Matthew's First Antelope - 24hourcampfire

My youngest son Matthew got his first antelope on 10/5/16 near Buffalo, Wyoming. The buck was shot at 130 yards with a Ruger American LH .223 Remington. He used a handloaded 64 gr. Speer Gold Dot at 3100 fps. One shot in the lungs as the buck was busy sexually harassing a couple of does. The buck ran about 15 yards and tipped over. The bullet exited the offside and the lungs were soup. The buck measured 14 1/4". He also shot a small doe later in the day at approximately 250 yards. Two antelope plus six whitetails at home in Texas, not bad for a 12 year old.

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Congratulations!

Good job.

You tell him that there's a whole lot of old guys out here that wish we could do that. One of these days I'll get that off of my bucket list.

Thanks

Very cool, congrats!

Outstanding! Congrats to the young man...

Great buck!! Congrats to you both - I hunt just south of there and it sure was greener than usual this year and the antelope looked healthy!!

Well alright, Matthew!!

Super job Matthew!!

That's a great looking buck. Nice work, Matthew!

Thank You Gentlemen

Give the little man a high five from us,very cool

Well that's just way too cool! Congrats to you both, and tell Matthew nice shooting! Great pics.

Great job Matthew and I see your son is lefty like so many of us.

I am sure his first Antelope is going on the wall?

Doc

Sweet!!

No doubt the young man can shoot! Congrats to both of you....

Originally Posted by doctor_Encore

Great job Matthew and I see your son is lefty like so many of us.

I am sure his first Antelope is going on the wall?

Doc

Yes Sir it is. Thanks

That is a fine looking pronghorn. That young man sure has a look of confidence. Nice going.

12yrs old, wow. you have one help of a soldier there congrats

I would have traded the next Christmas for that hunt when I was his age.

Nice goat!

I was still dreaming of my first 22 LR at that age. Lots of rifles now, but still envious.

Way to go.

Wow very nice work on both your parts! Congrats!

Originally Posted by rifletom

That is a fine looking pronghorn. That young man sure has a look of confidence. Nice going.

He does lol. This is first pronghorn but he has a total of 8 big game animals. 6 whitetails, this buck and a doe antelope he shot later that day. He took his first whitetail at 6.

Thank You Gentlemen, for the kind remarks.