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Hunting season is finally here! Figured I'd share some of my adventures this fall, starting off with a pronghorn I killed a couple days ago. I've never killed an antelope with this rifle, a CZ 9.3x62, model 550fs. Was able to pull it off with open sights too, 50 yards. Fun way to hunt these critters.
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Nicely done
Stunning scenery
That's quite a challenge getting into bow range on one of them
Well done
That’s something you don’t see every day , top marks with the open sights
Yes it's a different world from little old NZ. Good to see your pic, you look like a younger glasseye from the other forum.
Nice, was just there visiting Yellowstone and stayed a couple days in Cody to visit the Buffalo Bill center, ride horses and shoot six guns.
The Pronghorns I saw were not available for shooting !
I hunted Antelope at Rawlins Wyoming few years ago, tough country, the early Settlers were a different Breed.
Nice buck, congrats Carl.
My son and I head over to WY next week to try for a pronghorn or two.
Great result using open sights in such open country, well done.
Nice buck and rifle. How are herd numbers?
I couldn't believe the number of Pronghorn I saw from the road (Gillette to Douglas) when I was there a few years ago. Nice wide-open country.
Thanks guys. Got lucky with this one. Seemed like he was asking to get shot, haha.
The herd numbers seem to be alright in the area I was hunting. Other parts of Wyoming got hammered a couple years ago by a bad winter, and in a lot of hunt areas pronghorn quotas have been drastically reduced.
Right on. Which area did you draw?Quote:
Originally Posted by cb14
Hey Carl, nice one bro. I look forward to seeing more photos.
I have 84 and my son 93. Will be in Kemmerer next weekend to see if there are any around and then in Dubios for a look.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl 9.3x62
Good luck. Curious to find out what you guys see. Numbers are probably still down in 93. Not sure how bad they were affected in 84. Don't forget to look higher up near tree line too. Some cool country over there.Quote:
Originally Posted by cb14
There seems to be fewer pronghorn around. Saw around 75 - 100 driving up from Utah, but that was the middle of a hot day. My son ended up shooting a nice buck in 93. 84 should be ok they actually increased the tag quota for that area, but will see when we hunt there next week. We are off for a week hunting elk tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl 9.3x62
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Got a cow elk last weekend. Cut fresh tracks across the road, tracked them about a mile and caught up to the heard. Was able to shoot one at about 150 yards through the trees as they fed out into an opening.
So apparently shooting them is the easy part, carrying them out it where the hard work start? How much do you think she weighed?
To be honest the packout wasn't bad at all. We were able to drive my truck closer, and we had sled to pull most of her out with. We do the "quick quarter" here. Just cut all four legs off, cut the back straps off the spine and cut out the tenderloins, or fillets, from inside. My wife carried the back straps and loins out and I carried a hind leg out on the first pack out. Then drove closer, and took the sled in. Was able to pull the remaining three legs out at once. Definitely can't do that without snow. As far as weight, according to Dr Google the average weight for a cow elk is 500-600 lbs. She was on the smaller side, probably 2.5 years old, so maybe 4-500 lbs?
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