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<blockquote data-quote="MNbogboy" data-source="post: 554375" data-attributes="member: 18849"><p>By no means do I consider myself an expert on killing antelope...But I do know after shooting seven of them, they can be pretty tough...One heart shot buck ran another 100 yards laid down with his head up for at least 5 minutes...</p><p> </p><p>Last year I shot a quartering to me shot in front of the right leg...The bullet traveled just under the hide along the far side of his body and the Berger (what was left of it) lodged under the hide of the left rear ham...He fell got up ran another 50 yards or so and laid down....With only his head and neck showing I took a nice rest and put one right under his chin at 204 yards...He flopped then got right back up...I again aimed at his neck and rolled him again....This all happened over a course of about ten 10 minutes....When I got to him I noticed that his head was almost severed the two neck shots were less than 2" apart....Get this he was still breathing I cut his jugular and waited for him to expire....This wasn't a big lope he was only a little over 13" probably 2 1/2 or 3 years old.....That first shot certainly would have killed him and I have killed many whitetails instantly with that very same shot.....</p><p> </p><p>My respect for the toughness of an antelope that I learned on that earlier heart shot buck told me to go for the finishing shot and the head and neck was all I had....I have shot numerous whitetails in the neck with no problems (at much closer ranges of course)...But what I learned on those antelope hunts are that the target is small, the animals are tough and the only time you should intentionally shoot at the neck is if you are trying to dispatch one....</p><p> </p><p>Like the others have said....use the boiler room target and unlike the mistake I made, make sure you reach both lungs....</p><p> </p><p>Good luck hunting everyone, my son and I leave in three days for WY,</p><p>Randy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNbogboy, post: 554375, member: 18849"] By no means do I consider myself an expert on killing antelope...But I do know after shooting seven of them, they can be pretty tough...One heart shot buck ran another 100 yards laid down with his head up for at least 5 minutes... Last year I shot a quartering to me shot in front of the right leg...The bullet traveled just under the hide along the far side of his body and the Berger (what was left of it) lodged under the hide of the left rear ham...He fell got up ran another 50 yards or so and laid down....With only his head and neck showing I took a nice rest and put one right under his chin at 204 yards...He flopped then got right back up...I again aimed at his neck and rolled him again....This all happened over a course of about ten 10 minutes....When I got to him I noticed that his head was almost severed the two neck shots were less than 2" apart....Get this he was still breathing I cut his jugular and waited for him to expire....This wasn't a big lope he was only a little over 13" probably 2 1/2 or 3 years old.....That first shot certainly would have killed him and I have killed many whitetails instantly with that very same shot..... My respect for the toughness of an antelope that I learned on that earlier heart shot buck told me to go for the finishing shot and the head and neck was all I had....I have shot numerous whitetails in the neck with no problems (at much closer ranges of course)...But what I learned on those antelope hunts are that the target is small, the animals are tough and the only time you should intentionally shoot at the neck is if you are trying to dispatch one.... Like the others have said....use the boiler room target and unlike the mistake I made, make sure you reach both lungs.... Good luck hunting everyone, my son and I leave in three days for WY, Randy [/QUOTE]
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