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Sharps 45-70...
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In the last 45 years of Antelope Hunting I have used Rifles in at least 15 calibers to kill Antelope. Let me list them for you: 22-250 Remington 220 Swift 243 Winchester 6mm Remington 6mm Remington Ackley Improved 240 Weatherby 257 Roberts 25/06 Remington 270 Winchester 7mm Express 280 Remington 7mm Remington Magnum 308 Winchester 30/06 300 Winchester Magnum My last Antelope was harvested with my Remington Model 700 Sendero in 270 Winchester. I use the pointy flat flying Nosler 130 grain Ballistic Tips to Hunt on public lands (i.e. long range!) with this Sendero. Lot of recoil in that 300 RUM with 180 grain bullets - that may slightly hamper your shot assessment? My recommendation would be a 25/06 to 270'ish Rifle with lots of scope power (minimum 4x16) and flat flying Ballistic Tip bullets. Good luck with getting a tag in 2,016! Hold into the wind VarmintGuy Wouldn't that be 14 different cartridges, since the 280 and 7mm Express are the same, in 6 different calibers?
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Just curious whats everyones go to rifle for antelope ? I only hunted them once with a Remington 700 in 300 RUM using Federal 180 grain Trophy Tips. But would like to plan a trip in 2016 Never hunted antelope. Had no idea they were that hard to kill!!
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M-1 Garand...
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Just hit them where they live, and any cartridge within reason will work.
Tony.
I may not be as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was.
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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!
Heal quickly and don't scar.
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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
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41 magnum will also work...
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41 magnum will also work... That boy on the right is a Tennessee red neck...no doubt bout it.
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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..
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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.
Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young.
Calm seas don't make sailors.
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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...
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My go to Antelope rifle is my Remington 700 Classic in .264 Win Mag using a 120 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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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.
Start young, hunt hard, and enjoy God's bounty.
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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.
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Campfire Kahuna
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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.
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Lovin' the parade of rifles & pronghorns here! They're fun to hunt. Stalking was more challenging than I anticipated. And they taste GREAT!
Regards, Guy
It is odd that so many people make disparaging comments about how antelope taste...
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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".
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Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
Ken
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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.
Semper Fi
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