I think something needs stated here...for the record.
This was Bryan's 5th actual antelope incarceration. It's true! He logged almost 300 hours in a blind to get it done. Nobody knows how many air miles were spent...how much petro was burned...the cost of licenses and tags. You can only imagine the number of crackers and sandwiches consumed in the blind. Enough water and Gatorade to make a high school football team proud. The guy practically made it to legend-status by simply not getting his antelope! Personally, I believe he's been killing whitetails just to alleviate his pronghorn problems. Then the inevitable happened: along comes Colorado's unluckiest (but now, most appreciated) big buck antelope, and Bryan kills him. He called me from his blind just minutes after the shot, and seeing him go down. I called him a liar about 3 times...and then I believed it. I still feel a tiny bit bad about that...
Anyway: I saw the initial pictures of Bryan, his buck and his guide. I can only imagine how he felt. We have a common friend who logged about 5 sheep hunts before connecting on a big Dall. Try to imagine what it feels like to walk up to that animal...how it must hit you.
That guide looked awfully young. Did anyone bother to tell him he was guiding a legend? Hell, Bryan starting hunting antelope before that kid was born.... (!)
All the best....!!!
Topic: Hangin' with the Eichler's for another round of Antelope Hunting (Read 822 times)
