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Nimrod Junior Member Offline O.S.O.K. Posts: 62 Location: Eastern New Mexico Joined: Aug 8^th, 2013	New Mexico Antelope Jun 27^th, 2021 at 11:28pm	Print Post
	Ruger No. 1 6.5 - 284 @ ~350 yds.

	If you need more than one shot, you need more practice!
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JerryH Frequent Elocutionist Offline ASSRA Member #10876 Posts: 1205 Location: Easton, CA Joined: Nov 9^th, 2014	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #1 - Jun 27^th, 2021 at 11:49pm	Print Post
	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. JerryH

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yamoon Oldtimer Offline NRA Life, ASSRA , GGCA, MCA Posts: 815 Location: Junction City Kansas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2012	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #2 - Jun 28^th, 2021 at 12:00pm	Print Post
	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? Mike


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Dusty Texian Junior Member Offline Posts: 58 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2013	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #3 - Jun 28^th, 2021 at 5:42pm	Print Post
	Congratulations beautiful animal .


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10624 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #4 - Jun 29^th, 2021 at 10:29am	Print Post
	Last buck I shot in Colorado was with a Ruger #1B in 6mm Remington. Very nice shooting and congratulations.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #5 - Jun 29^th, 2021 at 10:32am	Print Post
	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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Nimrod Junior Member Offline O.S.O.K. Posts: 62 Location: Eastern New Mexico Joined: Aug 8^th, 2013	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #6 - Jun 29^th, 2021 at 11:00am	Print Post
	Hey Mike, he measures 13 5/16 and 13 3/8 around the curve.

	If you need more than one shot, you need more practice!
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yamoon Oldtimer Offline NRA Life, ASSRA , GGCA, MCA Posts: 815 Location: Junction City Kansas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2012	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #7 - Jun 29^th, 2021 at 1:26pm	Print Post
	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. Mike
	« Last Edit: Jun 29^th, 2021 at 1:32pm by yamoon »

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pmcfall Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 253 Location: St. Joseph, Missouri Joined: Jan 27^th, 2006	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #8 - Jun 30^th, 2021 at 11:16am	Print Post
	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 Phil
	« Last Edit: Jul 1^st, 2021 at 11:57am by pmcfall »

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BillOregon Full Member Offline Posts: 189 Location: Sweetwater, Texas Joined: Jul 28^th, 2006	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #9 - Aug 11^th, 2021 at 12:49pm	Print Post
	ThTx, do you mind telling us which unit you were hunting in?


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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 3957 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #10 - Aug 11^th, 2021 at 7:03pm	Print Post
	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
	« Last Edit: Aug 13^th, 2021 at 7:22pm by Schuetzendave »

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Nimrod Junior Member Offline O.S.O.K. Posts: 62 Location: Eastern New Mexico Joined: Aug 8^th, 2013	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #11 - Aug 17^th, 2021 at 10:31pm	Print Post
	BillOregon wrote on Aug 11^th, 2021 at 12:49pm: ThTx, do you mind telling us which unit you were hunting in? I was hunting in unit #33.

	If you need more than one shot, you need more practice!
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BillOregon Full Member Offline Posts: 189 Location: Sweetwater, Texas Joined: Jul 28^th, 2006	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #12 - Jan 17^th, 2022 at 9:42am	Print Post
	Thanks, Nimrod. I am in Unit 34 here in Alamogordo.


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #13 - Jan 17^th, 2022 at 1:57pm	Print Post
	Not much cover for stalking Antelope in Saskatchewan!

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Nimrod Junior Member Offline O.S.O.K. Posts: 62 Location: Eastern New Mexico Joined: Aug 8^th, 2013	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #14 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 1:13pm	Print Post
	Not much cover for stalking antelope in Eastern New Mexico, either!

	If you need more than one shot, you need more practice!
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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3758 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #15 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 5:01pm	Print Post
	Just hide behind the rattlesnakes.


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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 3957 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #16 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 6:39pm	Print Post
	The cactus in New Mexico are higher than the stubble in Saskatchewan.


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #17 - Jan 18^th, 2022 at 9:08pm	Print Post
	That is why they can see for miles and run like the wind for a looong time.

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3758 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #18 - Jan 19^th, 2022 at 12:43am	Print Post
	Actually, it is because back in the Pleistocene there was an American Cheetah. Here's what Wikipedia says: M. trumani was the animal morphologically most similar to true cheetahs. Living on the prairies and plains of western and central North America, it was probably a predator of hoofed plains animals, such as the pronghorn, an extant species. In fact, predation by Miracinonyx is thought to be the reason pronghorns evolved to run so swiftly, their 55 mph (89 km/h) top speed still being used to evade their extant American predators, such as cougars and gray wolves.[13][14] Fossils of M. trumani have been found in Arizona,[15] Florida, Wyoming,[16] Colorado,[17] Nebraska, Maryland and Pennsylvania.[18]


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3758 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #19 - Jan 19^th, 2022 at 12:50am	Print Post
	And I wasn't really kidding about the rattlesnakes. I was hunting in eastern NM with a friend and his son who had just returned from Army boot and was gung ho. We ran across a hefty rattler and he just had to launch his Ka-Bar at it. The old snake just coiled himself around the knife and said "come and get it".


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #20 - Jan 19^th, 2022 at 3:40pm	Print Post
	They can see for miles, and run like the wind for a long time to avoid the speedy critters you so thoughtfully made us aware of. They, Pronghorns, are still here, the others long gone. As Darwin pointed out, natural selection at work. Lack of cover perhaps enhanced the need? In my experience, only Wyoming surpasses New Mexico in rattlesnake population. Crawling around in either is no fun, but at times necessary to be successful.

	rkba2nd
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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3758 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New Mexico Antelope Reply #21 - Jan 19^th, 2022 at 4:21pm	Print Post
	On another hunt in NM, the ranch owner and the game warden came around as my wife and I were going out and gave us a little tip. They said that when the herds were stirred up they would make a big circle in their territory and come back around. We found a spot on the point of a low bluff and it turned out to be a near intersection point of 3 circles - two out in front of us below the point and one behind us. Naturally the first herd to return was behind us but the curious buck spotted us and came by closest and I was able to drop him. While I was gutting him one of the other herds came by and the wife dropped one. I got them both back to the truck and skinned them on the spot because of the heat and bagged them and we headed home.


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