Back from 1st antelope hunt

[greyghost10]

First of all, from Los Angeles to Casper is a LONG drive but you do see some very pretty country. Spent Saturday driving/ walking around trying to get a feel for the area. Saw one buck on Satuday and only a handful of does. Saturday night/ Sunday morning the snow arrives and arrives. Sunday picked up my father-in-law who flew in from LA (Yes I drove into Casper by myself but he drove back with me) at 1PM and went hunting. Saw no antelope but the area I was in was full of coyotes yelling at eachother. Located one of them at 300 yards and sent him to the afterlife. 4Pm driving along a road and spotted the only real big heard of antelope I had ever seen ,approximately 80 or so. A few bucks mixed in with a bunch of does. My father-in-law was slightly confused with all of the antelopes walking back and forth and possibly rushed his shot. He shot a doe but we both had any antelope tags so everything was good. Spent the rest of that day locating muledeer and seriously shy antelope. Sunday morning crawled 500 yards or so trying to get within shooting distance of a nice buck but we were pegged and they took off at mach 5 or so. Drove around spotted another herd but before I could even stalk them, another hunter drove his truck right towards them and poof they were in another time zone. Sunday afternoon spotted another heard. 5 or 6 nice bucks with 30 or so does. Crawled very far, and for every 100 yards we progressed they walked away about 250 yards. By the time I got to my original planned destination, the antelope were 800 yards away and there was no way to get any closer. Started walking back to the truck and saw numerous prairie dogs standing up on their snow covered mounds. Spotted a lone buck on a hill facing away from us with a nice short hill between us. Got close to the top of that hill and just before I squeezed off a round, I noticed a group of does was on that same hill below the buck. Only they spotted me and were leaving right NOW. The buck lagged behind a bit and as he turned broadside and stopped for just a second I shot him at 300 yards. Down he went, and his ladies left with a new master buck. Fun hunt. Knee pads would have been very nice. Wyoming is a blast and can't wait to try antelope again. AS soon as my kid gets back from school, I will try to post the picture. I wish I had a scale because my buck seemed pretty damn heavy almost muledeer sized. How heavy can they get? I read a buck is between 120-140 lbs. Mine seemed quite a bit heavier than that. Normally I hunt muledeer and was expecting a much smaller antelope.

 

[daddy63]

Congrats on the successful hunt... public land I take it?

 

[greyghost10]

I was hunting on both public and private land in area 32. The buck was taken on BLM land. Just make sure you also apply for permission to hunt on the Hunter Management Areas it will greatly increase your hunting area and your ability to fill that tag. I sure hope I can go next year.

 

[Hunt Crazy In Ca]

Hey greyghost you woulnt of happen to have seen a brown single cab dodge out there did you?

 

[greyghost10]

I can't remember if I saw that brown dodge or not. Too busy looking for a nice antelope to shoot. I was in a 2003 sonic blue F250 4 x4 super cap. I need to remember to get some JHO stickers though so I can let other members know there are plenty of us out there.

 

[XDHUNTER]

Greyghost10 if you want JHO sticker i have an extra for you. My brother have a restaurant in de soto (canoga)let me know if you want it ill bring it when i visit my bro. And if you still want to post the picture send it to me and i will try to post it for you.