Posted: 9/30/2010 5:13:55 PM EDT
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Second attempt:
Red chile antelope (pronghorn) stacked enchiladas with refried beans. Rifle is the Steyr Scout Jeff Cooper Package .308 that I used to kill the antelope at 280 yards, while it was walking, with a head shot. Pistol is Glock 20 10mm that I was also carrying at the time. Knives are: My Microtech L-UDT, oldest son's Benchmade Mini-Griptilian, blue handle with birthday engraving on blade and wife's Mini-Griptilian with pink handle. All plates were cleaned... 
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10/10 On the Dinner Pic!! Love me some speed goat!! 0/10 for a headshot. Do you know the size difference between an antelopes brain and its thoracic cavity? Why risk shooting the face off of an animal and it getting away when the heart/lung of an antelope is so fricking huge?  |
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10/10 On the Dinner Pic!! Love me some speed goat!! 0/10 for a headshot. Do you know the size difference between an antelopes brain and its thoracic cavity? Why risk shooting the face off of an animal and it getting away when the heart/lung of an antelope is so fricking huge? Thanks for the compliments. I was thinking the same thing about shot placement right before I got my chance. I've practiced a bit with my rifle from field positions, know the trajectory fairly well, he wasn't TOO far away and not moving very fast. Plus, I'm a meat-hunter, not a trophy-seeker so I chose the shot with the least loss of tasty meat. The shot was taken from the integral bipod across the hood of my buddy's first-gen Mitsu Montero. For hunting critters larger than jackrabbits, the 2.3x scope is no hindrance except for counting antler points. |
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3/10 Handgun pointed at a family member is an automatic 7 point deduction. Great looking family,congrats. Wrong! 20 point deduction. I don't care if it is unloaded. -10/10 (A year ago I would have given you a 6/10, but I am now an NRA certified range NAZI so safety is now my middle name. Tough luck for you) |
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3/10 Handgun pointed at a family member is an automatic 7 point deduction. Great looking family,congrats. Wrong! 20 point deduction. I don't care if it is unloaded. -10/10 (A year ago I would have given you a 6/10, but I am now an NRA certified range NAZI so safety is now my middle name. Tough luck for you) I agree, but the pic makes it look that way, even though it's not. Was trying to keep things arranged for easy pick-up while not muzzling anyone... |
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Quoted: I don't know about New Mexico, but in Wyoming it is illegal to shoot from, on or even touching a motor vehicle (this includes 4 wheelers) so I'd check your regs and possibly adjust your post accordingly. You will not lose any meat by shooting the animal through the ribs. maybe an ounce of rib meat that is good for nothing but burger anyway. I shoot with a circa 1950's B&L 3x fixed scope, so I agree there is no need for all that silly magnification. I've been guiding for many years and have heard, seen and been a part of many hunting stories and never once has one had "I hit it in the heart/lungs and it got away" but several that go "I shot it in the neck to save the meat..." well you saved the meat alright, saved it for the scavengers because that animal is now going to die a long painful death many fucking miles away from where you shot. Shoot for the heart and lungs when you are going after big game, plain and simple. There is NO other justification for doing anything but.Quoted: 10/10 On the Dinner Pic!! Love me some speed goat!! 0/10 for a headshot. Do you know the size difference between an antelopes brain and its thoracic cavity? Why risk shooting the face off of an animal and it getting away when the heart/lung of an antelope is so fricking huge? Thanks for the compliments. I was thinking the same thing about shot placement right before I got my chance. I've practiced a bit with my rifle from field positions, know the trajectory fairly well, he wasn't TOO far away and not moving very fast. Plus, I'm a meat-hunter, not a trophy-seeker so I chose the shot with the least loss of tasty meat. The shot was taken from the integral bipod across the hood of my buddy's first-gen Mitsu Montero. For hunting critters larger than jackrabbits, the 2.3x scope is no hindrance except for counting antler points. |
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I don't know about New Mexico, but in Wyoming it is illegal to shoot from, on or even touching a motor vehicle (this includes 4 wheelers) so I'd check your regs and possibly adjust your post accordingly. You will not lose any meat by shooting the animal through the ribs. maybe an ounce of rib meat that is good for nothing but burger anyway. I shoot with a circa 1950's B&L 3x fixed scope, so I agree there is no need for all that silly magnification. I've been guiding for many years and have heard, seen and been a part of many hunting stories and never once has one had "I hit it in the heart/lungs and it got away" but several that go "I shot it in the neck to save the meat..." well you saved the meat alright, saved it for the scavengers because that animal is now going to die a long painful death many fucking miles away from where you shot. Shoot for the heart and lungs when you are going after big game, plain and simple. There is NO other justification for doing anything but.
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10/10 On the Dinner Pic!! Love me some speed goat!! 0/10 for a headshot. Do you know the size difference between an antelopes brain and its thoracic cavity? Why risk shooting the face off of an animal and it getting away when the heart/lung of an antelope is so fricking huge? Thanks for the compliments. I was thinking the same thing about shot placement right before I got my chance. I've practiced a bit with my rifle from field positions, know the trajectory fairly well, he wasn't TOO far away and not moving very fast. Plus, I'm a meat-hunter, not a trophy-seeker so I chose the shot with the least loss of tasty meat. The shot was taken from the integral bipod across the hood of my buddy's first-gen Mitsu Montero. For hunting critters larger than jackrabbits, the 2.3x scope is no hindrance except for counting antler points. Here in NM, the way I shot it is legal. On the same ranch, there were guided, out-of-state (big $) hunters shooting from one one those miniature pickups with scaffolding on the back giving them an elevated position. I agree that the thoracic shot is the safer bet, but the situation presented itself where the head-neck-chest vertical size was quite tall and I stayed calm and resisted the temptation to make the common mistake of holding over the animal. My rifle is sighted-in with a +/- 3" MPBR of 265 yards. I actually over-estimated the range by 20 yards but knew that there was no way to miss a fatal shot on the elevation as long as I kept the crosshairs on fur and didn't blow the windage hold. Antelope are notoriously fragile so it seemed like a sound idea. On an elk, no way. Good on you for resisting the common practice of varmint scopes on big-game rifles. I bet you see a lot of WTF as a guide. |