Well, I just returned from my annual trip out to Wyoming to chase antelopes. I usually do this trip solo but this year I had fellow Sniper's Hide member Darren aka darrenk75b and his dad join me.
I had bought a rifle from Darren a couple years ago and we had kept in contact so I'd been pestering him to join me for a antelope hunt.
So everyones schedules worked out this year and we all met up in Kaycee last Sunday afternoon, did the meet-n-greet with the rancher and headed out hunting. First evening Darren's dad Del got a nice doe so things started off pretty good.
Monday morning it was time for Darren to find a good buck, it seemed that the area had way less antelope then I have seen in the past but we still got on a small bunch and put the stock on a nice buck. Darren made a perfect shot with his 6br and dropped his first antelope buck. The buck turned out to be nice and heavy, about 13 1/2" tall with good mass which is right at 7" and carries it on up. He also has the blackest face I've seen on a buck so anyway it was a fine morning!
Darren and his buck
Darren and his dad Del
So then it was my turn to try and score. We drove out to the other end of the ranch and where almost to the gate when we spotted some does we tried to put the sneak on. While trying to locate the does I noticed a buck running full speed towards the fence, he turned and ran in front of me and over the edge of a hill, stopped and ran some more but made the mistake of stopped one last time before dropping over the edge. So at about 280 yards I dropped him with my Kampfeld .243Win and our bucks tags where filled.
My buck is pretty much a twin of Darrens
They both have good mass.
A couple scenery pictures - Wyoming is a wonderful place, great people and always fun hunting. Even got to meet Scott aka Sendero_man and had lunch with him. Can't wait to get back there again.
I had bought a rifle from Darren a couple years ago and we had kept in contact so I'd been pestering him to join me for a antelope hunt.
So everyones schedules worked out this year and we all met up in Kaycee last Sunday afternoon, did the meet-n-greet with the rancher and headed out hunting. First evening Darren's dad Del got a nice doe so things started off pretty good.
Monday morning it was time for Darren to find a good buck, it seemed that the area had way less antelope then I have seen in the past but we still got on a small bunch and put the stock on a nice buck. Darren made a perfect shot with his 6br and dropped his first antelope buck. The buck turned out to be nice and heavy, about 13 1/2" tall with good mass which is right at 7" and carries it on up. He also has the blackest face I've seen on a buck so anyway it was a fine morning!
Darren and his buck
Darren and his dad Del
So then it was my turn to try and score. We drove out to the other end of the ranch and where almost to the gate when we spotted some does we tried to put the sneak on. While trying to locate the does I noticed a buck running full speed towards the fence, he turned and ran in front of me and over the edge of a hill, stopped and ran some more but made the mistake of stopped one last time before dropping over the edge. So at about 280 yards I dropped him with my Kampfeld .243Win and our bucks tags where filled.
My buck is pretty much a twin of Darrens
They both have good mass.
A couple scenery pictures - Wyoming is a wonderful place, great people and always fun hunting. Even got to meet Scott aka Sendero_man and had lunch with him. Can't wait to get back there again.
