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Thanks rattler, they all look good to me. To me a trophy includes getting up early, having coffee, walking way too much and sitting round the fire talking till way too late. Of course having a beer at the fire has never hurt at that moment. I'd really like to hunt one before I fall down. Which time of the year would be a good time?

Antelope seasons are in the fall, typically September to October. If you wanted to come over, I am sure there are people who would host you (myself included.) Montana and Wyoming are the best bets for drawing tags, although lots of other states have huntable populations. New Mexico may be the prime spot for big horns.

Here is one I was lucky to get in 2009 in Wyoming, it was snowing when I got up that morning and about 2 hours after this pic was taken. He is my best to date, not really tall but really good mass, which shows a little better in the 2nd pic, just a nice buck for me anyway.
On the height, right at 14" on the longer side, 13 3/4 or so on the shorter side.
Hope to find another this year in the same area:)

our speed goat rifle season here in Montana runs the second weekend in October to the second weekend in November.....unfortunatly the areas with the most bucks were kinda hit hard the last couple years between a blue tongue outbreak and a real bad winter......gonna be a few years before goat hunting here looks real attractive to someone coming in from out of state...

though i would be happy to take yah out i really think you would be better served by chatting with the Wyoming guys.....Wyoming has more speed goats than every other state combined....

I don't know how tall this guy was as I never really measured him, so it won't be that useful to the whole point of the thread. But heck, I enjoy seeing everybody's pronghorn pictures so much that I feel I should contribute something.



My biggest buck so far on some pretty heavily pressured public land. I used a Roberts that I made for a high school project. That rifle is pronghorn medicine.

Thanks utah708 and rattler. Those months I'm still working and am out your way mainly Jan and Feb.

Its majic seeing you'alls game pictures and it makes me excited just looking at all the fun you are having. Soon as I have an opportunity I'll be knocking at one of your doors!

Wyoming public land diy

Nice, bout how many inches was that joker ?

Nice buck! I'd tag him in a second!

From New Mexico in 2008. I think he ended up at around 15 1/2 inches and 81.5 B&C.

This won't help you judge, but he was NM in 2010 and was around 13".

A trophy pronghorn to me is a doe. They eat the best.

I took this one in 2008 in area 89. He went just at 16" on one side and 15.75 on the other.

this was perhaps the toughest antelope hunt I've ever done. Just miserable conditions. This is a buddy from PA. He was expecting shirtsleeve weather, but at least he was prepared for the blizzard we got!

My best 'lope, near Jordan Montana.
16" horns but not great mass or prongs.
78" B&C.

I love those "back in the day pics".....nice buck!! Jordan is cool country. I lived there for six years....back in the day.....grin!

Has anyone thought to get a video or DVD on judging antelope or other big game heads?

Try perusing eBay or similar sites for a DVD or old video on this very topic! Most such flicks are professionally done (edited by professionals who know what their doing), and narrated by guides and experienced hunters if not outfitters who have years and years of expereince.

You can watch the presentation/s over and over and OVER AGAIN to your heart's content, until one learns how to spot a trophey on the hoof, really worth stalking and bagging.

heres one for mom. she was a rabid big buck antelope killer.
this is her personal best, at not quite 85"

Mine from Colorado. 15" goat, never scored him. Just a real pretty buck with the heart shaped horns I was looking for.

I passed up a whopper at first light 10 seconds into the unit. I didn't want to end the hunt that soon. I came back a little later to check on him. Since he was so close to the boundary and had run into a hidey hole, I didn't think anyone would find him. I wanted to look at a couple of others I had located the night before. A young 15 year old kid had killed him just as I popped over the hill. He was just short of 17 inches 85 B.C. I about cried. The low light in the morning really hid his mass well. Flinch

A different view. Flinch