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  1. No, only the bumper. And typo on price. Should be $6,000, not $8,000.
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  3. Ken

    YOUR BIGGEST ANTELOPE

    Here is Stumpy from 1995 ... and original horn mount of Paul's buck (the pic he posted earlier is a reproduction mount).
  4. Ken

    YOUR BIGGEST ANTELOPE

    LMAO over Flatlander's comment ... ok, I'll have to get educated on how to post a picture ... meanwhile, pics of Paul's skull cap, listed as "World Record Muzzleloading Pronghorn," and mine listed as "Number Three," appeared in Longhunter Muzzleloading Big Game Record Book in the 2000 edition and were still there in 2004. I don't know what has occurred since. And, I want to add, we are not "trophy" hunters. Our experiences are more about the "go" than the "git." Yeah, we like a bigger one just as much as the next guy. We just got lucky in 1995. Also, Don, my pictures were not good. Your black and white is the one I have framed. Thanks for that too. Paul just called as I was replying. Says he has posted a picture.
  5. Ken

    YOUR BIGGEST ANTELOPE

    Don, I have never joined a hunting forum but felt compelled to do so now that I could comment on your earlier post of March 25 relating your "best muzzleloader story about a giant buck." I was there. The young man was my son, Paul. It was September 1995. You tell the story accurately (except there were more than 20 does, plus 3-4 other bucks in that herd). I can add a few more details. We had observed the herd all morning after patterning them earlier and felt sure they would feed along a fenceline where Paul posted up before first light. He was using my TC Big Boar .58 cal. loaded with a Hornady Great Plains 525 grain HB-HP in front of 100 grains of Pyrodex because his gun had proven inconsistent, along with his confidence in it. That gun consistently shoots 2-inch groups open sights at 100 yards (but I'll come back to that later). Opening day, the prior afternoon, I used the same gun to double lung punch "Stumpy" (not to be confused with another Stumpy posted in this thread) that scored LHS/B&C 87-4/8 at 130-135 yards. Now, I was nervously watching the unfolding event from about 3/4 miles north of Paul's position. You, along with your hunter, drove past me on a two-track to get into position for your stalk. It must have been well executed, or my concentration on the antelope and Paul was so intense, because I never again saw you - though I knew you were close by - until I saw the smoke of the shot, heard the report, and watched three figures rise from the grass. I was sure it was Paul's shot but nagging doubt made me race back to camp, collect my Dad and begin a fast walk across the plain about a mile away. You met me and my Dad near half-way. I will never forget your face. It held the widest good-natured smile and was pushed by a booming verbal exclamation to the effect, if not quote, 'I guarantee you that is the new ML record antelope!' I had already noted your hunter, Ms. Cagle as I learned later, in your tow and her understandably disappointed look. Paul's buck had 19-4/8 x 20" length, good mass and prongs. It was scored at 90-4/8 LHS/B&C by a B&C Official Measurer. However, not being "in to" such things, nor frankly having the funds, it was not submitted for official panel scoring. It is listed with an asterick at the end of pronghorn scores on page 516 of B&C's 23rd Big Game Awards. (Mine is more prominently listed at Rank 13, a point most gloriously reinforced around camp fires to Paul's constant irritation ... heh, heh ) Now, to conclude the real reason of my post. Thank you, Don. I recall having written you the same subsequent to our hunt, but the opportunity to do so publicly, here, where others given to hunting might take notice, was not to be passed. Your action on that day demonstrated the highest degree of hunting "ethics and fair play" that has ever been my privilege to witness. It made a lasting impression on my young son and me. The story, as you have accurately told it, has often been repeated in our camps, to many of our friends, over the years since. You probably do not recall, but we first met you in your 18A antelope camp in 1993. That is how I recognized you when you drove by me on that two-track. I remembered that buck you were skinning, and although you were friendly as could be that night, that you were, after all, a guide with a client. I never expected a guide would act as you did. I have always been poor at remembering names. But I remember yours, did when you were in 18A again in 1997 and again when we ran into you in 2B in 2001. I don't know that I have ever met a more jovial good-natured person. I do know I have not met a more ethical one. Kudos to you and Ms. Cagle. Regards, Ken Langford P.S. Almost forgot, about how accurately that .58 cal shoots, I asked Paul why he shot that Buck in the neck. He swore that was the only shot he had over the cactus and swells of the ground. I've alway been a little dubious about that claim so it was with great interest to read the story you got ... "aimed behind the shoulder." I would like to get him between us around a campfire and see which version he wants to defend. That should be interesting.
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