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Jun 27th, 2021 at 11:28pm
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Ruger No. 1 6.5 - 284 @ ~350 yds.
  

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Reply #1 - Jun 27th, 2021 at 11:49pm
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Nice goat! Maybe someday I can get a chance at one. I have a nephew in MT, just need to find the time to get there.

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Reply #2 - Jun 28th, 2021 at 12:00pm
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Nice animal, shot one in Wyoming 1985. I used a Ruger #1v, 25-06 with bipod, looks just like the rifle you are holding. What does he measure around the curve?
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Reply #3 - Jun 28th, 2021 at 5:42pm
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Congratulations beautiful animal .
  
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Reply #4 - Jun 29th, 2021 at 10:29am
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Last buck I shot in Colorado was with a Ruger #1B in 6mm Remington.
Very nice shooting and congratulations.
  

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Reply #5 - Jun 29th, 2021 at 10:32am
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Very nice! 
I went to Wyoming for an antelope hunt 40 years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Always wanted to make it back, but never have yet.
  

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Reply #6 - Jun 29th, 2021 at 11:00am
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Hey Mike, he measures 13 5/16 and 13 3/8 around the curve.
  

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Reply #7 - Jun 29th, 2021 at 1:26pm
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Do to business commitments, I had to leave. I left the antelope with my hunting buddies to cape, they caped him too short to mount. I still have the horns & photos. 325 yards is a fine shot.
Kansas introduced a small heard in central Ks prairie several years ago. Do to the poachers & road kill, they didn’t make it.
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Reply #8 - Jun 30th, 2021 at 11:16am
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Congratulations on your success.  I went out to NM for years helping a good friend who owned a big ranch place State hunters around.  I never could find one that wanted to stand still.  I usually shot one before i came home.  I shot so many over the years, I'm not mad at them anymore.  

It seemed to me, there were pretty much 2 models.  Short and heavy horns around 13 1/2" others were longer and skinny around 14 1/2".  I finally got a 15 1/2 x 15 3/4 on the ground so I quit right there.

One thing I learned for sure, anytime you think you are a good rifle shooter, you need to go antelope hunting and get your mind back right Grin
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Reply #9 - Aug 11th, 2021 at 12:49pm
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ThTx, do you mind telling us which unit you were hunting in?
  
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Reply #10 - Aug 11th, 2021 at 7:03pm
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Great to see a successful hunt.
Was wondering if there is any differences  between a Saskatchewan, Canada northern antelope and a New Mexico southern antelope.

Kristen Ward shot this antelope last fall in Saskatchewan with a muzzleloader while very pregnant carrying twins. 
Unfortunately I do not have it's measurements.

Hard to keep up with Canadian girls.

Saskatchewan Antelope record: 86 4/8
New Mexico Antelope record: 96 4/8




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Reply #11 - Aug 17th, 2021 at 10:31pm
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BillOregon wrote on Aug 11th, 2021 at 12:49pm:
ThTx, do you mind telling us which unit you were hunting in?


I was hunting in unit #33.
  

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Reply #12 - Jan 17th, 2022 at 9:42am
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Thanks, Nimrod. I am in Unit 34 here in Alamogordo.
  
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Reply #13 - Jan 17th, 2022 at 1:57pm
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Not much cover for stalking Antelope in Saskatchewan!
  

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Reply #14 - Jan 18th, 2022 at 1:13pm
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Not much cover for stalking antelope in Eastern New Mexico, either! Wink
  

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