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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2013, 04:00:22 PM »
man, you're WAY overthinking it!  antelope could probably be brought down with a slingshot!!!   :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2013, 08:27:06 PM »
The wind can really blow in WY. I would use the .25-06, but of course I would bring both and use the .243 on a doe or two

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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2013, 08:40:13 PM »
375 H&H all the way.  I don't want them limping away.
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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2013, 09:01:15 PM »
Take the one you're more accurate with/like more, they'll both work well
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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2013, 09:02:46 PM »
264 win mag

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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2013, 09:05:46 PM »
375 H&H all the way.  I don't want them limping away.

Like they would if you used a 257 Roberts? 

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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2013, 02:29:50 PM »
Both are excellent calibers for antelope.  The important thing like stated above is to practice and shoot straight. 
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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #22 on: December 16, 2013, 11:28:02 AM »
Killed 8 of my 10 antelope bucks with a 257 Robert's and the other two with a 7x57 and a 6.5x55. They all worked great.

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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2014, 05:51:00 PM »
I'd bring both in case of a broken firing pin or scope or something but my go to would be the 25-06 just cause its so damn windy out there so the heavier bullet maybe a better choice. I shot 3 this year and I used a 220 swift, a 243, and a 7mm Mag.

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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2014, 06:10:07 PM »
if your looking to buy new then look at a 6.5 creedmore....

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Re: gun for antelope?
« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2014, 05:29:34 PM »
If you're disabled, apply for the disabled permits to hunt from the road and shoot from a vehicle. I did and got my disabled permits back already. Also, from what my disabled vet, that I've known since high school that I'll be hunting with, told me is, ALL disabled hunters get to hunt 5 days BEFORE ANY hunter gets to start hunting anywhere in Wyoming.  :tup:

This is what he's told me, since I've never hunted in Wyoming.....
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