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Didn't find a hunting topic for this up coming season so figured I would kick it off. Fresh home from Wyoming and a successful archery antelope hunt. Hunted at the 88 Ranch in Douglas, WY. Lots of antelope running around, great people, and good food. Who could ask for more. I had a very long 18 yard shot at the buck I shot. All that practice at 40 yards and didn't end up needing it. Well maybe next year on the elk hunt. Here is a pic of my goat.

Lassig, nice one. Archery ? I remember when I lived in NM. With the antelope, I could get out of the car and whistle, jump up and down waving my arms and they would stand just on the other side of the fence. BUTT, when the calendar said open day, they would be 300 yds out in open land and if u got out of the car, they would run another 200yds from u. lol How far did u have to crawl to get the short shot?

Tracy

Didn't crawl at all, the hunt was over a water hole. So I was sitting on an elevated stand (platform on the side of a windmill) at a water hole and just waited for them to come to me.

Does antelope taste like deer? Never tried it.

Don't know I never had it either, I will let you know in an hour or two as antelope is whats for dinner. The folks in WY said it was better than venison but we will see.

My grandmother used to say antelope was the best meat and worst meat she had ever eaten. My guess is that diet and and more importantly how well the meat was taken care after the kill plays a big role in palatabilty.

Nice buck.

I am convinced that our whitetail deer are the same. I figure they sneak in my mailbox to look at the weekly newspaper hunting/fishing sectíon. I also figure they have hijacked my broadband password so they csn pirate my internet connnection to know even more about when to go into deep hiding.

Right now they will barely move out of the way when I'm on my riding lawnmower.

Love goat meat! If done right and not spoiled goat mea meat is one of my favoritez. That said, beef and elk are still better day in and day out.

awesome man! Nice goat!!

Very nice! Looking forward to hearing or rather, seeing your impressions of the meat.
I've heard mostly negative comments on antelope meat.
Like sage grouse, I've heard the meat is bitter. I've never tasted either. I'd guess a diet of sage might make the meat a little strong.

I don't remember much about when I ate Antelope...It must not have been impressive or nasty....lol

Nice work, Mark!

It was very good, but backstraps usually are. They had more rain than normal this year and the antelope are in very good shape. That may have helped the taste. Have the first batch of Antelope jerky in the smoker with another batch to be done tomorrow.

lassig, great way to start a season long thread.

You showed that goat a lot of respect by prepping and eating what you took.

Well, I was hoping someone had started this thread again, I really enjoy seeing everyones game from around the country. This guy has been showing up most every morning ready for his picture shoot. Come October 1st that might be different. LOL.He is not the biggest compared to some but I will take him with bow if I get the chance. Have a great hunt all.

Thanks Al, I live mostly on the game and fish that I harvest.

I would probably starve on that diet. My fish have lockjaw and the deer are smarter than I am.

Dave....who am i to give you advice, but my fish had lockjaw too until a friend started coming out on some recent Saturdays and he always catches fish in my pond on minnows and also hot-dogs. He catches bass, BG, crappie, tilapia, and catfish. I was shocked Saturday morning when the first fish he landed on a hot-dog was a bass.

Wow, you have accomplished something taking a speed goat with archery gear....Congrats!!!

OK to keep this going and switching gears (from goats to geese and bow to shotgun). Hunted the chitown area the last two days after the cold front and really got into the canada geese. On Saturday 4 guys and 19 geese (1 short of a limit) and 4 guys today and 15 geese. Both days we should of limited out but still really good hunts to tune up for the upcoming Saskatchewan snow goose trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ7hq7xMIbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-YTgja4Umc

Good going!

We whacked a few geese that were in the alfalfa field behind Mom & Dad's place last Saturday morning. We would have gotten more if the big flock would have come in, but the timing was such that we couldn't pick up birds from the previous flock and they were spotted.

I found out that shotgun shell velocity increases 100% if you take the safety off before squeezing the trigger.....

Nice speed goat too! We take a couple coolers full of ice, and as soon as it's field dressed, we fill up the body cavity with ice. That cools them down fast, even in high 90°F temps. All the pronghorns I've shot were treated the same, and the meat was great.

I have local Canada geese that fly over twice a day. Tonight the first group had 12, the second group had 18 and the third had 7. I might have to take a couple one of these days.

Last night I saw a record number of hogs at my feeder. The group also had the most large hogs I have seen at one time. Very impressive.

My friends and I had a blast this weekend catching LMB and I even caught a 9.4# CC on a bass lure. After my Cajun friends prepared and seasoned the CC he ate pretty good along with 40 BC.

I saw my first flight of ducks on the pond yesterday. And I am planting the fall food plots now, with Ebon Rye, forage oats, awnless wheat, winter peas and new clover plot. And I am adding some soybean seed left over from the spring planting. The beans are a really strong attractant for one of the bow blinds. Approximately 15 acres in 1 to 4 acre plots, and hoping for some rain, just not the amount we had back in the spring. I watched 2 does with 3 fawns laying around enjoying the cooler temps. Yep, it does not get much better than a day like yesterday.

Tracy

Double-lunged a medium doe at 15 yds this evening. Went 100 lbs on-the-button field dressed. Should be good eating. Beautiful evening to stand in a tree. This particular stand is one that I built 25 years ago using angle steel and pressure treated 2-by lumber as the deck. It only measures about 14" by 24" and has lag bolts as pegs to get up in the stand, but it does the job. Life is good!

Nice! I haven't been out yet, but hope to soon. Just now seeing a few bucks on the game cam. Been practicing with the bow. I've never even drawn it on a deer. Maybe this year.
Congrats, she'll be good eating, for sure.

I hunted exclusively with a bow for my first ten years of hunting. It taught me a lot. I have pics of an 8 and a ten that will both be shooters next year if they make it. I saw the 8 this evening as well.