A picture worth a thousand words:

Many times with a bow, and only successful once. Mine was life size. And I had cut a door to shoot through from behind, I just couldn't get close enough. I even tried an antelope hide and cape, with a bucks skull and horns. Only during bow season,(suicide during rifle) and in deep grass I could get 60 tp 70 yards. Not within recurve range. I am confident it would work with some practice.

Not that, But I have given very serious consideration to making a cardboard cutout of an ATV and tape recording the engine noise. I am dead certain I could walk that cutout right up to a lot of deer where I hunt and stick a rifle barrel in their ear.

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Anybody else try this on antelope?

No, but it would have been perfect for our Nebraska archery antelope hunt.

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Anybody else try this on antelope?

No, but it would have been perfect for our Nebraska archery antelope hunt.

I know of at least one Nebraska ranch hand that does this every year. And it works.

My wife and I have done "the four legged whatever" a couple of times and it worked getting us with in 250 yds. in otherwise coverless country. All you need is a poncho covering both of you, bend over and make like a cow. The trick seems to be not walking directly at the antelope but rather angling off so that you present a four legged silhouette to the antelope.

I have while bow hunting and it was fun. Had several bucks circle us trying to see what was behind the decoy. I would not consider doing it during rifle season as I consider it far too dangerous and in my experience uncesessary.

Yeah, we've had them come up behind us to see what we were too.

Cow decoys would seem to be inherently safer during rifle season than antelope decoys.....