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Topic: Finally pulled one out of the hat.
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El Guapo
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posted June 29, 2010 05:20 PM
I typically put in for a few of the hard to draw areas for big game hunts in Wyo and finally drew one. I have an area 61 (Red Desert) antelope tag and its one of the hardest to draw and best tags in the state. This is a place you can take a B&C antelope if things go right. I never have. I have killed two with a bow that just missed the B&C mark, but were both well into Pope and Young. This will be a rifle hunt and I'm going to try for a monster.
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booger
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posted June 29, 2010 05:27 PM
That's cool, Cal!
Post pics! I will have to live vicariously through you!
My dad and I were going to Wyoming after I graduated from high school in the fall of '79 to hunt antelope, but unfortunately, he passed away when I was a junior. We hunted a lot of birds together in my first 15 years, but never big game.
Wyoming antelope is on my 'bucket list'!
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Rich
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posted June 29, 2010 05:54 PM
Cal,
I am betting that you already have the monster located, and already salted his tail down real good.
I look forward to seeing the photo's. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Aznative
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posted June 29, 2010 06:24 PM
Congrats to you too Cal. It is nice to have some luck once in a while.
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Andy L
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posted June 29, 2010 06:30 PM
Congrats Cal. You deserve it.
If you need a guide, Ill come ride with ya. LOL
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El Guapo
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posted June 29, 2010 07:23 PM
No scouting yet Rich, Its a couple hundred miles down there, but maybe in August I may sneek off for a weekend of scouting and lowering the coyote population. Andy, you are more than welcome to serve as "guide". Which pretty much means you have to make sure there is always ice in the cooler. I don't know if I deserve this tag, but good tags are few and far between and I sure appreciate it anyway. I drew a southern Utah deer tag (paunsagaunt) in about 95. Thats the only other really hard to draw tag I have ever had. Been in Wyoming most of my life and have never drawn a sheep or moose.
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Andy L
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posted June 29, 2010 08:09 PM
That would be a blast. When is the hunt? I am a good ice man and sandwich maker.
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Brad Norman
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posted June 29, 2010 09:36 PM
I hate to hijack your thread but I'm holding a SW Kansas rifle tag for December 1-12. First time I've ever drawn one. I'll keep ice in your cooler if you'll keep ice in mine.
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Possumal
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posted June 29, 2010 09:44 PM
That's great news, Cal. Hope you get a real trophy. You deserve it.
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DAA
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posted June 30, 2010 04:14 AM
Congrats on the draw Cal. Hope you fill that tag with real B&C style.
- DAA
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Andy L
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posted June 30, 2010 06:05 AM
Brad and Cal, I have heard that keepin ice in the cooler can be a two man job. This could be a good time!
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Kokopelli
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posted June 30, 2010 08:25 AM
I've never hunted antelope, but they are such a neat critter; that is too cool. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Andy & Brad; you guys will have to have T-Shirts made up; '3Toes Pit Crew'. Even better.....bring out a whole line of 'Official 3Toes Pit Crew Wear' & we'll get another sponsor. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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DAA
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posted June 30, 2010 08:30 AM
You guys still run old fashioned coolers that you have to put ice in? Hell, the one I got can make it's own ice... For that matter, it can freeze up a bag of goat meat on a hot day in the Red Desert. It does require 12 volts though...
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Rich
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posted June 30, 2010 04:46 PM
"I've never hunted antelope, but they are such a neat critter; that is too cool." [Cool]
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I never did hunt antelope on purpose, but I had one dang near scalp me with her hooves one time. She came in behind me when I was calling coyotes in Wyoming. I actually slapped her in the side of her neck with my rifle barrel. That was close enough to suit ME.
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Cdog911
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posted June 30, 2010 04:59 PM
Hey Brad,
Rumor has it on the Outdoor Channel that there's a trophy-class buck behind every tree in Kansas. Unfortunately, SW Kansas doesn't have a single tree. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Possumal
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posted June 30, 2010 05:00 PM
Rich, that would be a bit too close to suit me. I'd hate to have to change my scivvies in the middle of a hunt. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
[ June 30, 2010, 05:48 PM: Message edited by: Possumal ]
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Rich
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posted June 30, 2010 08:27 PM
Possumal,
It was in fact a close call but no time to panic, just automatic reflex action. When you are in the sitting position with your butt on a 1" thick cushion, it is tough to turn a complete 180 and whack an antelope in the neck with your rifle before the hooves hit you. She was already standing on her hind legs with those front hooves in the air before I saw her. An antelope ain't very big, but those hooves could do some serious damage. I called three more that way on purpose, but I saw them before blowing the fawn distress. It was during the month of june, and I am fairly certain that the doe antelope went into protection of fawn mode when they heard the fawn bawls.
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Andy L
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posted July 01, 2010 01:15 AM
Brad, I dont know if I can still get the access or not. But we used to feed a lot of cattle in SW KS. The feedlot we used had quite a bit of land they grew their hay on. I can check and see if I can still get on there if your lookin for land. No promises.
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knockemdown
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posted July 01, 2010 05:25 AM
3T,
Good luck on your hunt! Couldn't even guess what they'd score, but we sure did see some nice lopes through that area on the way out & back while p-doggin' last month...
What caliber rifle are you going to grab?
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Leonard
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posted July 01, 2010 11:31 AM
I'm getting a little tired of hearing about it! ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
This guy; handsome as all get out, gets the pretty girls, has the koolest job, kills giant bull elk with pointed sticks, gets free Foxpro stuff, and now, how lucky can you get? Draws an impossible tag.
I admit it, I'm jealous! LB
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El Guapo
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posted July 01, 2010 03:37 PM
LB, it's never as cool as it seems. My looks have never got me anywhere, although I was supposed to have a bit part in the movie "Geronimo". But broke my leg and ankle in 4 places and had 9 pins and a steel plate inserted the week before I was supposed to go to work. The pretty girls are always the meanest. And I have to work with sheepherders. Did you see Brokeback Mountain? I been scared as hell of sheepherders every since I saw part of that movie! I have killed a few big elk, but that has to be top secret, and I always end up packing the damn things out by myself so I don't have to give away my secret spots. I took one "friend" along on an elk hunt once and the next thing you know, he was going to invite his brother, and then his brothers kid, and the kids friend, and the brothers friend and so on. I finally told him the invitation was worn out and if I seen him or anybody that knew him in that area that an ass kicking was in order. FoxPro stuff is cool, and I can't complain much there, but then you do have to put up with all the anti FoxPro guys and that BS. So you see, it really isn't all it's cracked up to be.
As for the antelope hunt, I'm not sure when I will even get to hunt yet. I have to squeek this in between guided hunts. I can only hunt the rifle season in September. I'm going to shoot my 7mm mag that I have tricked out and ready to go to 1000 yards with the 168 grain Bergers. I have alot of confidence in it to 800 and will practice more to get things dialed further. I have shot alot of steel with it, but thats it for me. I did have a client kill an antelope with it at over 500. And Cenny Burnell shot a cow elk with it at around 800. It really shoots. I would rather kill one at 200, but it's big open country and the big ones are smart.
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Possumal
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posted July 01, 2010 04:20 PM
Cal, the story about the friend taking his brother back, etc. gets old quick, doesn't it? I didn't see Brokeback Mountain but if it scared you, I'd be terrified by it Good luck on your hunt. Kill a bigun!
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Andy L
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posted July 01, 2010 04:30 PM
Back to fishin, a lot of people thought I was being a prick because I fished alone most of the time, if not on a guide trip.
Guide trips I took to community holes that everyone knew about. The rest of the time, I was pre fishing tournaments and if I showed anyone, they would be back with friends and it was like a pyramid scheme from there.
I know right what your talkin about Cal.
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Andy L
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posted July 01, 2010 04:32 PM
BTW Cal, I left you a message on your cell phone earlier.
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Locohead
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posted July 03, 2010 12:10 PM
Hey Cal,
I too have been trying for the hard to get tag in CO now for 13 years now! I I just received my second choice (a statewide archery buck tag). My first choice, the one with all the points built up is area 2 just barely South of the Red Desert! I have seen some monsters up there and I'm talking just right off the road. There are more antelope in part of the country that probably anywhere...so why are they so dang stingy with the tags? Oh well, its irrelevant now that you drew. How many points do you have for sheep and moose or years applying? Seems like I read of a super duper hard to get to area in Wyoming where you can buy over the counter ram tags???
Good luck on your wall hanger!!! That's the only reason I apply for the red desert area - a real nice specimen for the wall!!!
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