My first antelope
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Jaggerlab
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Very nice buck, and nice you had the family with you. Hope to help my son get something as nice later this week. Congrats.
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bucklover
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That is a very decent buck! Looks like you all had a great time. Most states require hunter orange. If that's the case where you are, I'm sure you just took it off for the pictures.
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Wyoming Unit 89, opening day. I was wearing my orange hat as per Wyoming State Law up to and after we began to take some photos. Of the 50 or so pictures we took, I liked these best, and they just happened to be ones with no orange hat.
I was using my Browning A-bolt medallion .270, shooting 130 grain Federal over-the-WalMart-counter ammunition. After a short stalk, I guessed the distance at 250 yards. One shot in the left shoulder put him down hard. Paced it off at 265 yards.
I skinned him out for a full body mount, but am not sure I will do that for sure - I'm still trying to decide.
Wyoming Unit 89, opening day. I was wearing my orange hat as per Wyoming State Law up to and after we began to take some photos. Of the 50 or so pictures we took, I liked these best, and they just happened to be ones with no orange hat.
I was using my Browning A-bolt medallion .270, shooting 130 grain Federal over-the-WalMart-counter ammunition. After a short stalk, I guessed the distance at 250 yards. One shot in the left shoulder put him down hard. Paced it off at 265 yards.
I skinned him out for a full body mount, but am not sure I will do that for sure - I'm still trying to decide.
elkhunterUT
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That is really cool and a great goat - Congrats on doing it with the family!
The ethics police do get really old on this site. Just enjoy the dude's pictures and congratulate him. Of the animals I have shot while wearing orange as required by law, I have never once taken pictures with the orange on, but I was wearing it 100% of the time while I was hunting Why? Because I don't think it looks good in a picture. I always put the orange back on for the pack out. Just cause a guy doesn't have orange on in his picture does not mean he wasn't wearing it while hunting.
The ethics police do get really old on this site. Just enjoy the dude's pictures and congratulate him. Of the animals I have shot while wearing orange as required by law, I have never once taken pictures with the orange on, but I was wearing it 100% of the time while I was hunting Why? Because I don't think it looks good in a picture. I always put the orange back on for the pack out. Just cause a guy doesn't have orange on in his picture does not mean he wasn't wearing it while hunting.
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Nice job! Great to have the family with you.
DownThePipe
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Good work on that animal.
AWHOLELOTTABULL
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Great job and very nice goat!. Way to involve the whole family.
It's always an adventure!!!
It's always an adventure!!!
AWHOLELOTTABULL
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That is a really cool mount. I think I may try that with one of my next goat kills.
It's always an adventure!!!
It's always an adventure!!!
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very cool
Adventurewriter
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Cool mount...but you asked what do you think. If it was me I would put more texture/rocks/grass on the base.
Nice buck!!!
Nice buck!!!
UGA,
That sure looks nice the full mount etc. Never paid much attention to the area you hunted earlier in your post, like that area alot. Hunted many times for deer and elk and always seen Antelope but not that many NR tags were issued so never tried to apply there. Different story now, as do have points accumulated and might have to think about that.
Use to see a B&C lope each year on the way out in that country to hunt deer, don't know if he was ever taken though.
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That sure looks nice the full mount etc. Never paid much attention to the area you hunted earlier in your post, like that area alot. Hunted many times for deer and elk and always seen Antelope but not that many NR tags were issued so never tried to apply there. Different story now, as do have points accumulated and might have to think about that.
Use to see a B&C lope each year on the way out in that country to hunt deer, don't know if he was ever taken though.
Brian
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treedagain
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looks great....that was a pretty fast turnaround to get mounted
Dr_Hunter
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I don't think that you need more rocks or brush. I like it the way it is. You don't want it too busy. Looks great! Who was the taxidermist?
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I don't think there is any other quality
so essential to success of any kind as the
quality of perseverance. It overcomes
almost everything, even nature.
-John D. Rockefeller
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hunt4130
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great looking lope, awesome that the whole family was there!
