Home from Wyoming Antelope chasin'!!!

[fireman_3311]

Just rolled in from Douglas, Wyoming, and chasin antelope!!! What a blast!!! Here's a little hint, pretty tired, will fill ya'll in, in a day or two!!!

 

[cjones]

Uh Oh, Someone met Mr. Snuffer. Can't wait for the story.

[Larry247]

Looks like Mr.Snuffer got some oxygen rich stuff!  

[mmgrode]

Oh boy, this is going to be a good one! Looking forward to the story.

[fireman_3311]

Well, I gots a few minutes...can get ya started at least...lol. We drove from central MO, to Douglas, Wyoming, to hunt the Hornbuckle Ranch...been in thier family for 4 generations...We hunted a right fair portion of 35,000 acres! 2 ground blinds, and a bunch more elevated blinds, either over water, salt, or both. Big working cattle ranch, so there was plenty of both. Learned real quick, Monday morning, that antelope are a mite skittish!!! I was the only tradshooter, hunting with 7 wheelie's, but I won't hold that against them, one AWESOME bunch of guys!!!Here's a pic of one of the elevated blinds...strange, but they actually worked...lol

 

Got a pic of this dandy, while the Rancher was showing us around...

 

Sho is awesome country out there...I'm ready to move west!!!!

 

[BigRonHuntAlot]

       

[Golden Hawk]

Way to Go Brad!! Proud of you Bud! Cmon with the rest of the story though. Tell us all about Mr Snuffer and his Antelope adventure.

[southpawshooter]

Man, that brings back some memories.  Was in Wyoming 2 years ago for speed goats and had a blast. I can still smell the sagebrush.  That lope ya' got a picture of is a dandy - he'd score real well in P&Y.

Looking forward to more pics.......

[the Ferret]

There had better be a DEAD critter at the end of this tease fireman!

[kennym]

Come on Brad,ya can sleep anytime!! Theres people waitin to hear this!!LOL

BTW ,yer broadhead alignment looks questionable ta me!  :D

[zilla]

The suspense is killin me.

Nice camo job on the arrow

[fireman_3311]

LeRoy...thanks!!! Mr. Snuffer and his friends had quite the awesome adventure, no doubt!!!
Southpaw...purty sure that's the goat I missed...LOL.
Mickey...there IS, and more than just meself....
kennym...I'm up now!!!! Yup, that bhead hit a little bone, and still did it's job!!!

[fireman_3311]

OK, here's some more for ya...a pic of the trailer full of gear...

 

And some of the guys around camp...

 

Here's my opening morning view, from stand #8...a solar well, that ran fresh water most of the day, long as the sun was high enuff...much quieter than a rattlin' windmill, (personally, I prefer the rattlin' windmill)

 

[fireman_3311]

Opening day found us getting to our stand a bit late...hard to drive to the far side of 35000 acres in a short trip!!! I dropped the other 3 guys off, and drove on to the farthest stand from camp...23+ miles of ranch road. I had 3 shooters work in behind me, late morning, and fed along a dry creekbed, and bust me at around 50+ yds...not a bad start to the week!!! The rest of the day was spent glassing goats, as far as the Nikons could see, but none came anywhere close...still, it's only the first day!!!! One of the guys did score, on a dandy 12 3/4" buck, from a pit blind this morning!!!

[fireman_3311]

One reason stand #8 was slow...water everywhere!!! And a pic for you duckwatchers...

 

Jackrabbits that were big enuff to jerk the wheel outta yo hand when ya hit em...lol

 

[fireman_3311]

And a little sunrise pic (my favorite) starting day #2, in stand #4...I gotta run, will move this along later this evening!!!!

 

[BMOELLER]

Congrats on the goat Brad!!  That is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

[the Ferret]

Hey..WAKE UP AND GET ON WITH IT!

[southpawshooter]

C'mon,,,,,,,,,C,mon........

[paleFace]

i just need to win the lottery so i can hunt year around. haven't chased the speed goats since 99' and i am getting the itch again.

let's here the rest of the story and with lot's of pics....