Antelope shot in 1956 on Clemens Mountain (Yakima County)

[MIKEXRAY]

Everyone is discussing the caliber but at the bottom it states open sights,  that is one hell of a shot with open sights in any caliber. That pronghorn would look pretty small with the gun up and V on him.

[boneaddict]

Let us also not forget that antelope were reintroduced by the what was then WDFW back in the 1930s after they had been completely whiped out from Washington.   That reintroduction failed, mostly due to poaching.   (There was no season in 1956 for antelope.) 

[pat2bear]

Wapatox is the canal that runs in front of Clemens I believe.  Probably the valley on the South side of Clemens between the mountain and the river, about where the feeding station is for the sheep.

Ahh, ok. Never heard it called that before as we always referred to that area as just "the Y".

[Bigshooter]

Everyone is discussing the caliber but at the bottom it states open sights,  that is one hell of a shot with open sights in any caliber. That pronghorn would look pretty small with the gun up and V on him.

I find it very believable.   My great grandpa had a 99 in 22 high power than he always called his 300 yard bear gun.  It had open sights and I saw many different black and white pics with that gun and dead bears.

[Alan K]

It didn't say it only took one shot! 

[deerhuntr4885]

I can not remember but was this at Gold Creek Station?  He posts a lot of fictitious stories around the place just for fun. But I would think if this was the case (Norse) woulda immediately recognized it. 

[bobcat]

No, it was at Thompson's Farm Market.

[Hangfire]

There was the head of a illegal Pronghorn in the freezer at the Yakima fish hatchery in 1974. The Game Protectors (as they were titled then) kept evidence in the hatchery freezer. That pronghorn was shot on the firing center by a deer hunter who claimed he thought it was a deer. I heard it had been shot about 1970.

[BOWHUNTER45]

That's a little out there if it was a .22 rim fire  maybe a .22 hornet ..

[turkeyfeather]

I think the 350 yards with open sights is far more stretched than it being some type of 22

[j_h_nimrod]

Just because our skills as riflemen have digressed to the point where most shooters today cannot use iron sights does not mean that 350yds was unbelievable in those days. I know my skills with iron sights are better than most and 200yds is not a stretch. I believe that for experts of the day 350yds would be very believable.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Just because our skills as riflemen have digressed to the point where most shooters today cannot use iron sights does not mean that 350yds was unbelievable in those days. I know my skills with iron sights are better than most and 200yds is not a stretch. I believe that for experts of the day 350yds would be very believable.

I agree ...all this high tech stuff we have now days makes it easier for almost anyone to become a decent shooter !! Got to appreciate the old timers and their iron sights 

[grundy53]

That's a little out there if it was a .22 rim fire  maybe a .22 hornet ..

It was a .22 High Power.

[PlateauNDN]

Just because our skills as riflemen have digressed to the point where most shooters today cannot use iron sights does not mean that 350yds was unbelievable in those days. I know my skills with iron sights are better than most and 200yds is not a stretch. I believe that for experts of the day 350yds would be very believable.

   Marine Corps trains and qualifies with open sights and you have to able to qualify out to 500yards.  So how is it hard to believe.......

[grundy53]

Just because our skills as riflemen have digressed to the point where most shooters today cannot use iron sights does not mean that 350yds was unbelievable in those days. I know my skills with iron sights are better than most and 200yds is not a stretch. I believe that for experts of the day 350yds would be very believable.

   Marine Corps trains and qualifies with open sights and you have to able to qualify out to 500yards.  So how is it hard to believe.......

and they use a .22 caliber bullet.

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