Here's some evidence...
First, is my good buddy Grandpa Bob's lope.. He shot it in the throat running at over 200 yards. At the time he shot, this buck was in a large group and all we could see was thier heads and necks. Bob should really be called "The Iceman" He rarely breaks a rifle out to hunt and usually only takes one or two shots a year in the case that he does. Something tragic usually happens to the poor unsuspecting wildlife when Grandpa Bob's in town. This buck is one I videoed on a scouting trip earlier in the summer. I figured Bob would like him. We tried several stalks on this buck. The first didn't work, the second Bob missed, but only because I told him it was 200 yards farther than it actually was. The 3rd time, Bob took the offhand running jugular shot. Poor lope. It was only a matter of time anyway. Bob said the buck was only "prolonging his death" by making us chase him for a couple hours. His prongs are just shy of 7"
After we took some photos of Bob's buck, I shot two does. It made me sad. But at least now my frieds at work have plenty of meat to make jerky with.
Around 3PM we made it back to where Weekend Warrior and pal Koy, along with Fuggingoodhntr and Yetty were hunting. FGH and Yetty had taken nice bucks. Yetty's is a real heavy beast with like 7.5" bases. WW and Koy had taken out some frustrations on does also. These are the animals that FGH had his way with. I hope those two dingleberries took some pictures of them for this discussion. I think WW took photos of FGH during his satanic assault on the does.
In any event I tagged along with WW and Koy.. Koy made a nice stalk and ambushed this buck that evening..
The next day WW, Koy, and I spent in search of a hog lope for WW. He was going to shoot nothing but a huge buck until about 2PM, then drop his standards to a fawn. Thankfully at about 1:30, he found one that he liked, made a quick stalk and put the hurt on him. I'm glad he didn't shoot a fawn. This one is slightly nicer.
Here's one of the cool garage photos that hunts always should have at the end.
Hopefully, WW, FGH, and Yetti have some additional pictures to post here. Get the film developed lope killers...
<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 10-22-2002 05:24: Message edited by: Greenhorn ]</font>