WOW! that's all I can say about this last week in SE Montana. I hunted the Powder River. The first evening I got there, I jumped in a stand and killed this nice P&Y 9-pointer at 16 yards. I was hunting the cottonwood strip between the river and alfalfa fields. I knew I could likely kill a better buck since I had 6 evenings, but he was beautiful and gave us 30 minutes of great footage within 55 yards. Double lunged him, and he went about 75 yards and piled up. It was a great way to start the trip.





I then trned my attention to speedgoats. The first day in the blind I had about an 11 -incher come in followed by a better goat. I passed them both and was later to find out the bigger one I passed was likely well over 14 1/2 inches and would be the best one I saw all week. I was stupid, but I had little experience judging pronghorn. The 3rd day I had a good P&Y class buck come in to drink at 28 yards. I drew as he was head on, waiting for a good shot. I held for over 2 minutes, and when he started to leave, I had to switch windows in the blind. I accidentially bumped my release, and let the arrow fly by accident. It wasn't within 15 feet of him, thank goodness. I figured I had really blown it.







The last day I went to a windmill stand. The pronghorn were really rutting, and I could see plenty of chasing over a mile away. Finally a lone buck showed up on a hill about 1000 yards out. He crossed the fence on to our property, and he hit a well worn trail that led right to my water hole. He came on a trot and ended up drinking at 23 yards. He was again facing me, so I waited. The pond dam was 26 yards, so that is where I figured I would get the shot when he turned to leave. Finally he started away from the water, I drew, and he gave me a 25 yard quartering away shot. Just as I touched off, he took one more step and turned almost dead away. My arrow went in just in front of the left ham, traversed the gut, cut the liver completely in two and clipped the off-side lung before exiting. He went 80 yards and tipped over. He measured right at 14" and will go P&Y easily. We got lots of great footage, and it should make a good show with the deer, the mis-shot arrow pronghorn and the pronghorn kill.








I had 3 other guys with me and they got 3 pronghorn, 1 mulie and 1 whitetail. the guy that didn't get a deer missed a 135 10-point the last evening at 21 yards! Curt Wells from Bowhunter mag was one of our guys, and he killed a 15 1/2" pronghorn with 8" bases. It was a monster. What a great trip! 7 animals on 8 tags in a week. I can't wait to go back to the Powder River next Sept...

Tim,
Great pics! My business partner and I are leaving for wyoming tuesday morning, we have 6 tags between the 2 of us. We are going to hunt with ultimate firearms muzzleloader, hopefully we'll be able to stretch em out a little.
I e-mailed you back in march, just before you went on your turkey hunt, but we've been so busy trying to get the company off of the ground, that I haven't been able to get back to you. If you get a second, ckeck out the new web site at www.mzldrproducts.com
Again, it looks like it was a great hunt!
Thanks,
wapiti7

Grate Pictures and Storie. That is my favorite place to hunt and State.

Thanks for sharing the pictures and your story. It looks like you had a great time.

Congrats Tim, excellent animals. Taking a speed goat with a bow is a real challenge and many times frustrating just trying to get a shot. Other times everything just falls into place. GH, David

Nice trophies!

Tim,
That was a dream hunt!!
Kudos on the kills; great animals.
Thanks for the posting, good narrative and good pix!

Don

Thanks for the stories and photos, nice critters for sure. Heading there 10/12 for speed goats.

Who did you hunt with? Powder River outfitters? Block management?

Congrats!

Powder River Outfitters out of Broadus...tons of animals...

I know Ed , pretty good guy. I always have Thanksgiving dinner with him. You had a good trip.

Great pics Tim-thx for sharing!

Some excellent horn growth this year from what I can see. One of my buds took a really nice lope a while back and another one took a really nice 8x6 muley.

Dober

By the way your whitey looks like a 4x5 to me not a 9 pointer...grins

Tim, thanks for the stories and really great pics!

I love Whitetails and Antelope, that sounds like a dream hunt to me. I do more rifle hunting nowadays, but still shoot the bow a lot, may have to give Powder River a call!

Great looking cutters on the speedgoat!! Very nice indeed!!

Congrats,

Tim:

Excellent pictures. Thanks for sharing.

great pictures.

Thanks for sharing the excellent photos and story.

Sounds like you had a great time.