold some goats. After we signed in to the BMA we turned around
the truck and "POOF" a band of antelope appeared in the horizon
three miles away. Ok game on! We drove up the highway We saw
some just a hundred yards off the road, Finally some good luck,
there was a cut and a place we could park out of sight. We piled
out shimmied up the bank on our bellies and under the fence. Our
luck was holding true, the only buck had his body guards all
around him. No shot again, but as we were watching them slip
away we saw the first band come off the break and run to a pond
out in a bowl two miles across dead center. Humm here we go
again. after a LOT of crawling and snaking around we got to spot
where we may have a chance. The kids went one way I went the
other . I rounded a corner down in a coulee the goats were
attempting a sneaky escape and had no idea I was there. The does
came to a halt the heard buck was fallowing up in the back. He
stopped just short of the does, finally a brake. I flopped my
fat but on the ground deployed my sticks got him in the scope
and sent one down the tube of the 22/250. Whack the 60 gr
partition hit it's mark, the goat hunched up and kicked his hind
legs in the air. And then Ran off, WHAT! It took 15 or 20
minutes to locate him . The kids were helping me by then and
they found him. Daughter-in-law shot three times and could not
hit him running. He ran another 400 yards and laid down again
The boy and I worked up on him and I hit him again and he was
out this time.
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When we started this 3 mile hunt way back at the truck set our
packs with things like knives, rope, tape for the tag you know
stuff we needed... My fold up in my pocket kind of worked and I
had two Band-Aids in my wallet that worked to hold the tag in
place.
Did I say the cart was three miles away? My son ( the little
moose ) suggested we could just carry him back and he did over
his shoulders it went. He stopped just twice ,,,So WE could
rest! ONE Tuff hunt. It turned out the buck was turned toward me
more then I realized. The bullet went in the shoulder right, but
deflected off and didn't break the bone ran through one lung and
came out the opposite rear ham and didn't break a single bone.
That just about killed Sunday, but we had two and called her
quits. We got back in to town and the processor was just about
to close up so we dropped them off. We talked with them as they
winched them off the bumper buddy and they only took in 10
antelope for the weekend and ours where the only bucks...
For whatever that says and we only saw two deer the entire
trip... :'(
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Re: Working hard ,but we got two antelope
By: Bwana J Date: October 16, 2013, 2:59 am
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Great report, Congrats and thanks for sharing with us. Like your
sons choice of guns, I'm a big fan of the Swede myself.
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