WY bucks

still_steamn · Post by **still_steamn** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:10 pm

Had a good time hunting pronghorns in WY. I counted and this is my 8th antelope. Always fun to hunt. We sized up many bucks and never did find a real big one. So we both ended up taking nice solid bucks, a 14" and a 13 1/2" with good mass. Both taken on Sep 30. The bucks were really working the does which was entertaining and made them more stalkable. I put on a nice 1-mile stalk and shot mine (the bottom one) at 275 yards with a stiff crosswind. The buck was actually walking in the same direction as the wind was blowing. I did some quick cipherin' (as Jethro would say) and decided the required lead for the walking antelope was cancelled out by the holdoff for the wind, so I held right on for 300 yards and the shot was perfect. .300 Win Mag with Barnes 180gr TSX. Great fun. Also spent 1 day scouting for mule deer in a limited-entry area that I drew. Mostly driving, a little glassing, but I did see 5 bucks in the 120-130 class. Heading back in 3 weeks to try for a mulie buck.

AGCHAWK · Post by **AGCHAWK** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:31 pm

still_steamn, CONGRATS! I would certainly say that those are "solid" bucks! Looks like the hunt turned out great!

Good luck on the upcoming Muley hunt too. Keep us posted.

southwind · Post by **southwind** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:30 pm

Congrats! I luv dem goats!

Post by **MuleyMadness** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:37 pm

Great job, sounds like the perfect call on the shot placement with the wind.

Post by **Hiker** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:05 am

Very nice! Thanks for sharing and I hope you connect on your Mulie Buck.