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<blockquote data-quote="Paparock" data-source="post: 1264047" data-attributes="member: 106235"><p>Your ability to shoot the rifle accurately at targets out to a minimum of 200 yards is critical. A rifle from .243 up through the Magnums will due but your ability to consistently hit a target the size of a soft ball is what counts. I lived in Wyoming for ten years and bought several extra antelope tags each year and gave the extra animals to "Hunters for the hungry". If you learn some of the Pronghorn's idiosyncrasies you can get amazingly close in the broken terrain around Casper, Wyoming and overcome those amazing 7 power binocular eyes of theirs. It took me a couple of years, some observations, and some advise of seasoned "prairie goat" hunters for me to put it all together. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </p><p></p><p>I have one "Pronghorn" that missed Boone and Crocket by 2 points back when it was scored. I confess I missed one antelope that would have gone well up into the "Book". Shot right over his back I did and he did not get that big by being stupid. He vacated that area and despite hunting hard for the next week I never saw him again. Now I never have been a "Head" hunter but I won't turn down a trophy if I see one either. </p><p></p><p>I hunted the "speed goats" with a .30-06 as I had been shooting that rifle for 20 years and saw no need to buy a new rifle to hunt the "prairie goats". My best friend used a Winchester 270 but also had a Winchester Winchester .264 Win Mag.. My other rifle was a custom built .375 H&H Mag I carried while elk hunting East of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I might much for Antelope. I shot 200 grain boatails out of that .30-06 for everything because that rifle loved them. It would group them into three shot cloverleafs at 100 yards you could cover with a dime. The .375 H&H's ballistics were very similar to the 06s only with a much larger bullet with a lot more energy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paparock, post: 1264047, member: 106235"] Your ability to shoot the rifle accurately at targets out to a minimum of 200 yards is critical. A rifle from .243 up through the Magnums will due but your ability to consistently hit a target the size of a soft ball is what counts. I lived in Wyoming for ten years and bought several extra antelope tags each year and gave the extra animals to "Hunters for the hungry". If you learn some of the Pronghorn's idiosyncrasies you can get amazingly close in the broken terrain around Casper, Wyoming and overcome those amazing 7 power binocular eyes of theirs. It took me a couple of years, some observations, and some advise of seasoned "prairie goat" hunters for me to put it all together. :cool: I have one "Pronghorn" that missed Boone and Crocket by 2 points back when it was scored. I confess I missed one antelope that would have gone well up into the "Book". Shot right over his back I did and he did not get that big by being stupid. He vacated that area and despite hunting hard for the next week I never saw him again. Now I never have been a "Head" hunter but I won't turn down a trophy if I see one either. I hunted the "speed goats" with a .30-06 as I had been shooting that rifle for 20 years and saw no need to buy a new rifle to hunt the "prairie goats". My best friend used a Winchester 270 but also had a Winchester Winchester .264 Win Mag.. My other rifle was a custom built .375 H&H Mag I carried while elk hunting East of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I might much for Antelope. I shot 200 grain boatails out of that .30-06 for everything because that rifle loved them. It would group them into three shot cloverleafs at 100 yards you could cover with a dime. The .375 H&H's ballistics were very similar to the 06s only with a much larger bullet with a lot more energy. [/QUOTE]
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