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I shoot buck #1 personally. Nice pics!
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Holy ****, that last one looks photoshopped it's so big.
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Holy ****, that last one looks photoshopped it's so big. Maybe it is. I couldn't believe it either - that's why I saved it. The thing is though that his body is enormous also. The buck in the gas rig photo has only slightly smaller horns and a huge body as well.
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That's an Ibex, not a pronghorn...
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One thing about buck antelope - they can be curious and sometimes dangerous. Some years back we had a big buck make a fuss about 50 yards away, stomping and snorting. Apparently we were infringing on his space. Last year I had a buck charge me from about 50 yards away. I was so focused on a doe (in a different direction), he nearly got me. I hear Daughter #1 calling my name, which irritated me and I ignored it. She was in the truck a few feet behind me and finally honked the horn. When I looked back over my left shoulder the buck was about a truck length away, head down with the nose almost touching the ground and headed straight for me full speed. As I spun around it took a sharp right and went on the other side of the truck. Had Daughter not honked things would have gotten real interesting.
Good luck on your hunt.
Oh for [bleep]'s sake. Jeff, whatever you do, don't listen to this idiot. The "danger" from an antelope is right there with the danger of getting your wiener stuck in a ceiling fan. Dangerous game!
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Enjoy your hunt! Pronghorn are wonderful to hunt, and wonderful to eat! Regards, Guy
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Jeff, Forgot to mention (and maybe you're already planning this) but carry a small tarp or two with you in your pack. They don't weigh anything and make for a nice clean spot to quickly skin and quarter out the goat. I'll second the motion of not overthinking or planning things. Be out at first light (rising sun makes them easier to spot) and be willing to hike. Nice thing about pronghorns is they're an easy pack out... I hunt with just 10x binos and have never felt wanting. As an aside, last time I drew (we don't get preference points so it's poor odds every year) I took out the Tikka (.223) the week before opener to make sure I was ready for anything. Shot at ~ 600 yds and was well under MOA. Felt good and went out, spotted one, crawled a bit to a cliff face and popped one....at 156 yds!
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One thing about buck antelope - they can be curious and sometimes dangerous. Some years back we had a big buck make a fuss about 50 yards away, stomping and snorting. Apparently we were infringing on his space. Last year I had a buck charge me from about 50 yards away. I was so focused on a doe (in a different direction), he nearly got me. I hear Daughter #1 calling my name, which irritated me and I ignored it. She was in the truck a few feet behind me and finally honked the horn. When I looked back over my left shoulder the buck was about a truck length away, head down with the nose almost touching the ground and headed straight for me full speed. As I spun around it took a sharp right and went on the other side of the truck. Had Daughter not honked things would have gotten real interesting.
Good luck on your hunt.
Oh for [bleep]'s sake. Jeff, whatever you do, don't listen to this idiot. The "danger" from an antelope is right there with the danger of getting your wiener stuck in a ceiling fan. If anyone here is an idiot it is you. The only reason I didn't get run over by that buck, horns first, is because my daughter honked the truck horn. If you're willing to put yourself in my place and take the horns in the back at full speed, we'll see if they can be dangerous or not. And if you emerge unscathed, I'll concede your point.
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I have been following this thread with great interest. I also drew my first Oregon antelope tag this year, I drew the Juniper unit. Scouted the last five days, then came home to regroup and go back next Wednesday. It hot out there, we had 103 on Monday and 100 on Tuesday. Take your own shade for camp. I don't know how far the nearest ice is where you hunt. It's 64 miles rocky slow road for me. Six hours to travel 64 miles! I'll be taking dry ice. One chest with thirty pounds. Then five pounds in each other chest! The thirty is to replenish the food chests and for the antelope! The dry ice plant has offered me the use of one of their large coolers, I may take them up on the offer! Good luck with your hunt!!
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Good luck to all of you😎 Hunting antelope in Oregon is quite different than my area of Wy.. Best wishes👍
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I have been following this thread with great interest. I also drew my first Oregon antelope tag this year, I drew the Juniper unit. Scouted the last five days, then came home to regroup and go back next Wednesday. It hot out there, we had 103 on Monday and 100 on Tuesday. Take your own shade for camp. I don't know how far the nearest ice is where you hunt. It's 64 miles rocky slow road for me. Six hours to travel 64 miles! I'll be taking dry ice. One chest with thirty pounds. Then five pounds in each other chest! The thirty is to replenish the food chests and for the antelope! The dry ice plant has offered me the use of one of their large coolers, I may take them up on the offer! Good luck with your hunt!! We tried dry ice one year and didn't care for it. Yes, the antelope froze in places, but that isn't really necessary. We keep ours on regular ice (mostly cubes, not block, as it fits in the coolers better) for up to 3 days before they get to the processor in Denver. No different than hanging in a meat locker.
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Heym06: Hope that Cinder Butte fire stays out of your unit. Yes, this past weekend was an absolutely brutal time to be out. Best of luck,
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You sure don't want dry ice in an enclosed vehicle
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One thing about buck antelope - they can be curious and sometimes dangerous. Some years back we had a big buck make a fuss about 50 yards away, stomping and snorting. Apparently we were infringing on his space. Last year I had a buck charge me from about 50 yards away. I was so focused on a doe (in a different direction), he nearly got me. I hear Daughter #1 calling my name, which irritated me and I ignored it. She was in the truck a few feet behind me and finally honked the horn. When I looked back over my left shoulder the buck was about a truck length away, head down with the nose almost touching the ground and headed straight for me full speed. As I spun around it took a sharp right and went on the other side of the truck. Had Daughter not honked things would have gotten real interesting.
Good luck on your hunt.
Oh for [bleep]'s sake. Jeff, whatever you do, don't listen to this idiot. The "danger" from an antelope is right there with the danger of getting your wiener stuck in a ceiling fan. Only in Coyote Hunters world are antelope considered dangerous game. My guess would be he looks goofy and they just want to see him up close.
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I have been following this thread with great interest. I also drew my first Oregon antelope tag this year, I drew the Juniper unit. Scouted the last five days, then came home to regroup and go back next Wednesday. It hot out there, we had 103 on Monday and 100 on Tuesday. Take your own shade for camp. I don't know how far the nearest ice is where you hunt. It's 64 miles rocky slow road for me. Six hours to travel 64 miles! I'll be taking dry ice. One chest with thirty pounds. Then five pounds in each other chest! The thirty is to replenish the food chests and for the antelope! The dry ice plant has offered me the use of one of their large coolers, I may take them up on the offer! Good luck with your hunt!! Good luck to you! Sounds like you are making your own luck. Just due to some sort of statistical blip I have rifle hunted Steens for deer 3 times in the last 5 years, plus I've been there a bunch of other times starting in the late 80's, so I'm not stressing that I haven't scouted it. In fact I'm not stressing at all. In fact you guys need to stop telling me not to overthink this; I'm in danger of underthinking the dang thing <grin>. I figure, I'll get there, set up camp... figure it out. No hurry really, other than, I guess, that my block ice is all melting away in my coolers every day and will need resupply if I'm still hunting, every few days. Cross that bridge if/when I get to it I'll do a little shooting when I get there. I know just the spot, I checked things at 400 yards last fall there, perfect setup, can shoot from the bed of my truck at light spots on dark boulders with a hill behind them. Curious about the mirage, and my ammo at that altitude/temp. Then I guess we'll see what happens. Just trying like heck to throw the hook of my business entanglements so I can truly go for it- that's the work of the moment, haha... grinding hard on some very engaging work.... as I say, I'm in danger of woefully UNDERthinking this bad boy! 'Cause it's right around the corner. Some years ago I took the time to extend the frame of my wall tent to have a covered awning area. At the time, the thinking was another covered kitchen area for our elk camp, where we got hammered by snow pretty good for a few years straight there. But now iit's sounding nice and shady! Maybe I'll retire up there!
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