Nevada Antelope Unit 33 Late Rifle - Help Please!

[p_ham]

8 yrs old,,154" i belirve,,lost some score due to the brooming,,,not bad for d i y non guided never been in that unit,,,never hunted sheep.a new expierience for me.

Score doesn't mean much to me. He's a good mature ram and I'm sure you earned him. I'd be tickled pink with that one!

 

[ovis2]

You shouldn't have trouble finding a good buck - especially if you look over the next ridge away from the roads. Also as mentioned, take at least two spare tires. That country eats up tires.

 

[2rocky]

8 yrs old,,154" i belirve,,lost some score due to the brooming,,,not bad for d i y non guided never been in that unit,,,never hunted sheep.a new expierience for me.

I remember your hunt report. You worked your ass off.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

i had a fair amount of pre-scouting and prepared as best i could,,already had alot of miles put on learning the unit,working the road access,ect,as well as as much research i could find on that unit ahead of time.

 

[Bluffgruff]

Well? @Aerosith

 

[Aerosith]

I’m back, sorry for the late update

Day 1- I spent sitting on water while my dad drove around the entire area looking for that big one Randy was after. Unfortunately all the sign around the water hole was at least 2-3 days old I figured.

 

[Aerosith]

Day 2- My dad stayed in California on this day, I decided to try a new area with an supposed water hole just in side unit 33 outside of 11. The hike was 3/4 mile of a really rough road. Almost as soon as I jumped the fence into 33. Out of the corner of my eye I saw dust and something running away. It took me 30 mins today to spot them again and it was a group of deer and herd of antelope. Almost immediately I saw a buck and knew he was a shooter right away 78-82 inches, 15.5-16 inch horns. Unfortunately they were 50 yards from the unit 11 boundary and crossed over before I could get set up. After this I made the decision to get further away from the boundary so this wouldn’t happen again. This time I hiked about 800 yards away from my truck and saw a new herd of antelope 150yds away not spooked. Realized there was just a small buck and passed. I then did a hike loop that would get me about a mile from where I saw the big one earlier. And just as I would have it they came back to the same spot. I couldn’t get any pictures with my spotter because of 40-50 mph winds and being 1.25 miles away. I watched them for an hour to see what they were doing then decided to stalk. Once I got within rifle range, the antelope has fed over the fence again unspooked. I got to 175yds from the big one but yet again wrong side of the fence.

 

[Aerosith]

Day 3- My dad had rejoined me for this day, we went to back to the area to where the big one was on day 2 and they had disappeared. On our way out of unit 11 on the road we saw that same group about 3 miles outside our area on a canyon rim top.
We moved much further into the unit in a new area around catnip mountain. Almost right as we got there we saw a young buck run 50 yards in front of the truck. I hiked up that entire mountain there after and saw many does with young bucks but no shooters. After that I wanted to try a new remote spot in 33. As we were driving through lil Sheldon I saw a big buck in the spotter, but unfortunately not legal. After hiking for an hour around water in our new area I found a group of 3 bucks all mature in sight. I stalked them to 300 yards back and forth for nearly and hour trying to get a shot, because I forgot my shooting sticks and could not tell which was the biggest one. I eventually gave it a shot on the lead buck and dropped him in his place.

 

[Aerosith]

Last Journal- at the end of the day I may not have killed the biggest buck in the unit , but I tried my best with my circumstances to have a great hunt. It was a great experience to hunt antelope for the first time with my dad. And I appreciate the help and advice from everyone

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

glad you had a good time,congrats

 

[DoveEater]

Hey, I'm in the exact same boat a year later! Neat coincidence