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<blockquote data-quote="AT Hiker" data-source="post: 5713721" data-attributes="member: 10019"><p>It was mid morning, NPR on the drive in warned me about the storm coming off the Rockies into the flats. It had already increased the humidity a tad and dark clouds formed around the buttes. You can pee on these bentonite and clay roads and get stuck.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194943[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>In the distance I had spotted a herd of antelope, about 8 doe and at least one buck.</p><p>I kept glassing. Found a herd of elk, with a nice bull in it. Then down in a draw I found another lone bull. Amazing, I've seen just as many bull elk as id seen buck antelope.</p><p></p><p>The two bucks id seen had separated from the other antelope. Probably a couple miles out, I watched as they would challenge each other then back down. One was really nice, prob a mid 70s and pronged up high above his ears and mass that carried all the way out. The other one was average but the fact they kept working back n forth at each other provided a chance to put on a legit stalk and got me excited. When I mean legit, I had to drive a couple miles around the draw to a landmark I was able to ID. Best I could figure on my map was if I parked behind the knob id seen, I'd have about a 3/4 of a mile walk through the wide open till I hit the draw, then id be below them and should be able to get within 500 yards of where they seemed to stick around.</p><p>I'm obviously horrible at judging distances. As the saying goes "better be tough if you're gonna be dumb". </p><p></p><p>I'm always on the look for sheds. Obviously elk n deer sheds are the norm. This was the first antelope sheath I've stumbled upon. Needle in a haystack for sure.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]194945[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I had to be stealthy on this stalk. Antelope can see for miles, scent doesn't seem to worry them much. However, I had mature elk to contend with. If I blew them out I'd surely blow the antelope out too.</p><p>Then I had wild horses. How these invasive prairie rats survived the worse winter ever is beyond me. It also pains me to say this but dang it, this was a beautiful moment when I walked up on them…</p><p>[ATTACH=full]194946[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AT Hiker, post: 5713721, member: 10019"] It was mid morning, NPR on the drive in warned me about the storm coming off the Rockies into the flats. It had already increased the humidity a tad and dark clouds formed around the buttes. You can pee on these bentonite and clay roads and get stuck. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3386.jpeg"]194943[/ATTACH] In the distance I had spotted a herd of antelope, about 8 doe and at least one buck. I kept glassing. Found a herd of elk, with a nice bull in it. Then down in a draw I found another lone bull. Amazing, I’ve seen just as many bull elk as id seen buck antelope. The two bucks id seen had separated from the other antelope. Probably a couple miles out, I watched as they would challenge each other then back down. One was really nice, prob a mid 70s and pronged up high above his ears and mass that carried all the way out. The other one was average but the fact they kept working back n forth at each other provided a chance to put on a legit stalk and got me excited. When I mean legit, I had to drive a couple miles around the draw to a landmark I was able to ID. Best I could figure on my map was if I parked behind the knob id seen, I’d have about a 3/4 of a mile walk through the wide open till I hit the draw, then id be below them and should be able to get within 500 yards of where they seemed to stick around. I’m obviously horrible at judging distances. As the saying goes “better be tough if you’re gonna be dumb”. I’m always on the look for sheds. Obviously elk n deer sheds are the norm. This was the first antelope sheath I’ve stumbled upon. Needle in a haystack for sure. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3387.jpeg"]194945[/ATTACH] I had to be stealthy on this stalk. Antelope can see for miles, scent doesn’t seem to worry them much. However, I had mature elk to contend with. If I blew them out I’d surely blow the antelope out too. Then I had wild horses. How these invasive prairie rats survived the worse winter ever is beyond me. It also pains me to say this but dang it, this was a beautiful moment when I walked up on them… [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3399.jpeg"]194946[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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