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243... That looks more like counting coup. I think the aggressive nature of the hunter overcame him here and he forgot he had a perfectly good gun in his hands............. At any rate it takes a fast man to chase down antelope on foot!!!!
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Antelope are easy to kill. I suggest a 243 or larger simply to minimize wind drift. If you can shoot it well, it will kill one if you hit it right.
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By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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I think the aggressive nature of the hunter overcame him here and he forgot he had a perfectly good gun in his hands............. At any rate it takes a fast man to chase down antelope on foot!!!!
Dang it....you beat me to it. NOTE TO SELF - You can't out run shrapnel!! Jerry
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I would think a 257 Weatherby would be hard to beat. nah. BCs of the bullets are horrible. They fall out of the sky at 401 yards. Well keep it under 400 and you should be fine.
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Older rifles work too, 25-35...
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I usually use my 7x57, but once I used a .45 LC.
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Before the bad winter of 2010/11 I used to love to hunt antelope.
Of course we have all done the drive around hunt but walking is way more fun.
I have shot less than a dozen bucks but have used a 22-250, 250 Savage, 25-06, 257 Roberts, 270 Win, 300 WSM, 300 Win mag and probably some other cartridges I can't remember.
A Kimber Classic Select(stainless) 84L in 25-06 would be an uber pronghorn rifle.
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Obviously, I've never had the privilege to hunt the speed goats but....
if the opportunity presented itself I would use one of my trusty 270s but...
that just might be excuse for me to get a 25-06. The 25-06 has had many great revues for antelope hunting for a l o n g -time. With its medium size bullets, streaking fast, and flat trajectory, it is hard to beat.
It can be beat by larger cartridges, more powder, bigger/heavier bullets but they're NOT needed.
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Most recently, a 223 with Nosler 60 Solid Base bullet. About perfect for me.
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50-70 Sharps...
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Time to class this thread up.....
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257 Roberts...
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That is one of the cooler bucks I have ever seen(the antelope, not you....).
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25/06 or 270win. seem just right to me
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Had a supervisor many years ago who went to Wyoming almost every year and used a 264WM. He would come back from his hunting trip and go on and on about his 264WM being the best thing ever for antelope.
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