Gnergy, Congratulations on your antelope with the contender and your honor of being noted by the magazine. My contender is a 35 Herret 14" barrel that I have shot for near 30 years with iron sights and taken several elk with.
I knew Mike's dad, Gordon, fairly well. I don't know Mike that well. I also had my ten seconds of fame already and filmed a few hunts for TV and videos. To much headache for me. I enjoy just being out there having fun more than all the hassle of filming. I have had some guys offer to film some hunts when I was on really big critters but declined because it took away from the enjoyment and aesthetics of the hunt for me. Those are the things most important to me and why I still hunt. I enjoy being alone in the wilderness with wonderment at all god's creations. Just not worth the ten seconds of fame for me to mess that up.