Sunday, September 9, 2007

I got a BIG one!!!


So I had an AnTeLoPe MuZzLeLoAdEr hunt over the weekend in unit 2B (by St. Johns). We got out there early Friday morning and found a lone big one right off the bat about 200 yards away. I was so nervous and missed! My dad and I think that that one was a little bit smaller than the one above. Then I was bummed for a while, wanting to kick myself for missing. We hiked for a while longer and found a herd with one really big buck(the one above). We stalked the herd for a long time and right when we were about 300 yards away, some other hunters spooked them and they ran off. So then we went and sat in the spot my dad thought they would run around too. On the way over to that spot we saw a few smaller bucks, but I did not want to shoot those! We also spotted MORE hunters! There were hunters all over this area. So after we sat there a while, we decided that the herd was not going to come and that there were too many hunters in the area. Just as we were about to leave my dad spotted a coyote...he tried calling it in and told me that if it came in that he was going to shoot it(since we were leaving anyways). As he was calling it in, a yearling antelope started coming into the call too! It was pretty funny. Well the coyote never came in all the way, so my dad never shot(good thing too!) So we decided to leave and my dad wanted to stop and talk to the other hunters(which included two guides and one hunter). While we were sitting there talking to them, the herd came running over to the spot, just like we thought they would! So we book it back to our spot and that is when I got my shot. I hit him at about 164 yards in the gut. He ran a ways and then fell. We thought he was dead, but as we walked up on him, he got up and ran another 100 yards or so! Scared me to death! So me and my dad snuck up on him, and the other hunters we talked to went over to the side to try to get the antelope's attention. He finally stood up again, and I shot him right behind the shoulder at about 40 yards and killed him. The guides that came over to see it were so funny. They just grabbed my antelope and drug it over to a little hill and were telling me how to hold it and pose for the pictures! I'm glad they did because the pictures came out great! He measured at about 17 inches tall! My dad and Carl Hamblin said he scores around 80! We are going to get him mounted...I had SO much fun! And thanks to my dad for taking me and doing all the REAL work! :)

4 comments:

taytum said...

I can't believe that you like to hunt! I hate it!!! But, then again I didn't grow up doing that kind of stuff. It's kinda cool that we all like different things and have different talents. Hunting is something I could never do. Way to go!

Anonymous said...

hey! good job! Zach's family hunts some, so we're going down, I think it's muzzle loader ( i don't even know what that is). Zach drew out for an area in southern ut with his dad, uncles, and brother! it's gonna be fun, I'm just excited to CAMP! anyways.. CONGRATS!

Nicole said...

What a woman! Way to go!

Anonymous said...

Thats a big one! Hunting is so much fun. Reed got drawn this year and I didnt even put in. Congrats on getting the BIG one! By the way, how is the house coming along?