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Fishingnerd33 · 10-14-2009, 10:20 AM

Congratulations everyone!! There are some excellent looking game being taken!!

I have yet to have the opportunity to draw on an animal yet...hoping this Saturday that will change.

I went out yesterday with Kate to do some last minute scouting for the weekend to see if anything had changed after the snow storm blew through this past weekend.

I've been at this place all summer working and have scouted it hard this fall and haven't seen an antelope on the property once. I've talked to the landowner, who lives about 1/4 mile from the field we're hunting. He's never seen an antelope on his place either. Last night, Kate & I saw a small buck on the place and we just thought it was a fluke.

About an hour later on our way out of the place, we walked over a hill and found the buck we'd seen earlier with two does and another buck. The other buck was NICE! Very similar to one that I'd posted earlier on another property scouting. Running out of daylight and wanting to stalk something, we snuck from about 150 yards away, to within 45 yards of the antelope. Talk about fun! Another half hour of daylight and we could have gotten within 30 yards or so.

I don't have an antelope permit and didn't intend to shoot one this year, but another stalk like that and I may be purchasing one!

Good luck all going out this week, stay safe & shoot straight. Hopefully next time I'll be able to post a picture or two of some arrowed animals!

10-14-2009, 10:20 AM	#37 (permalink)
Fishingnerd33 Fishingnerd33 is waiting...ice rod in hand. Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chadron, NE Posts: 1,578 Thanks: 1,089 Thanked 281 Times in 157 Posts	Congratulations everyone!! There are some excellent looking game being taken!! I have yet to have the opportunity to draw on an animal yet...hoping this Saturday that will change. I went out yesterday with Kate to do some last minute scouting for the weekend to see if anything had changed after the snow storm blew through this past weekend. I've been at this place all summer working and have scouted it hard this fall and haven't seen an antelope on the property once. I've talked to the landowner, who lives about 1/4 mile from the field we're hunting. He's never seen an antelope on his place either. Last night, Kate & I saw a small buck on the place and we just thought it was a fluke. About an hour later on our way out of the place, we walked over a hill and found the buck we'd seen earlier with two does and another buck. The other buck was NICE! Very similar to one that I'd posted earlier on another property scouting. Running out of daylight and wanting to stalk something, we snuck from about 150 yards away, to within 45 yards of the antelope. Talk about fun! Another half hour of daylight and we could have gotten within 30 yards or so. I don't have an antelope permit and didn't intend to shoot one this year, but another stalk like that and I may be purchasing one! Good luck all going out this week, stay safe & shoot straight. Hopefully next time I'll be able to post a picture or two of some arrowed animals! __________________ 'The core of a man’s heart is undomesticated and that is good. "I am not alive in an office," as one Northface ad has it. "I am not alive in a taxi cab. I am not alive on a sidewalk." Amen to that. Their conclusion? "Never stop exploring." ' 'Wild at Heart'by John Eldredge Rest In Peace, OBG.