Montana Antelope
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:33 pm
Just an antelope but they were hard to come by due to the devistation of the herds from blue tongue in the center part of eastern Montana.
Shot this buck north of Sumatra using my 74 Shiloh Sharps in 45-110. Paul Jones 546 gr gg wheelweight bullet over 95 grains of Swiss Fg and using a King .030 veggie wad (about .1" of compression). Also had on my lucky UofND Fighting Sioux camo hat for good measure!
Used my sights that I use shooting gongs and they aren't the best choice for hunting but it worked. A barrel sight may be easier to use but wouldn't have the long range potential that my MVA has. Should have changed out the front sight aperture to maybe a post or something.
Also had a premature firing on a buck previous to shooting this one because he was moving and I had set the trigger and in the process of shifting, I touched the trigger just before I was really on him. Shot just over his back. Would suggest not using the set trigger for hunting unless you are really set up and have the time to use it.
Got two grooves, one in each muscle on each side of my shoulders, from carrying my Sharps for about 10 miles. I need to invent a shoulder pad like a shooting pad except on the top for packing one over your shoulder kind of like a sawyer's shoulder chap.
Shot him at 220 yards through both shoulders and suffered very little blood shot meat. Shot him at that place which is just over the lungs but just under the backbone which most times isn't fatal but when it's a bullet about half an inch in diameter, it fairly well screwed up his locomotion. Like in the movie, "The quick and the dead", I could see daylight through the hole in his shoulders just before he went down... )
And I used a LEAD bullet... Bullets are made of lead, always have been, always will be... Lead, it's a wonderful thing...
He was still very much alive so I shot him again through the back of his neck and out the throat which made cutting the head off simple. Amazing energy in that big bullet!
Rinsed the blood out of the backstraps (the blood carries most of the gamey taste), rolled in flour, salt, and pepper, seared in real cows butter and ate till my belly hurt.
Love antelope. Love hunting antelope. Love eating antelope. Love being in eastern Montana in the fall chasing antelope. Love the friends and camping while hunting antelope. Just love antelope...
Oh, and did I mention that I love antelope?? )
Also, and in case you're wondering, this photo was taken the following morning at our camp along the highway where I had forgotten my camera. Hence, I didn't have my orange vest on... Just in case you were wondering.
I can also highly recommend the Chicken Fried steak at the Jersey Lilly Bar and Eatery in Ingomar... They even had Moose Drool in a bottle!!
Photo by "Shrapnel"
Shot this buck north of Sumatra using my 74 Shiloh Sharps in 45-110. Paul Jones 546 gr gg wheelweight bullet over 95 grains of Swiss Fg and using a King .030 veggie wad (about .1" of compression). Also had on my lucky UofND Fighting Sioux camo hat for good measure!
Used my sights that I use shooting gongs and they aren't the best choice for hunting but it worked. A barrel sight may be easier to use but wouldn't have the long range potential that my MVA has. Should have changed out the front sight aperture to maybe a post or something.
Also had a premature firing on a buck previous to shooting this one because he was moving and I had set the trigger and in the process of shifting, I touched the trigger just before I was really on him. Shot just over his back. Would suggest not using the set trigger for hunting unless you are really set up and have the time to use it.
Got two grooves, one in each muscle on each side of my shoulders, from carrying my Sharps for about 10 miles. I need to invent a shoulder pad like a shooting pad except on the top for packing one over your shoulder kind of like a sawyer's shoulder chap.
Shot him at 220 yards through both shoulders and suffered very little blood shot meat. Shot him at that place which is just over the lungs but just under the backbone which most times isn't fatal but when it's a bullet about half an inch in diameter, it fairly well screwed up his locomotion. Like in the movie, "The quick and the dead", I could see daylight through the hole in his shoulders just before he went down... )
And I used a LEAD bullet... Bullets are made of lead, always have been, always will be... Lead, it's a wonderful thing...
He was still very much alive so I shot him again through the back of his neck and out the throat which made cutting the head off simple. Amazing energy in that big bullet!
Rinsed the blood out of the backstraps (the blood carries most of the gamey taste), rolled in flour, salt, and pepper, seared in real cows butter and ate till my belly hurt.
Love antelope. Love hunting antelope. Love eating antelope. Love being in eastern Montana in the fall chasing antelope. Love the friends and camping while hunting antelope. Just love antelope...
Oh, and did I mention that I love antelope?? )
Also, and in case you're wondering, this photo was taken the following morning at our camp along the highway where I had forgotten my camera. Hence, I didn't have my orange vest on... Just in case you were wondering.
I can also highly recommend the Chicken Fried steak at the Jersey Lilly Bar and Eatery in Ingomar... They even had Moose Drool in a bottle!!
Photo by "Shrapnel"