Howdy, fellow Trad-gangers!
I completed a week of hunting pronghorns in Wyoming with two in the bag, so I thought I would share :D
I've never posted pics before, so I'm hoping I have done this correctly. If not, bear with me...I'm still in-training!
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Way to go!!!! :bigsmyl:
One more pic...
Claudia
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What a beautiful antelope, and that smile of yours just makes it better. Way to go!!! :notworthy: How bout the story? I thought those antelopes were supposed to be faster than the arrow?
Great hunting, Claudia!
Killdeer :thumbsup:
Congrats on a great hunt! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very cool. Those are some awsome critters.
Story please.
Jerry
Thats awesome, not one but two, congratulations. We really need the story to go with those pictures. Thats some beatiful country behind you.
Congratulations, Claudia. Who did you hunt with? - that is, if you used a guide service..
Tom
great job!!! I've been wanting a doe myself. I think it would make a great rug.
Wow, Claudia that is da-bomb. It's not everyday day a bowhunter of any kind gets 2 of dem critters. Doin it with longbow is really somethin. I'm still tryin for my first Antelope if I could just get Mr. Elk first. Story! Story! Story!
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats, that is awesome. Just one question, how you get your hair to look that good? When I had hair it never looked like that during or after a hunt. You stylin girl. :thumbsup:
Super job Claudia! How bout the rundown on the whole story?
congrats!!! now the story, pleeeeease!!
Nice! :thumbsup:
awesome Claudia!
Congratulations, Claudia!
Man I can smell the sage just looking at your pics.
Congrats Claudia that's super. :thumbsup: :notworthy:
Thanks, everyone. Now...for the story!
This was my fifth consecutive season of hunting the Spearhead Ranch, 60 miles NW of Douglas, and of course, I couldn't wait to get there :D
This year I had tags for boy and girl 'lopes and a mulie buck. The goal was to try and kill two respectable antelope and give myself as much time as possible to stalk mule deer. The main reason for getting a doe tag this year is that I wanted enough meat to make a big batch of italian sausage with my 'lopes, so I figured, "Why not?!"
So, Monday Sept. 5th I get to my blind at a water hole before daylight to begin the vigil. It was warm...warmer than usual. That means by 11 am, it was getting downright toasty in there. However, along came a fat doe and fawn pronghorn to keep me entertained. After they lounged around the water a bit, I turned my head away for just a second and turned it back to discover a heavy horned buck hooking the doe in the butt to move her out of the way. He had come from behind the blind, concealing his approach.
I already had the Morrison Cougar in hand with a nocked arrow ready to go. The buck quartered away at 16 yds; I aimed and released. The arrow caught him behind the last rib and angled upward (I was in a pit blind and lower than the antelope) severing the aorta and the spine. He made one leap straight up out of the water and collapsed in a heap. He died within just a few minutes and the first tag was filled!!!
Day two I returned to the same blind and waited for a doe that was fat and whose fawns were weaned. At about noon, I got my wish and when a beautiful doe antelope passed in front of my shooting window at 11 yds, I sent another Grizzly tipped carbon on its way. This arrow entered the chest low behind the right front shoulder and exited higher on the off-side, taking out the lungs before burying into a mound of dirt 10 yds behind her. She ran a short distance and stopped to look back. Then, she simply laid down and expired. Tag number two was filled :thumbsup:
Claudia
Claudia, Dianne and I have hunted the Spearhead twice. Wonderful place to hunt isn't it? So many nice lopes and lots of big mulies as well.Was Leo your guide? He's a great guy. I could make another trip to Spearhead just to visit Leo.
I can attest to the fact that a Spearhead mulie is second to none when it comes to being bedded one minute and 40 yards away looking back just a second later ha ha. Durn things made a fool out of me on multiple occassions.
Congrats again on your lopes.
Good going Claudia. I hope to make it out there in the next few seasons to give that a try. I guess I know who to consult on the matter!!
Great looking animals, It looks like your shooting is tops as always. Good to hear from you, Cameron
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: nice job!!
Mighty fine shootin Miss Pinecone. Congrats. :thumbsup:
Nice story and pics! Thanks for sharing.
excellent job all the way around Miss Pinecone
Fantastic, Claudia! Congratulations!
Cameron,
How have a been?! I've got my osage Widow tuned up for whitetails and passed up several small bucks and doe fawns with it in hand last night. I'll let you know when the Widow draws blood, which I hope will be soon ;-).
Ferret,
Spearhead is a paradise for critters! Yes, Leo is still there and Shirley still produces her famous (and waist-expanding) meals. Frank has all but turned the hunting operation over to the boys...David and Keith...to coordinate. Of course, he is there with a watchful eye ;-). I'm going back again in 2007 and already I can't wait!
Claudia
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
CB
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Way to go
Nice lopes! Now that you have that picture thing down, how about some of that bow?
Congrats
Really nice pictures Pinecone, congrats on a couple nice trophys.
Hope they eat well.
Wow!! Way to go Claudia! Dina
Bless your heart, Claudia, You are dyn-o-mite on the hunt. Thanks for sharing the excitement and pics.
Claudia, A huge congrats girl!!! Way to go,2 fine animals.Those antalope make about as pretty a mount as you can get.I did a mount for guy with a buck and doe interacting,still one of my favorites.Wish I had taken some pix!!
very cool animules there claudia, congradulations