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Well, ChopperGuy and I just got back from a Wyoming Antelope hunt with TA Outfitters. Jim Blocker runs a great camp, near Saratoga. Temperatures ran from 35-75F with variable winds at this 7,000' Block 50 ranch. We shot several coyotes, saw a lot of Mule deer and Elk and killed one doe and two nice bucks. I am sure ChopperGuy will post his photos shortly.  The camp, not far from Elk Mountain. Clean, efficient with good food and proper western gear through out.  My 15" Antelope, known as the Willo-Goat, shot at 400 yards from shooting sticks with my R93 Timber in 6.5x284 with a Holland ART Reticle Leupold VX-3 4.5-14x40mm LR Scope. The load was 140gr Accubond's at 3000 fps, with 50gr of RL17 in Norma cases and Fed215M primers. Next year I will try a more lightly constructed bullet, these 140's are just a bit to tough for these little critters. Last point, make sure you bring the proper data cards for the elevation, we were almost 2moa higher than predicted because our cards were for 1,000' not the 7,000' elevation we were at. I am sure Darrel Holland will dress us down for that the next time we see him. As you all know, I am heavily involved in politics here in Iowa and hunters rights across the world with SCI, note the vest markings...  I am the Iowa Co-chairman of Sportsmen for Romney-Ryan.  Saturday night sunset on the high prairie...end of a great trip. | ||
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Looks like a good trip! GOA Life Member NRA Benefactor Member Life Member Dallas Safari Club Westley Richards 450 NE 3 1/4" | |||
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That's a fine speedgoat, also like the vest! You're a good man Charlie Brown. LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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+1 "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Very nice goat, I hunt just north of elk Mountain usually. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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nice goat! looks like a great hunt, and greetings from West Liberty  Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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I hunted goats last year just NE of Elk Mountain....was looking at it the whole time we were hunting! Had a great time and saw a lot of really nice deer and antelope....but no elk. Chris | |||
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Congrats on a nice buck! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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That's where I am right now. Staying in the town of Elk Mountain and got a nice buck this morning. Edit: not as nice as the buck pictured! Congratulations on a great goat! ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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