LAST EDITED ON Sep-18-13 AT 01:28PM (MST)[p]>We arrived on Friday the 13th
>for the 15th opener..
>This was the 3rd time
>I've hunted 73. Four
>years ago the area we
>hunted was full of good
>bucks and huge numbers of
>goats. I took a
>nice buck that just missed
>the book. Last year
>antelope numbers seemed way down
>and buck quality was poor.
> I didn't think it
>would be much different this
>year but numbers were down
>even futher (at least in
>our hunting location). We
>had 4-5 good waterholes in
>our area and all were
>bone dry this year. To
>find some antelope We had
>to search and explore new
>areas within the unit and
>ended up finding some decent
>concentrations of animals. Weather
>on Sunday morning was horrible
>but by afternoon we finally
>began to take some goats.
> My daughter only had
>Sunday to hunt and had
>a bad shooting day missing
>a few bucks. My son
>took a nice buck Sunday
>afternoon. Hunting was tough and
>after a number of stalks
>I took a 3 year
>old buck Monday along with
>a doe later in the
>day filling all my tags.
> I saw 3-4 quality
>bucks but wasn't able to
>get on them. You
>should do just fine but
>it may take some work.
> Here's my buck...
>
>
Thanks for sharing, sounds like you had a good hunt considering your time constraints. We will have a week to hunt so I am optimistic we will find some good goats to stalk. One of my fears for going later was the possibility of rain and dealing with snotty roads. It sounds like a wet opener so maybe we will get lucky and dodge the rain. Thanks again for your picture and story, Jim By the way, what happened to his hide? Is that from taking a tumble or do you see goats missing fur like that?
