Here's the link to a picture of my pronghorn. He taped out at just a hair short of 14 inches on one horn. I don't remeber what the other horn measured as I was too busy doing a victory dance.

I really enjoyed my stay in Wyoming. I'm hoping to get back there in the next year or so and do it again.

Ahh, a fine animal and great scenery. How could it be any better?

Here's the photo. Congratulations, that is a great trophy.



Regards,

Terry

Congratulations on a nice animal. Rifle? Caliber? Bullet?

Outfitter? Self hunt?

Looks like you got him in Antelope area 63 to me. Is my guess even close (that looks like Ferris Mountain in the background).

Nice antelope!
MG

Man, not only did you get a nice antelope but the view is spectacular! Congrats!!

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Originally posted by Sevens:
...I don't remeber what the other horn measured as I was too busy doing a victory dance. ...

And apparently caused quite an earthquake on the other side!!!

Congratulations on a fine kill.

A few DETAILS might add to the "Dance Story".

Looks like Casper Mountain and Muddy Mountain in the background.

Yea, that could be just east of Casper huh?

Either way great goat!!

MG

Sadly, I have no idea what mountain range that is. I was hunting on the Sheep Mountain Ranch (unit 45), so that might be familiar to some of you guys. Camp was just at the base of the mountains, a bit to the right out of the photo. Provided a great view to wake up to (if someone wants to post a photo for me, I have a picture of the mountains as seen from camp).

The ranch had a very healthy population of antelope. Within the first 15 minutes of the hunt we counted 15 bucks and we had counted 35 or so bucks by 10:30. At 10:30 is when I started stalking this buck. I was going on the advice of my guide, Dan, that this was a good buck. We had looked at him from the top of a plateau (I have photos of the plateau as well) and Dan, when I asked if he was a good buck, told me we shouldn't pass him up. We went back down the plateau and tried sneaking up a hill that gave us a view of the hill below the antelope were on (the hills where kind of stacked on on top of the other). This took thirty minutes as the buck (who had spotted us, well me, standing on the plateau) had left a doe up on top of the hill waiting for us to appear. We waited for her to relax and head down the hill to bed down with the rest of the does and the buck. We finished stalking to the top of the hill and waited from 11:00-2:00 for the buck to come back over the hill. The does started to come over and the buck followed. I put my crosshair on him and the buck runs away. He came back for his does and I put my crosshairs on him again. He again runs away, but once again comes back to his does. I put my crosshairs on him one final time, he stops and I drop him with a 140 grain winchester failsafe to the spine (from a Browning A-bolt in 270 wsm) at 261 yards. He dropped like a sack of bricks, but was not totally out. I went over, put a finishing round through him and he was mine. Then came the victory dance I mentioned earlier.

There was some other hunters in camp who took some great bucks as well. We had a monster 16 incher taken the day I was leaving (with my guide Dan, I might add). It was great to meet some other hunters, a few I found lived close by me, and to see so many nice animals. I am so used to not seeing any game when I hunt that this was a welcome change. The greatest end to my hunt was I had an extra day to spare, so I went hiking. I ran into a seperated doe, who was very confused. She ran away from us, stopped at the fence, then ran back to us and stopped 30 paces away and stood there for almost two minutes before she ran off and jumped the fence. The only thing that I was bummed about was my photos of her (and all my other ones for that matter) came out a bit blurry.

Congratulations on a successful hunt and an enjoyable experience.

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Originally posted by Jumpalot:
Looks like Casper Mountain and Muddy Mountain in the background.

It is Sheep Mt. I hunt area 45 my self and see Sheep Mt. daily (live in Laramie).

Congratulations Al. That is a good turbo goat.