nmtaxi
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My mom was once again able to draw a mobility-impaired antelope hunt. The mobility-impaired hunt is unit wide and the hunter's are not assigned a ranch, so she hunts public land.
We headed to the area Friday afternoon, and got there in time to do some scouting. We saw a lot of really nice goats, and a couple of exceptional ones. We came across this one late Friday, and took some video and pics of it. After looking at the video that night, we figured it would score around 80". We've seen bigger ones, but my mom really liked this one. She really like the way he hooked straight back, and decided this was the one she wanted to go after.
We headed out early Saturday morning, and hoped to find the buck in the same area. He was hanging around in some real checker-boarded areas of state and private land. 5 minutes after shooting light, we found him right in the middle of a state land pasture. He was about 350 yards out, and my mom took a shot. She shot right over him, and we watched as the buck made his way onto private land.
We took a road that would take us closer to the buck, and luckily he kept running through a mile of private land, and back onto state land. Anybody that has hunted antelope much knows that if you keep after them, they're bound to do something stupid. The younger buck that was running with this buck, suddenly began moving toward. The bigger buck followed, and was soon only about 150 yards off. My mom squeezed off the shot, and the hunt was done.
The buck scored right where we thought it would, between 80" and 81". It really didn't matter though, because that was the one she wanted.
We headed to the area Friday afternoon, and got there in time to do some scouting. We saw a lot of really nice goats, and a couple of exceptional ones. We came across this one late Friday, and took some video and pics of it. After looking at the video that night, we figured it would score around 80". We've seen bigger ones, but my mom really liked this one. She really like the way he hooked straight back, and decided this was the one she wanted to go after.
We headed out early Saturday morning, and hoped to find the buck in the same area. He was hanging around in some real checker-boarded areas of state and private land. 5 minutes after shooting light, we found him right in the middle of a state land pasture. He was about 350 yards out, and my mom took a shot. She shot right over him, and we watched as the buck made his way onto private land.
We took a road that would take us closer to the buck, and luckily he kept running through a mile of private land, and back onto state land. Anybody that has hunted antelope much knows that if you keep after them, they're bound to do something stupid. The younger buck that was running with this buck, suddenly began moving toward. The bigger buck followed, and was soon only about 150 yards off. My mom squeezed off the shot, and the hunt was done.
The buck scored right where we thought it would, between 80" and 81". It really didn't matter though, because that was the one she wanted.
