Oh yea, about an hour later....a nice herd...2 shooters, 2 1 1/2 yr. old bucks, 2 does with twins each, had been north of me, 1/2 mile at a big waterhole, and were feeding towards me, up the lush green dry creek bed, that feeds the pond. They eventually fed out in front of me, and one of the little bucks headed towards the salt! His little buddy saw him headed my way, and followed at a full run...the 2 bigger bucks just slowly fed my way, and pretty soon, all 4 were at the salt lick, eatin dirt...and there I was, sittin down....I tried 3 times to get stood up, each time, the stand would sway and creak and rattle, and the 2 bigger bucks would look me right in the eye...Finally, I got caught about halfway up, they looked up, so I just stood on up....scatterin' em like a covey of quail...the 2 bigger bucks, and one yearlin, stopped out about 40 yds, and the one little yearlin at 20...I had me chance at MR. BIG, so I came to full draw, picked that spot, and let Mr. Snuffer fly...I hit forward, about 3 inches, of where I was lookin, and heard a loud CRACK...but could tell right away, that he was hurt bad...he whirled, ran back left, about 40-50 yds, and piled up!!!! My first ever antelope was down!!!
The snuffer had cracked thru the right shoulder blade....not the flat part, the upright part, that seperated the 2 muscles, on thru the center of the windpipe, and buried deep on the off shoulder, seperating the 2 large round bones, right at the joint...I will be boilin out the blade, and the end of one of those bones today, for a pic!!! Snuffer stopped right inside the hide on the off side!!!!!
Topic: Home from Wyoming Antelope chasin'!!! (Read 1703 times)
