Montana Antelope Hunt

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We were really fortunate that the area we hunt missed out on the bad winterkill that most of the rest of Eastern MT experienced.

I had the least amount of time, so was first up shooting, and took this buck out of the first herd we got on Saturday morning.

I probably did this buck a favor, he had a really bad abscessed tooth, and it was obvious he wasn't getting enough food down.

I hunted the rest of Saturday and Sunday with my dad, and was really impressed with the size of bucks we were seeing. The wet spring seems to have made for awesome horn growth, as we saw 5-6 bucks noticeably bigger than the one I killed.

Camp-

Some of the country we hunted-

My brother showed up Sunday night and I had to take his car and head back to the real world. All I've got so far is crappy cell phone pics, but the buck my dad ended up killing looks a little better than mine, and the one Barry killed looks significantly better. I'll get some pictures up of theirs when they get back tonight.

 

[belly-deep]

Way to go Randy!!!

I wish I had a tag this year

 

[Buschy]

Nice looking buck. I am looking forward to seeing the other two!

 

[AZ402]

Great job Randy, really pretty buck.......

 

[hardscrabble]

Good looking antelope Randy!

 

[Lawnboy]

That's a great looking buck Randy! I would of been totally happen with that one

 

[Big Fin]

Great hunt, Randy. Looks like it wasn't as sloppy out east as it was around here. Congrats to you, and your family. A great buck, for sure.

 

[mdunc8]

Great buck. Looks like he's got some nice cutters.

 

[Big luke1981]

Great looking buck Randy, Congrats!!!!

 

[thecrittergitter]

Nice job, looks like a shooter goat to me..........

 

[fishing4sanity]

Congrats & thanks for sharing, I'll be watching for the new pics.

 

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Thanks guys, just went and took a look at the other two.

Buck pile!

The pictures I got were deceiving, and Barry's buck was about the size of mine. Really old buck though with a huge head on him.

Dad's buck ended up being a lot bigger though, right at 14 with pretty good prongs.
Pretty cool too, I'm pretty sure we saw this buck on Saturday and dad passed a 300 yard shot with a bad crosswind. Holding off paid off.

Sorry for the really poor pictures, but I promised some tonight. If I get anything better I'll post them.

 

[Randy49er]

Looks good to me! Congrats on successful family hunt!

 

[mdunc8]

Both are great, but I'm a sucker for curl. The tips on the bottom buck look like they're point straight down.

 

[leadingedge]

Congrats Randy,
Does that buck with the red tape have horns that curl in opposite directions. If it does, thats very cool.
Either way, sounds like you guys had a great weekend.

 

[Outdooraddict]

That's awesome Randy. That looks like some awesome country.

 

[Missoulaz28]

They both go back and in, just different angles. He looked to good to let him go when I saw him, then he made the mistake of sitting around. A crappy cell pic of the wife with it, my digital was MIA on this hunt so it's all I got.

 

[fowladdict]

Congrats on a great buck Randy!

 

[IdahoBugler]

Great bucks guys, congrats.

 

[pointingdogsrule]

Very nice goat.

good luck to all
the dog