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Id like a .25-06 Ruger #1B if i get out to chase em some day
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I've taken them with a .243 Win, .257 Roberts, 270 Win, 264 Win Mag, 300 Win Mag, .338Win Mag and seen them taken with a 25-06, 30-06 and 300 WBY. The.264 and then the .270 are what I mostly carry now. Something to buck the wind and carry the mail out to pretty good distance. The problem with that idea is I don't think I have killed an antelope past 250 yards. The terrain I hunt in is broken up enough I can usually get close. My favorite way to hunt them was to use the terrain to get close and even low crawling (military guys will know) to get past little to no concealment and have been within a herd one time and within 25 yards on several occasions. The lighter rifles are great for that, but I did it once with the .264.
With older age and more limiting mobility coming on shooting at distance is becoming a better option so I'll stick with the .270, .264 and now a .257 WBY.
I had to come back to fix a mistake. The farthest was at 360 from the .270 Win.
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I've killed a couple with a 270 and a couple with a 308. Both were fine. My Grandpa used a 30-06 on them
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Id like a .25-06 Ruger #1B if i get out to chase em some day I remember when the 25-06 was the Premier cartridge for antelope IN the Gun Rags. Jerry
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Well, at least you didn't say .375 this time.. Ha ha.. We know Mrs. memtb would be using a .338 too.. I was trying to be “politically correct”! 😉 memtb
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If antelope are evolving like elk, I think you'd start at 375HH and would really be safe at 470NE. Can't risk the bullet deflecting back at you if you hit shoulder.
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If I was to build an ideal antelope rifle from scratch it would be the 6mm-06. Lots of good bullet choices, velocity to spare, easy to shoot and easy to find and make brass. Come to think of it I already did and have since got bored with it. Now the Mrs. uses it all the time. I can put anybody on that gun and they seem to shoot it well.
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I've shot over 70 head of antelope. Nothing over 25-06 is needed. 243,6 mm, and 257 are all good. Anything more you are just beating on your eating. Yeah I said that fug anyone who don 't like that. Mb
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I used a plain old .270 Win. on my one and only antelope hunt. Worked just fine. Paul B.
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them. MOLON LABE
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The first two antelope I shot was with my Dad's 243. Then I got a 270 Win for Deer hunting. I used the 270 for all my antelopes after that. I would like to shoot another one with the 243 again. Normally anything you have for deer will work for an antelope. I do have a 7-30 Waters that might be fun antelope hunting with it does not have the range I am looking for. If I was to build a gun for antelope hunting I would look in the 6, 6.5 or 7 mm. I have been hunting with people using the 30.06 and it kills them too.
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Classic cartridge for this is .257 Wby magnum. I like the 115 grain Nosler.
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I have a switch barrel rifle with .30-06, .243, 6.5x55 and .300WSM. My son has the same rifle in .300wsm You've had lots of good advice here. I echo that "goats" are pretty easy to kill, so any your rifles are fine. I would take whichever rifle and load you can shoot the best with. If there is a tie in that contest, take the rifle/load with the better BC, to make dealing with the wind, which unless you're very lucky, WILL be a bear in Wyoming. Good luck - I leave for Montana for pronghorn on Wednesday myself. It's windy there too. Rex
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Id like a .25-06 Ruger #1B if i get out to chase em some day I remember when the 25-06 was the Premier cartridge for antelope IN the Gun Rags. Jerry Yep, WY resident Bob Milek used, liked and wrote about the 25-06 for pronghorn quite a bit. I'd take his word on it.
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257Roberts, 260Rem and 7-08 are my choices for antelope
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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If I ever go, I’ll probably take my best windbucker, my 6CM with long pointy bullets like 115gr Bergers…
Or a .270…..
What fresh Hell is this?
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.300 PRC at least, don't want those tough ass speed goats shrugging it off.
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What do you own?
I have a #1 in 25-06 and a WBY Accumark in .257 WBY that I consider perfect for my style of hunting.. These are my first choices as well except a M-70 fast twist 1-8" .257 Wby. and a Ruger No.1 with a 28" barrel 1-10" and another M-70 with a Bartlein 25-06 Barrel 1-9" twist. Two others are the 6.5-06 AI and 280 AI. Really anything from 6mm to 7mm Rem Mag. is ideal. I don't like more recoil than the 7 mags as you may be shooting from an awkward prone position. The 22s from 223 on up are also viable but if traveling a long ways I would only go with the bigger 22s and longer bullets as you can almost count on wind being a factor. Wyoming is where a lot of the using a plow chain (or insert any heavy object) for a wind gauge jokes come from. Even the 25s with conventional bullets will be affected, less so for heavier VLD type bullets.
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243-257-264-270
Seems like a 25-06 is to antelope what a 7mm RM is to deer. 25-06 is just a real sweet/fun cartridge.
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lately, I use .240 Weatherby, .257 Weatherby or .264 Win Mag. They are what I have been playing with for open prairie hunting. Love them all. They are not tough. They have great eyesight and they are fast. You need something you can shoot accurately and possibly out to some distance.
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