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Some archery trophies to help you along:
Friend of mine:
Friend of my Dad's
Another freind of Dad's
And my Dad!
Plenty more where these come from. (Antelope and Trophy Photo's)
Wow. Those are all longbow/recurve kills. Doubly impressed.
Awesome pictures! Antelope are a tough critter to hunt with a compound.. Even harder with a recurve/long bow.. I need to get one with my compound first..
Op if you are just starting out with a bow and going to try to hunt antelope I think you are going to hate hunting.. Antelope are crazy hard to spot and stalk.. I don't have the patients to wait in a blind all day but I'm sure it may be easier to actually get one! I would suggest a range finder for your first time antelope hunting. I kept shooting under them my first year.. Good luck though and wish you the best! Wish I could win a hunt someday!
From the limb design at least one of those bows appears to be a Wapiti.
Last edited by denverco; 02-07-2013 at 21:02.
Well, all of them are.Originally Posted by denverco
The man in the last photo made them too.
Yeah thats what I thought. I've got one. I knew the builder was local. Glad to know he's around.
This was my first antelope harvest taken last year. I spent three years spot and stalking before I took this one down at 47 yards.
Hello, I hunt Lope,s with a 54 cal muzzleloader. I have found what works for me is a flat belly crawl and I mean flat. get some elbowe and knee pads and slither up close. I have gotten as close as 60 yards but I am using a rifle and do not have to draw and fire. It takes a long time but is worth it in the end. Where are you going hunting at?
My hat's off to any hunter who successfully takes a goat with a bow! Nice work, sir.
This was my first antelope harvest taken last year. I spent three years spot and stalking before I took this one down at 47 yards.
While I was a pretty good archer and have hunted with a bow, I like taking home the meat every year. Only about 15% of my big game rifle kills have been within bow range <45 yds. There's a reason why archery pronghorn tags are easy to get and success is around 5%.
Even hunting with a rifle, duck walking and belly crawling to get a shot on antelope is often part of the game.
My advice, assuming you'll be placed in a blind, take lots of water, a pack full of patience, and maybe a good book.
I have no hunted them with a bow but my brother in law who has the TV show love of the hunt has. I watched him one year and he set up on some routine Pronghorn paths. In this particular area they ran a barb wire fence line through the day. I use this same tatic for them during rifle season. Yes pronghorn go every where pretty darn quick but I do notice that herds move the same way when pressure ed. If youcplan do use a blind put it out a month in advance. They pick things up pretty quickly as we all know.
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