standman Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Well, after years of applying I finally got to go on my first antelope hunt. I was having a little bit of a hard time finding a good antelope during my scouting until last weekend when I finally found the one I wanted. I found him again the night before the season so this morning I was ready to roll. I found him at the crack of dawn and the stalk was on. I eased up over the ridge and I spotted him at 150 yards. As I was preparing to shoot the wind changed directions and off to another county he went. I spent the next 5 hours looking for him but to no avail. So I headed to another area where my brother had spotted another pretty good buck a few weeks before. After searching a while, I found a buck with three does. He seemed to be a pretty good buck. So the stalk was on. After a lot a belly crawling, I was finally within 156 yards of the buck. He was bedded down and the grass was to high so I was going to have to wait for him to stand before I could take the shot. After twenty minutes of waiting he finally stood up and allowed me a broadside shot at my first antelope. Here are a couple of pics. Hope you enjoy. Brian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JACK Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Congrats on your first antelope! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TLH Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Well, after years of applying I finally got to go on my first antelope hunt. I was having a little bit of a hard time finding a good antelope during my scouting until last weekend when I finally found the one I wanted. I found him again the night before the season so this morning I was ready to roll. I found him at the crack of dawn and the stalk was on. I eased up over the ridge and I spotted him at 150 yards. As I was preparing to shoot the wind changed directions and off to another county he went. I spent the next 5 hours looking for him but to no avail. So I headed to another area where my brother had spotted another pretty good buck a few weeks before. After searching a while, I found a buck with three does. He seemed to be a pretty good buck. So the stalk was on. After a lot a belly crawling, I was finally within 156 yards of the buck. He was bedded down and the grass was to high so I was going to have to wait for him to stand before I could take the shot. After twenty minutes of waiting he finally stood up and allowed me a broadside shot at my first antelope. Here are a couple of pics. Hope you enjoy. Brian That is a super buck!! Congratulations!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missedagain Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Very nice!! You gonna shoulder mount him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Very nice buck Brian- good heavy cutters on him. Congrats on a first antelope. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bullwidgeon Report post Posted September 9, 2006 That's a beautiful buck!! Congrats! Bret Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilimanjaro Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Very nice!! And some really good pics as well! Congrats on a great goat.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Standman- Super nice buck- that will look outstanding as a mount! Great dedication to stay with the speed goats! AzP&Y Doug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Rabbit Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Congrantelope Brian! I can relate to the feeling when the wind shifts and hits the back of the neck and the speedgoat boogies. Good job on the pics. I notice you have the Simms DeResonator on your barrel; did it make a difference? Doug~RR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
standman Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Thanks everyone for the kind remarks. I'm still stoked over the whole experience. Now I have to work on getting one with my bow. missedagain- Yeah I am going to have a shoulder mount done with him. I think he will make a beautiful mount. Doug- When I bought this gun I decided to give the Simms Deresonator a try to see if it actually work. I'm a sucker for new gadgets. After playing with it and testing it, too my suprise it really worked well, just like they advertised. Brian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamaro Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Great job. jason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues79 Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Congratulations. Very nice buck! Cochran Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEERSLAM Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Great looking goat, he'll look awesome on your wall. Or better yet they made great pedestal mounts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEERSLAM Report post Posted September 9, 2006 My 2004 AZ unit 9 goat. A pedestal mount goat does'nt take up alot of room and breaks things up alittle from just having heads on the wall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewp45 Report post Posted September 9, 2006 Great looking Antelope! Cogratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
