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big pronghorn
25 September 2009, 15:19
SGraves155big pronghorn
from wyomingoutdoorsradio:
94B&C, only 14.25"tall
25 September 2009, 15:29
Mike_Dettorrewow
MikeLegistine actu quod scripsi?
Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.
What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
25 September 2009, 15:33
Aspen Hill AdventuresKind of a crusty ram eh? Nice trophy.
~Ann
25 September 2009, 17:56
trouthunterdjThat's a lot of Mass!!!
ddj
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back - Robert Ruark
25 September 2009, 19:15
Sevenxbjtquote:
Originally posted by trouthunterdj:
That's a lot of Mass!!!
ddj
+1
25 September 2009, 19:53
FjoldThat's a toad!
When I take newbies on antelope hunts, I always tell them to look for mass because there are eight mass measurements and only two length measurements and the mass will add to the prong measurement.
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
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25 September 2009, 21:56
Josh K.HUGE prongs and mass..wow
25 September 2009, 23:44
doccashSteve: did you kill that antelope? Do you have any desire to go back to Kigosi Tz.? Dr.C
At Home on the Range-Texas Panhandle
26 September 2009, 05:36
SGraves155DocC
Nope, this one was killed by a non-resident just north of Douglas. I've never seen one close to this good.
Kigosi was a pretty tough hunt. I'm looking at Australia or Zim at present. You?
26 September 2009, 07:56
doccashThree of us went to Kigosi 2 years ago, it was tough. there are wall to wall poachers in that area. I've killed as many antelope as anyone, that one looks smaller than 94" to me, but he is a crusty old devil for sure. Gary
At Home on the Range-Texas Panhandle
26 September 2009, 12:03
Kamo GariOh, SNAP! Would you look at the mass on that bad boy! Congrats to the lucky hunter.
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26 September 2009, 22:14
Bobby TomekThat is AWESOME!
Bobby
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26 September 2009, 22:52
Sevensquote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
When I take newbies on antelope hunts, I always tell them to look for mass because there are eight mass measurements and only two length measurements and the mass will add to the prong measurement.
I was told that my first hunt too for antelope - mass adds up faster than height.
That's a great looking antelope!
28 September 2009, 03:37
Fish30114Brutish, just brutish!
28 September 2009, 05:22
wetdog2084Any idea on the age? Looks like an old goat.
28 September 2009, 23:19
doccashwetdog: antelope shed their horns every year, I don't think he shedded his for the last few from the looks of them. Dr.C
At Home on the Range-Texas Panhandle