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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Wright" data-source="post: 2899919" data-attributes="member: 104363"><p>On my first Antelope hunt in unit 7 near Williams Arizona I took an average size buck with some fun "cutting edge" combinations of gear.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🥱" title="Yawning face :yawning_face:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f971.png" data-shortname=":yawning_face:" /> 1985 technology!</p><p>- Remington 742 semi-auto in 30-06. Totally a long range rig.</p><p>- Remington 165 core locts</p><p>- Bushnell Banner "ranging" reticle scope that came with 10 different shooting dials for distance. NASA quality right here.</p><p>- Bushnell binos, 8x</p><p>- Truckload of pure blind luck now.</p><p></p><p>So me and a hunting buddy were working different ends of a foothill seeing small groups of pronghorn here and there.</p><p>Standing out in the middle of a prairie, I caught a glimpse of 3 pronghorns, 2 doe and 1 decent buck by my newbie standards.</p><p>It's 350 yards and they are moving straight across right to left. </p><p>I range them with my new fangled scope, dialing to get him to fit between the ranging cross hairs to know the distance for dial ups. My rifle rest happened to be the only thing at my disposal: a lone dead juniper with one horizontal branch that was strong and steady to lay the rifle on. Nothing else there but dirt.</p><p>I got it dialed in.</p><p>Now the pronghorn for no reason began to pick up the speed. I'm totally confident in my equipment since I never shot it at a pie plate further than a hundred yards while laying in the dirt. Test the ranging ability? Ha! No need! It's gotta work, right?</p><p>I lead the buck using my finely honed quail hunting skills. Bang! I have no idea where that shot went.</p><p>The 3 decide warp speed was needed and did a right turn going away from me. All I have is the south end of the northbound pronghorn and they are moving fast.</p><p>They offer a built in aiming point back there called an anus. It's bounces up and down a lot when they are running 60 mph.</p><p>No problem since my incredible equipment and a "rest" will put me on it.</p><p>They hit the top of the Mesa and I squeeze one off at the buck.</p><p>"Boom- pop" is the report, as they disappeared over the edge.</p><p>Time to go looking.</p><p>So, anal me, decides to count how many steps to the top. 100, 200, 300, 365. I'm vertically challenged, so being honest I'm thinking 350 yards. </p><p>I start slowly looking and I see the south end of a pronghorn but no horns. Oh no!</p><p>I get closer and this one's head is resting in a sage bush. Then I see the cheek patch is brown. Then the horns. </p><p>I look for the entrance of the shot. 1 inch away from the brown aiming point. "No way" I said loudly. </p><p>Then I look for the exit. Just above the sternum and a river of blood.</p><p>Absolutely "no way"!</p><p>So field dressing this buck revealed it was a straight line from stem to stern and straight thru the heart.</p><p>All I could think is I was the luckiest hunter in the world to make that shot. The odds of me missing or losing an injured buck were huge.</p><p>That set me on my journey to long range hunting and trying to eliminate the luck part of it entirely.</p><p>It's still my longest range kill today, but there will be that last day of some hunt in the future that I pop one with way better skill and equipment and take a real nice one with minutes to spare.</p><p>I'll never sell that rifle but it's not my hunting rig today. My, how time and technology change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Wright, post: 2899919, member: 104363"] On my first Antelope hunt in unit 7 near Williams Arizona I took an average size buck with some fun "cutting edge" combinations of gear.🥱 1985 technology! - Remington 742 semi-auto in 30-06. Totally a long range rig. - Remington 165 core locts - Bushnell Banner "ranging" reticle scope that came with 10 different shooting dials for distance. NASA quality right here. - Bushnell binos, 8x - Truckload of pure blind luck now. So me and a hunting buddy were working different ends of a foothill seeing small groups of pronghorn here and there. Standing out in the middle of a prairie, I caught a glimpse of 3 pronghorns, 2 doe and 1 decent buck by my newbie standards. It's 350 yards and they are moving straight across right to left. I range them with my new fangled scope, dialing to get him to fit between the ranging cross hairs to know the distance for dial ups. My rifle rest happened to be the only thing at my disposal: a lone dead juniper with one horizontal branch that was strong and steady to lay the rifle on. Nothing else there but dirt. I got it dialed in. Now the pronghorn for no reason began to pick up the speed. I'm totally confident in my equipment since I never shot it at a pie plate further than a hundred yards while laying in the dirt. Test the ranging ability? Ha! No need! It's gotta work, right? I lead the buck using my finely honed quail hunting skills. Bang! I have no idea where that shot went. The 3 decide warp speed was needed and did a right turn going away from me. All I have is the south end of the northbound pronghorn and they are moving fast. They offer a built in aiming point back there called an anus. It's bounces up and down a lot when they are running 60 mph. No problem since my incredible equipment and a "rest" will put me on it. They hit the top of the Mesa and I squeeze one off at the buck. "Boom- pop" is the report, as they disappeared over the edge. Time to go looking. So, anal me, decides to count how many steps to the top. 100, 200, 300, 365. I'm vertically challenged, so being honest I'm thinking 350 yards. I start slowly looking and I see the south end of a pronghorn but no horns. Oh no! I get closer and this one's head is resting in a sage bush. Then I see the cheek patch is brown. Then the horns. I look for the entrance of the shot. 1 inch away from the brown aiming point. "No way" I said loudly. Then I look for the exit. Just above the sternum and a river of blood. Absolutely "no way"! So field dressing this buck revealed it was a straight line from stem to stern and straight thru the heart. All I could think is I was the luckiest hunter in the world to make that shot. The odds of me missing or losing an injured buck were huge. That set me on my journey to long range hunting and trying to eliminate the luck part of it entirely. It's still my longest range kill today, but there will be that last day of some hunt in the future that I pop one with way better skill and equipment and take a real nice one with minutes to spare. I'll never sell that rifle but it's not my hunting rig today. My, how time and technology change. [/QUOTE]
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