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Last year I think we had deer taken with pre 64, I thought I would start a Winchester kill page for 2015. Your model 70's, 71's, 94's, model 12's you name. If It's taken with this year let's see it. This is a very old Kansas pronghorn I had to work hard to get. Not a giant but a wise old buck I was happy to take. The weather changed the day we started our hunt from 80's and 90's to 40's and 50's with winds up to 35 mph. These pronghorn get out in the middle of big green wheat fields and are very hard to get close to and with the wind it made longer shots not very advisable. First day the pronghorn were laying low and didn't even see one until 3 pm with no chance of a stalk that day. Day two we got started late but were able to get in several stalks. After one failed stalk my buddy was able to connect on a nice buck that popped out of nowhere in the crp at less than fifty yards with his pre 64 model 70 in 300 H&H. I had two failed stalks on day two on the same buck and this lone ole buck was very smart, he knew every move and counter move and just plain beat me twice. Day three our last day and with our schedules I had time for one stalk and we were able to find a herd we put to bed the night before but they were untouchable where the were. They were up and feeding and moving slowly up the hill into the wind. The only chance I had was to go all the way around the section and go in and get ahead of them and hope that although they were down wind I could get a shot. I made it around and there was a weed strip that was too rocky to cultivate that allowed me to craw 100 yards out into the field. I could see the herd and they were no longer moving up towards me and too far away for a good shot in the wind. As luck had it the buck I had lost to the day before showed up and he was 286 yards directly down wind. He could smell us and was getting spooky although he couldn't see me I was prone slinged up and steady and with him a few terraces below and facing me I took a neck shot and dropped him. I was using my 61' pre 64 model 70 Fwt in 270 win.
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Great setup you have there with a classic, man for the dark face on that antelope, thanks for the picture!
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Great speed goat!
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BINGO! very best Winpoor No better to do it with class!!!!
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S TX porker shot with my 1949 M64 in .32 Special. Win 170 grain Silvertips. Bob
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Nice work Southwind! You can kill a pronghorn with a 270? Who'd a thunk! Did the sound of the safety going off scare him?
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Nice work Southwind! You can kill a pronghorn with a 270? Who'd a thunk! Did the sound of the safety going off scare him? When he heard I had a 270 he gave up without any further incident.
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Last year I think we had deer taken with pre 64, I thought I would start a Winchester kill page for 2015. Your model 70's, 71's, 94's, model 12's you name. If It's taken with this year let's see it. This is a very old Kansas pronghorn I had to work hard to get. Not a giant but a wise old buck I was happy to take. The weather changed the day we started our hunt from 80's and 90's to 40's and 50's with winds up to 35 mph. These pronghorn get out in the middle of big green wheat fields and are very hard to get close to and with the wind it made longer shots not very advisable. First day the pronghorn were laying low and didn't even see one until 3 pm with no chance of a stalk that day. Day two we got started late but were able to get in several stalks. After one failed stalk my buddy was able to connect on a nice buck that popped out of nowhere in the crp at less than fifty yards with his pre 64 model 70 in 300 H&H. I had two failed stalks on day two on the same buck and this lone ole buck was very smart, he knew every move and counter move and just plain beat me twice. Day three our last day and with our schedules I had time for one stalk and we were able to find a herd we put to bed the night before but they were untouchable where the were. They were up and feeding and moving slowly up the hill into the wind. The only chance I had was to go all the way around the section and go in and get ahead of them and hope that although they were down wind I could get a shot. I made it around and there was a weed strip that was too rocky to cultivate that allowed me to craw 100 yards out into the field. I could see the herd and they were no longer moving up towards me and too far away for a good shot in the wind. As luck had it the buck I had lost to the day before showed up and he was 286 yards directly down wind. He could smell us and was getting spooky although he couldn't see me I was prone slinged up and steady and with him a few terraces below and facing me I took a neck shot and dropped him. I was using my 61' pre 64 model 70 Fwt in 270 win. Fantastic! Looks like he had enjoyed a long full life! v best winpoor
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Good hunt Southwind. After a lot of the posts I've been reading lately, I wasn't sure if you could kill an animal if the rifle didn't have some type of Tupperware stock. I'm glad to see that it's still possible to successfully use a wood-stocked gun. Never hunted your state, but I LOVE hunting speed-goats. They're remarkable little animals. yooper
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Early 2015 or late 2014, my memory is slipping! Gun is a 56' , 3006 target in sporter stock ( my 'Carlos') v best winpoor
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Close enough that qualifies. Great job, great rifle Winpoor. And love that 64 RGK, nice oinker. By the way that ole goat is very tasty too. These farmland pronghorn taste a little different than their Wyoming cousins.
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Same here vis whitetails! The ones that have been on corn have an unbelievable amount of WHITE kidney and heart fat! My sage goat eating was just that, tasted like he lived on sage! Not much I will not try when it comes to eating! So fat an Elk has been number one on tastiest game meat! Out gator tail and froglegs are killer good as well! very best winpoor
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I prefer the taste of pronghorns that have been feeding on something other than sagebrush.
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1960 Fwt action, shot out the .270 barrel and it's all that's left. McMillan edge stock and Rock 6.5-06 barrel. Just purchased an unaltered 1959 30-06 Fwt. so may have some photos for the purists in the future. Sounds cool on all levels.. Nice elk too...
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Dat is a spanker of an elk!
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MikeS & Ingwe, superbly done! I have to say though MikeS that is a smokin nice bull, wow!
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North61! It counts for me! and I'm still envious!!! Well done!!!
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