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Old 09-21-2010, 04:20 PM
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Cranker Archery Antelope

Got my Antelope finally
Shot this bad boy at legal light and found him around 11 AM today

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Old 09-22-2010, 08:34 AM
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Nice 'lope.. should make P&Y!!
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Old 09-22-2010, 08:49 AM
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my preliminary measurements show it around 1 inch short of P&Y
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Old 09-22-2010, 12:22 PM
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Damn...

My best & only one was 65" and that was a rifle hunt...

Missed one around the same size 2 years before that with the bow... thought he was 40yrds, turned out to be closer to 55!
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Old 09-22-2010, 12:33 PM
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This one I held on with my 50 yard pin mid body
had to turn on the light on the sight pins (gettin older eyes..lol)
just as I released he jumped forward and away from me and I found later that I hit him in the right rear leg and the arrow went clean through him and exited under the left shoulder and came out at the base of the neck on the left side.

He ran about 1 1/2 miles in pretty much a straight line
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Old 09-22-2010, 03:00 PM
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'Lope can jump the spring worse than a whitetail. Be glas you found him.. 1.5 miles can be a nasty tracking job.. out here overnight usually means nothing left either.. too many damn coyotes..
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Old 09-23-2010, 04:58 PM
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Just dropped off the head at a local taxi here that was reccommended from a few people.He did up an antelope for my sons friend and did an awesome job.I looked at some of the work he had in the shop and it all looks real good too.
Hell of a nice guy and real honest about stuff too.He seems like one of those that was raised right where the handshake is as good as a signed contract.I got a good feeling about him and his work.

Also when I was talking about where I got this buck, it turns out he had actually passed him up on opening day because he didn't get a good look at the hardware, and could never get close enough to him again.He was wondering what happened to him as he hadnt seen him in the last 4 days.

Now he knows!!
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Old 10-01-2010, 04:20 PM
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congrats! very nice looking animal
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Thumbs up

Very nice! and with a bow, , well done!! I haven't hardly touched my bows in about six months. Lately the interest has swung back to rifles, shotguns and handguns.
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