Rifle Antelope Hunt
After hunting elk and deer in Utah with the bow, I journeyed to Wyoming for antelope hunting.
I was interested in trying to kill an antelope at 1000 yards with a 308 so I spent a couple of days trying that and concluded that it was not a very simple thing to accomplish because the trajectory is so curved at that distance that any error in rangefinding or animal movement leads to a miss. So after a couple of shots at 1K I gave it up and settled for a more reasonable distance.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Microcys.../4/DOMaYRvu2h4
After messing around with the 308, It was time to settle down for some serious distances so I dug out the 34 inch barreled 7mm/338L imp. AKA 7mm Allen magnum. As things worked out I shot a doe at 954 yards and it still needed a finishing shot.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Microcys.../3/dr5al3Eg3jo
I made a shot at 560 yards on a coyote but only broke one front leg and never managed to hit it again. I was upset as I don’t intentionally do that to an animal.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Microcys.../6/X8j2dyjaX-U
I saved my buck tag until the end and then the wind got to be so bad that long range shooting was out of the question. I then went to the traditional glass and stalk method and shot the best buck left in the valley at 451 yards. I had been seeing this buck for a couple of weeks and had not thought him to be very good set of horns although he was obviously a very strong and aggressive buck who always managed to keep his does when challenged by other bucks.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Microcys.../0/kd8Sa0quZe8
All in all, not a great year for making spectacular shots on antelope for me.