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ANTELOPE IN WYOMING - 2000
At The Hornbuckle Ranch, Douglas, WY
 
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Sept 14, 2000 - Day #7 (Continued from Day 7)

I looked at the buck as it appeared in my shooting window. It barely had an inch of horn above its skinny prong and the neck was thin. He was pretty young, probably a year and a half.

I looked at Andy and shook my head no. We watched him drink.

The young buck drank for quite a while and finally trotted off. Ande and I ate our sack lunches. 

After lunch we glassed another buck on the far hill in front of us. The buck came right in and started gulping down water. This buck was larger than the preceding one, heavier through the neck and shoulders. Ande nodded his head. The buck faced us as it drank and Ande sat patiently, his bow at the ready.

The buck turned broadside and Ande smoothly and quietly came to full draw. I clicked a picture (unfortunately it came out blurry) and then Ande released his arrow. The buck spun and ran straight away. I clicked another picture, but the buck was already down, only 40 yards from where it was hit.
We took up the blood trail. Just kidding! We walked right over to the buck, it was never out of sight. Ande had a perfect double lung hit with a Vortex and it put the buck down pronto. We cleaned the blood from the antelope the best we could and took some pics. 
Ande Rushing, President of the Texas Field Archery Association, with his antelope taken on our 2000 bowhunt.

We loaded Ande's buck in the back of his truck and he returned to the Hornbuckle Ranch headquarters to get the buck ready for our trip back home.

It's 2:28pm, two thirds of the day is gone, and I'm at bat ... and I just noticed a nice buck standing at the top of the hill to my left. MORE...

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