NM speed goat

NMHUNTER · Oct 7, 2023

took this nice goat this morning. 250 yard shot from the ol 25-06. God is good.

Jarhead · Oct 8, 2023

Nice amen!

Phantom Hunter · Oct 8, 2023

Nice goat! Those 25 calibers are perfect lope medicine!

twdjr · Oct 8, 2023

Congrats on the nice lope!

prizes14 · Oct 9, 2023

I shot my NM antelope yesterday and am thinking about going down to a smaller gun. I hit him in the neck and it blew a hole the size of your fist in it. He was a good one too that I was going to get mounted.

5yearcoueshunter · Oct 9, 2023

prizes14 said:
I shot my NM antelope yesterday and am thinking about going down to a smaller gun. I hit him in the neck and it blew a hole the size of your fist in it. He was a good one too that I was going to get mounted.

Congrats! Too bad about the mount.. Sounds like a bullet problem not caliber.

NMHUNTER · Oct 9, 2023

prizes14 said:
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prizes14 said:
I shot my NM antelope yesterday and am thinking about going down to a smaller gun. I hit him in the neck and it blew a hole the size of your fist in it. He was a good one too that I was going to get mounted.

I used 110g sierra tipped game changer and it was a bit explosive. Entrance wasn’t bad but the exit was a little crazy.

BradA · Oct 10, 2023

Congratulations that’s a great goat

BUGLEnmIN · Oct 11, 2023

NMHUNTER said:
I used 110g sierra tipped game changer and it was a bit explosive. Entrance wasn’t bad but the exit was a little crazy.

That’s a problem with antelope seems like all the time!

Looserowel505 · Oct 11, 2023

BUGLEnmIN said:
That’s a problem with antelope seems like all the time!

True .

NMHUNTER · Oct 11, 2023

BUGLEnmIN said:
That’s a problem with antelope seems like all the time!

Yea man for sure. I debated night before taking the 243 and I probably should have

DoeNob · Oct 26, 2023

THICC - u tape him? just curious

NMHUNTER · Oct 27, 2023

DoeNob said:
THICC - u tape him? just curious

We rough taped him at about 76 inches. Has really good mass and cutters but not very good horn length. No complaining here though. He’s my best yet

fmarrs3 · Oct 28, 2023

243 is plenty in my experience!

roadrunner · Oct 28, 2023

NMHUNTER said:
We rough taped him at about 76 inches. Has really good mass and cutters but not very good horn length.

Nothing wrong with that at all.

NMHUNTER · Oct 28, 2023

fmarrs3 said:
243 is plenty in my experience!

Yes it’s probably what I’ll use if I get another tag.

NMHUNTER · Oct 28, 2023

roadrunner said:
Nothing wrong with that at all.

Not at all very happy with him.

Phantom Hunter · Oct 29, 2023

If your bullet is blowing big holes in game get a heavier, thicker jacketed bullet and/or reduce velocity some. I have found staying just under 3,000 fps muzzle velocity and using bullets on the heavy side for caliber will reduce the amount of meat damage. My .257 Ackley load is a 120 gr Sierra Gameking SPBT that runs about 2900 fps. Has worked wonders on lopes and whitetail.