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<blockquote data-quote="KurtB" data-source="post: 2473096" data-attributes="member: 2106"><p>Had a lease for antelope for a few years. The rancher would usually see a few big ones and keep tabs on them. Though sometimes his big ones were not as big as were described. We were told about a giant antelope buck that was using a small 320 acre patch a lot. I kept an eye on it for a couple of days and never saw the big antelope. Finally decided to shoot a decent 14" buck that had 3 does with him. The does went running through the middle of the 320 acres and dang if that big buck didn't take off with them. No idea where he was but he was certainly a low to mid 80s buck and would have been our largest ever taken. </p><p></p><p>My first ever mule deer hunt was with a muzzleloader. My rancher buddy put me in a blind by some round hay bales and had 3 bucks walk by at daybreak. I watched them and they sparred and carried on for a bit. Finally bedded down just outside of muzzleloader range. I snuck out and walked up on another draw. Sure enough a nice buck popped up and stared at me. He was narrow but very tall. I decided to pass and he booked. As he ran off I noticed huge back forks with inline cheaters of 5" or so. Snuck back to the three bucks from the morning. By now the wind was howling. There were tumbleweeds and corn stalks blowing past and I crawled up to 70 yards of them. </p><p></p><p>Finally the largest of the 3 stood up giving me a broadside shot. I aimed at his shoulder and hit him too far back. He ran into an erosion gulch and didn't come out. I reloaded and snuck up there. He took off pretty fast and I led him and squeezed off. He just dropped like a rock. I reloaded again to be safe and walked up to where he disappeared. As I reached the spot I could see a depression in the ground. Apparently right when I squeezed, he took a step down. He was laying there with his eyes circling around in his head and his right main beam shot off right at the base. Sure enough, he got focused and took off again. This time I killed him. Looked for 30 minutes trying to find pieces of that right side and never found them all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KurtB, post: 2473096, member: 2106"] Had a lease for antelope for a few years. The rancher would usually see a few big ones and keep tabs on them. Though sometimes his big ones were not as big as were described. We were told about a giant antelope buck that was using a small 320 acre patch a lot. I kept an eye on it for a couple of days and never saw the big antelope. Finally decided to shoot a decent 14" buck that had 3 does with him. The does went running through the middle of the 320 acres and dang if that big buck didn't take off with them. No idea where he was but he was certainly a low to mid 80s buck and would have been our largest ever taken. My first ever mule deer hunt was with a muzzleloader. My rancher buddy put me in a blind by some round hay bales and had 3 bucks walk by at daybreak. I watched them and they sparred and carried on for a bit. Finally bedded down just outside of muzzleloader range. I snuck out and walked up on another draw. Sure enough a nice buck popped up and stared at me. He was narrow but very tall. I decided to pass and he booked. As he ran off I noticed huge back forks with inline cheaters of 5" or so. Snuck back to the three bucks from the morning. By now the wind was howling. There were tumbleweeds and corn stalks blowing past and I crawled up to 70 yards of them. Finally the largest of the 3 stood up giving me a broadside shot. I aimed at his shoulder and hit him too far back. He ran into an erosion gulch and didn't come out. I reloaded and snuck up there. He took off pretty fast and I led him and squeezed off. He just dropped like a rock. I reloaded again to be safe and walked up to where he disappeared. As I reached the spot I could see a depression in the ground. Apparently right when I squeezed, he took a step down. He was laying there with his eyes circling around in his head and his right main beam shot off right at the base. Sure enough, he got focused and took off again. This time I killed him. Looked for 30 minutes trying to find pieces of that right side and never found them all. [/QUOTE]
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