Here is a more detailed account of Gasman's and my 2010 WY Antelope safari:
( Disclaimer: This is not a trophy hunt; it is a meat hunt so those offended but lots of dead antelope carcasses better not read this thread)
Well the hunt started last Spring. Gasman and I wanted to do an antelope hunt. We did the research and decided to pick a high percentage draw area in WY. I subscribed to Eastmans and we picked a few high percentage units near Gillette hoping to get drawn. We were drawn and the unit had little available public land so I contacted Wy F&G and requested landowner's list. I called over 30 landowners and decided on a rancher who had 50,000 acres and and lots of does. I called him up and he said not many trophy bucks but many antelope on his ranch and the big plus was that he needed does thinned out on his ranch.
Called gasman and we decided on a meat hunt. We purchased 4 does tags in addition to our buck tags. Last Sunday headed out for our 1,000 mile trip to our lope destination. At that point did not know gasman that well and wondered why he was called "gasman". The mystery was soon solved after 20 hours in the car together after many gas station meals
(BTW stopped in Post Falls, ID Cabelas for a little man shopping on our way out to WY)
I originally wanted to set up an archery hunt for antelope but unfortunately speaking to the rancher he said he did not want archery hunters on his ranch. I hoped that after meeting him he would change his mind and allow an archery hunt on his ranch in 2001. So we both brought our rifles.
First day after checking into the motel we drove out to the ranch to meet the owner and familiarize ourselves with the ranch. It was hot 80 degrees plus!!!
We decided that we needed to drop at least 2 lopes our first day. At that time we had 2 buck tags and 8 does tags. We met the rancher and he showed us around. During the tour he spotted a nice buck and after we dropped him off we decided to pursue this buck. We went back to the area we initially saw him and I told gasman to take him. Gasman put on a nice stalk and tagged him with is Ruger .257. 9 more to go. And the butchering began. Because of the high temps we decided from the get go to skin and bone-out each animal was we shot them and throw the meat on ice in the cooler in the back of the truck. Gasman, being the clever *censored* that he is, devised a hanging pole that inserted into the hitch of his truck. Let the butchering begin!!! We decided to use the gutless method. By the 8 antelope we we skinning, quartering and de boning our antelope in 20 min.
