Long story long. Had my second ever antelope tag this year and my first ever dead antelope buck.
I stalked in to about 175, did the old bang-flop. He had a little leg kick, then head down, and Bob’s your uncle, right?
Nope. We hung back so my wife could fill her tag as well. As I watched through the binos I see the “dead” buck running back into the frame. No corpse lay where he fell. My wife shot shot a doe as this was happening (who did indeed die right then and there), but the zombie buck was back on its feet. Seemed slightly woozy. But, I was still a little hesitant to shoot again. What if it wasn’t the one? I don’t want to shoot two of them. Then again, what if it was but then it got away to die elsewhere? After some quick mental math I went ahead and shot again (twice) and watched intently to make sure he was actually dead this time. He was. Hooray. Two down at the same time.
I mentioned the zombie factor to my neighbor who kills a ton of critters. Turns out this has happened to him as well with antelope. But neither of us had really seen it happen with deer or elk. So I ask, how many of you guys have seen antelope rise from the dead?
Not as they lay, or even a good photo.
I stalked in to about 175, did the old bang-flop. He had a little leg kick, then head down, and Bob’s your uncle, right?
Nope. We hung back so my wife could fill her tag as well. As I watched through the binos I see the “dead” buck running back into the frame. No corpse lay where he fell. My wife shot shot a doe as this was happening (who did indeed die right then and there), but the zombie buck was back on its feet. Seemed slightly woozy. But, I was still a little hesitant to shoot again. What if it wasn’t the one? I don’t want to shoot two of them. Then again, what if it was but then it got away to die elsewhere? After some quick mental math I went ahead and shot again (twice) and watched intently to make sure he was actually dead this time. He was. Hooray. Two down at the same time.
I mentioned the zombie factor to my neighbor who kills a ton of critters. Turns out this has happened to him as well with antelope. But neither of us had really seen it happen with deer or elk. So I ask, how many of you guys have seen antelope rise from the dead?
Not as they lay, or even a good photo.
