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<blockquote data-quote="AT Hiker" data-source="post: 5713738" data-attributes="member: 10019"><p>To the point…</p><p>I finally found the bucks. The big one immediately grabbed my attention, I dropped my spotter n pack and was in kill mode. I didn't see the other one but this one was good, really good.</p><p>He seen me about the time I dropped my pack. Prob 500 yards out. I'm not proficient at that distance plus it was rolling prairie, I'd be shooting through hills of sage anyways. So I booked it hard down a draw, he probably seen my orange hat but it's all I could do…other than wait and my patience was over anyways.</p><p>I seen a high point and made my way. He had three options, to my left, right or ahead. I figured he was to my right, going away from the deep coulees and elk. I was wrong, he ended up being to my left.</p><p>I popped up about the time he did. 200ish yards out, i take the safety off and squeeze. He takes off running, making a huge moon shape dash then crashes. Perfect ending to an epic stalk!</p><p></p><p>Full of emotions I walk back and grab my pack. Look at my track on my phone and realize I've got a long pack out with this loper and gear. The sun is up high and the heat is setting in.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]194949[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'll be honest. I'm not sure I shot the antelope I was after. I don't really care either way as I passed up the opportunity to kill a possible Bonner right off the road in the first 1/2 hour of season. To each his own and that morning "my own" was something different. I just didn't know it yet. </p><p></p><p>This antelope hunt definitely ranks as #2. Only second to the one where my wife and daughter tagged along on almost 10 years ago. </p><p>If you ignore my family being with me on that trip, this is by far the best antelope "hunt" I've ever had the chance to be on. Probably glassed over 75 bucks. Most of which could have been killed with little to no effort. Which I'm not necessarily opposed to. Heck, with millions of acres of public land and little to no hunting pressure, it's expected to be "easy". Most people are just a little more picky. But me, I wasn't passing up the antelope hunt of a lifetime for a buck of a lifetime.</p><p></p><p>I might be the only sunburned, dehydrated hunter in this unit who packed out an antelope over 1.5 miles out of a wilderness area.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]194950[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AT Hiker, post: 5713738, member: 10019"] To the point… I finally found the bucks. The big one immediately grabbed my attention, I dropped my spotter n pack and was in kill mode. I didn’t see the other one but this one was good, really good. He seen me about the time I dropped my pack. Prob 500 yards out. I’m not proficient at that distance plus it was rolling prairie, I’d be shooting through hills of sage anyways. So I booked it hard down a draw, he probably seen my orange hat but it’s all I could do…other than wait and my patience was over anyways. I seen a high point and made my way. He had three options, to my left, right or ahead. I figured he was to my right, going away from the deep coulees and elk. I was wrong, he ended up being to my left. I popped up about the time he did. 200ish yards out, i take the safety off and squeeze. He takes off running, making a huge moon shape dash then crashes. Perfect ending to an epic stalk! Full of emotions I walk back and grab my pack. Look at my track on my phone and realize I’ve got a long pack out with this loper and gear. The sun is up high and the heat is setting in. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3396.jpeg"]194949[/ATTACH] I’ll be honest. I’m not sure I shot the antelope I was after. I don’t really care either way as I passed up the opportunity to kill a possible Bonner right off the road in the first 1/2 hour of season. To each his own and that morning “my own” was something different. I just didn’t know it yet. This antelope hunt definitely ranks as #2. Only second to the one where my wife and daughter tagged along on almost 10 years ago. If you ignore my family being with me on that trip, this is by far the best antelope “hunt” I’ve ever had the chance to be on. Probably glassed over 75 bucks. Most of which could have been killed with little to no effort. Which I’m not necessarily opposed to. Heck, with millions of acres of public land and little to no hunting pressure, it’s expected to be “easy”. Most people are just a little more picky. But me, I wasn’t passing up the antelope hunt of a lifetime for a buck of a lifetime. I might be the only sunburned, dehydrated hunter in this unit who packed out an antelope over 1.5 miles out of a wilderness area. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3395.jpeg"]194950[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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