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Offline 270Shooter

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Opening day MT goat
« on: October 09, 2016, 05:47:28 PM »
So I drew this tag without knowing anything about the unit. I honestly didn't even want to draw it as I was only putting in for a difficult unit in hopes of getting a point. Well as my luck would have it I drew and I took a trip to the unit in mid September to scout. Saw quite a few goats but only on private land and I got access to a great piece of property but was told I couldn't hunt it until the first weekend of November. I decided to make a run over to deer lodge on the 8th for the opener just to see if I could get it done on public land and avoid paying a trespass fee. I started hunting at about 7 and by 7:10 I had spotted a herd with a good enough buck for me. They were about a mile away and I snuck down into the finger I thought they went into. Played cat and mouse with the herd for a little while until the buck finally separated from the does enough and I was able to put one in him at 150 yards. He ran down into the next draw and the does came out but he didn't so I knew he was likely down. I hustled up the ridge between us and he was laying there but still had life in him so I put on more in him at about 25 yards after he stood up. I believe my first bullet failed to expand. All in all it was a pretty fun yet quick hunt and everything went perfectly. Plus it is just a beautiful place to hunt antelope, I hope I can get another chance to hunt here again.

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2016, 05:56:50 PM »
Solid work and great goat!
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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2016, 06:01:32 PM »
Nice Lope Congrats!! :tup:

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2016, 06:02:19 PM »
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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2016, 06:48:39 PM »
Very nice antelope.
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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2016, 07:26:50 PM »
Nicely Done!!!
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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2016, 07:40:06 AM »
Nice one. Way to get it done in a place you never planed on hunting. I always put for those units in MT hoping to only draw a point.

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2016, 06:22:52 PM »
Nice goat :tup: Congrats
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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2016, 09:24:54 AM »
 :tup:
Slap some bacon on a biscut and lets go, were burrnin daylight!

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2016, 09:26:44 AM »
good looking antelope

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2016, 11:04:14 PM »
Great work! Nice goat. Are you going to mount him?

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2016, 06:09:30 AM »
Great work! Nice goat. Are you going to mount him?
yes I am having him mounted, they are just too neat looking to throw the cape away.

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2016, 09:22:04 PM »
Great job!  Congratulations  :tup:

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Re: Opening day MT goat
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2016, 09:23:33 PM »
very nice  :tup:
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