Hunting & Fishing NM Pronghorn

[mark42quin]

Got this dude on a "last second" hunt. .243 Winchester, 105 Berger VLD hunting and 41.5gr H4350... 616 yards.

 

[aaronraby1]

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good looking pronghorn. nice rifle.

 

[blazinta]

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very nice. have you put a tape on him yet?

 

[Duc]

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Very nice Speed Goat!! nice tacticool cover!

where are his ears?

 

[mdesign]

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Looks like you did real well for a last second hunt. Nice gear, nice goat!

 

[mark42quin]

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thanks guys.. only taped his length so far, both horns are 14.5" long. Couldn't a done it without my favorite hat!

 

[mark42quin]

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I am holding him by one ear... you can barely see the other.

 

[psinclair]

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Nice buck and nice shooting! Our rifle season opens on October 8th. I've got my eye on a couple different good bucks....can't wait!

 

[mark42quin]

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good luck man! Pronghorn is one of my favorite animals to hunt... great eatin' too!

 

[psinclair]

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Agreed! One of my favorite wild critters to eat! We consume about four antelope every year in our household...

 

[mark42quin]

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I only wish... here in NM you can only afford one a millenium at the current going prices. Unless you want to draw, (I've drawn twice in almost twenty years...) I got really lucky with this tag. Need to get to know a different state...

 

[Sendero_Man]

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Congrats ! Nice buck...

Can shoot two here in my area and 4 does I believe. Of course, we still have more antelope then people in Wyoming... grin !

 

[threetwoone]

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very nice goat!

 

[mark42quin]

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Thanks fellas!

 

[Huckleberry75]

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Good lookin' Speed Goat. Tasty goodness on the hoof.

I am running the 95 vldh's and looking forward to testing them on whitetail. Were you pleased with their performance on the goat?

 

[Shireman]

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yep, damn good goat.

a straight 243 pushing 105's at +600 yds. good shooting

 

[mark42quin]

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yep, this is the second Pronghorn I've taken with that combination.... an absolute hammer!

 

[Huckleberry75]

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Nice! I have been running 41.5 of IMR 4350 on the 95's and getting about 2980-3010 @ 10' from the muzzle. What is your MV with the 105?

 

[mark42quin]

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according to my PDA about 3000... I do "tweak" the B.C. and velocity to match my hard data though... have never chronied it.

 

[JimHanks]

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Nice goat & rifle. Great shot too - congrats!

 

[Huckleberry75]

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I saw the mess that the 105's make in another thread, Holy Crap!! No wonder it's a hammer it makes blood pudding out of everything in it's way.

 

[darrenk75b]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Huckelberry75</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I saw the mess that the 105's make in another thread, Holy Crap!! No wonder it's a hammer it makes blood pudding out of everything in it's way. </div></div>

Yep. Think that was my thread. The remnants looked like soup. Totally devastating. My 6x47 is pushing them at 2980 fps pushed by 39gr of H4350 in a 23" barrel

 

[mark42quin]

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took a look at that thread.... pretty "good" bullet so far with pronghorn, anyone shootin' deer with em?

 

[cowboy_coffee]

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Nice Goat Panda...and yes the stick is a defenite shooter...I got to play with that rifle out to 900 a few weeks back. It is an absolute tack driver.

 

[mark42quin]

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ah yes... she is sweet... not for sale though

 

[beretta682]

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nice goat i use a 243ai 115 berger at 3150, dropes them in there tracks

 

[Huckleberry75]

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DarrenK, yep, it was your thread. Those things are NASTY. I am excited to thump a bog Oklahoma Whitetail with the 95's.