shrapnel
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Antelope were few and far between. As a matter of fact, there was no between. We hunted an area I have hunted in years past and never seen this few. When we did see some antelope they were a long way off and nothing visible in the surrounding property.
We had to move on them fast as the last 2 days we hadn't had anything to chase. Even though we were not a threat to them, they kept moving at a rate that you needed a motorcycle to keep up. We didn't have a motorcycle, so I sent my son that can run better than I can and he followed them into a draw where he finally got a shot at a doe.
When we had loaded up his doe, we headed back to the center of the property and found the rest of the antelope moving over a ridge that allowed me a chance to sneak up and crawl up from the blind side. They were still moving but at a slow walk. I picked the only buck in the bunch and shot him with a 257 Roberts at about 200 yards.
He took off running like I had missed him, but didn't run with the herd, so I knew I hadn't missed. Running in a circle like he ran out of gas, he finally tipped over. I would have liked to gotten it with one of my old rifles as I had the past two years, but it didn't look good for the spot and stalk it takes to get an antelope with one of those rifles...
We had to move on them fast as the last 2 days we hadn't had anything to chase. Even though we were not a threat to them, they kept moving at a rate that you needed a motorcycle to keep up. We didn't have a motorcycle, so I sent my son that can run better than I can and he followed them into a draw where he finally got a shot at a doe.
When we had loaded up his doe, we headed back to the center of the property and found the rest of the antelope moving over a ridge that allowed me a chance to sneak up and crawl up from the blind side. They were still moving but at a slow walk. I picked the only buck in the bunch and shot him with a 257 Roberts at about 200 yards.
He took off running like I had missed him, but didn't run with the herd, so I knew I hadn't missed. Running in a circle like he ran out of gas, he finally tipped over. I would have liked to gotten it with one of my old rifles as I had the past two years, but it didn't look good for the spot and stalk it takes to get an antelope with one of those rifles...
