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Sharps 45-70...

Wouldn't that be 14 different cartridges, since the 280 and 7mm Express are the same, in 6 different calibers?

Never hunted antelope. Had no idea they were that hard to kill!!

M-1 Garand...

Just hit them where they live, and any cartridge within reason will work.

Tony.

I'm going on my first antelope hunt next year, plan on using my Weatherby Mark V Synthetic in .270 Wby with a Leupold VX3 4.5-14x40 on top! Undecided on which bullet to use, but probably just 130-grain Spitzer factory loads. I'll let you know how that works out!

Shrapnel - you at war with the antelope?

Lovin' the parade of rifles & pronghorns here! One of your photos though, looks like you're a mite bloody as well...

Oh, I have only shot two of the rascals. My .25-06 & 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips worked just fine.





They're fun to hunt. Stalking was more challenging than I anticipated. And they taste GREAT!

Regards, Guy

41 magnum will also work...

That boy on the right is a Tennessee red neck...no doubt bout it.

Between my late wife and I we shot over 200 antelope.. Saw or used everything on them from the .22lr through the .375 H & H and the .45-70.. Also killed a bunch with the .44 mag. pistol.. Our favorites started with the .270 on up.. Killed quite a few with the .25-06, but have come to like the .270 better.. My wife's favoite was a custom .7mm Rem. Mag.. I used or still use a variety.. This year a .44 mag., a .300 Sav., and her old 7mm mag..

Saying hitting them where they live is not considering the distances, and here the wind.. I can hit one where it lives with a .22 LR, but it might not die for a while..
The best shot I ever saw made was buy a good friend.. It was a dandy buck, about 400 yards in a very heavy wind.. He put a 165 grain Speer BT though the lungs. Using the hood of the truck for a rest.. Fired from his .300, the bullet dropped about 10 inches, but the drift was more than a foot.. Something to consider..

I like my .243 for everything up to elk, and I've used it on them before with good results.

took this guy right before the big blizzard of '13


nothin fancy, snuck up within 250 yards, waited for him to stand up and *pew* he ran two steps before going ass over teakettle.

And I shot one through the lungs with a 6mm... It was drinking at a small pond maybe 100 yards away.. Had a dead rest double lung, it ran over 200 yards before going end over end. Luck would have it I could follow it's flight as the county was perfectly flat.. My friend was not so lucky.. The antelope ran off a small hill immediately out of sight and was never recovered...

My go to Antelope rifle is my Remington 700 Classic in .264 Win Mag using a 120 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip.

Antelope are on my bucket list and hope to have an opportunity for a hunt in the next year or two. For what its worth, I would probably use either my 25-06 or 7mm-08.

Classic gold Shrapnel!



My brother(in the Bears beanie) and I about 25 years ago.

Very first big game animal, push feed M70 22-250.



Still wear the same vest and I know my mom has the beanie.

Lookin' good, Sam!

My wife and I have taken pronghorn with the .22-250, .220 Swift, .243 Winchester, .240 Weatherby, .250 Savage, .257 Roberts, .257 Roberts Ackley Improved, .25-06, .257 Weatherby, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5-06, .270 Winchester, 7x57 Mauser, .280 Remington Ackley Improved, 7mm STW, .308 Winchester, .30-06 and .300 WSM. They all worked fine.

It is odd that so many people make disparaging comments about how antelope taste...

I've only killed one. But him a little high and the 100 ttsx from my 257 wby sure made a mess!

Couldn't tell you how they taste, the outfitter "had a freezer go bad".

I have taken a few with .308, .30-06, .243, 6.5x55, 7SAUM, 7RM and 280AI.

Next few will be with .223, 9.3x62, 454 Casull and 338LM if only because I can.

They all deserve a speed goat even if they are non resident meat doe tags.