Post by: Jason on August 20, 2016, 09:06:18 PM
Earlier this year a buddy who lives in Montana asked fellow forum member Tonymoe and myself if we would like to plan a archery Antelope hunt for his bachelor party for the archery antelope opener on Aug 15th, heck yeah we both said!, so we all put in and fortunately we found out on August 1st that we all drew tags.
Tony and myself took off for Montana on the 12th and hung out for a couple days at our buddies house in Bozeman before heading up on Sunday the 14th to setup camp and scout the area for Lopes.
Opening morning the 15th we headed out of camp and right off the get go we bumped a Lope Buck not 300yds from our camp, I took off after him and was only able to get within 73yds of him and I never had a good shot opportunity as he didn't stay put for very long, and before I knew it he was in the next county. Cool part is I seen a small bull Moose during my stock, doesn't get much sweeter than that in the first 10 minutes!. On down the road we continued, the plan was to spot and stock, 30 minutes later we spot a small group of Lopes in the same area that we had seen them in on Sunday while we were scouting, they were feeding on the side of a hill and there was one buck in the group, so Tony and myself took off after the Lopes, the plan was we would stock up the backside of the hill and work our way down to the Lopes, I went up the ridge farther than Tony so we would box them in, we were in position and slowly crawled our way down the hill, but they Lopes were farther to the west than we anticipated, I was closest at 70yds of the group but I didn't see the buck, they kept feeding away from me so I kept in pursuit, crawling on my hand and knee's with bow in hand, I caught back up with the group again and now I have the buck in sight, I range him, 61yds, he is broadside looking away from me so I slowly stand up, arrow already knocked, drew back, settled my 60yd pin on the money spot and I let it fly.
Post by: Jason on August 21, 2016, 11:35:37 AM
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Post by: Widgeondeke on August 21, 2016, 01:42:16 PM
That's a nice buck. Have you taken green measurements? Looks long enough to make P&Y.
Congrats :tup:
I recall tracking a speed goat my buddy wounded. We tracked for a few hours and never got closer than 300 yards. It Finally went into a different unit and onto private property.
Post by: Jason on August 21, 2016, 02:05:13 PM
Way to stick with it and finish the deal.It will book Pope and Young. Green score before deductions 75" after deductions 73 1/4". P&Y minimum 67".
That's a nice buck. Have you taken green measurements? Looks long enough to make P&Y.
Congrats :tup:
I recall tracking a speed goat my buddy wounded. We tracked for a few hours and never got closer than 300 yards. It Finally went into a different unit and onto private property.
I'm also going to do this guy justice with a shoulder mount.
Post by: bowhunterforever on August 22, 2016, 03:57:31 AM
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Post by: tonymoe on August 22, 2016, 07:38:43 PM
It was a great hunt. Stalking lopes in willow filled creek bottoms was quite a challenge knowing there's griz in them hills pilgrim!! With that being said......I can't wait to get back there. Most challenging hunt physically and mentally.
Post by: Jason on August 22, 2016, 07:50:30 PM
Nice work Jason,Yes I can't wait tell next year brother. And I'm not done writing the story yet, I still have to write about your adventures.. :tung:
It was a great hunt. Stalking lopes in willow filled creek bottoms was quite a challenge knowing there's griz in them hills pilgrim!! With that being said......I can't wait to get back there. Most challenging hunt physically and mentally.
Post by: Jason on August 22, 2016, 08:37:51 PM
Congratulations. Nice buck. That's a neat unit, it's not everywhere you can hunt lopes at 9k feet.Hmmm...Who spilled the beans? Tony?? because I didn't say anything about 9k feet..lol
We were at 9500+ feet one day and I think Tony and I were really feeling the altitude that day and we were almost ran over by a supersonic heard of lopes as they rocketed out of sight past us.
Post by: BGLEMIN on August 22, 2016, 08:41:36 PM
Post by: JLS on August 22, 2016, 09:35:21 PM
Congratulations. Nice buck. That's a neat unit, it's not everywhere you can hunt lopes at 9k feet.Hmmm...Who spilled the beans? Tony?? because I didn't say anything about 9k feet..lol
We were at 9500+ feet one day and I think Tony and I were really feeling the altitude that day and we were almost ran over by a supersonic heard of lopes as they rocketed out of sight past us.
No, don't throw Tony under the bus. I've left a lot of tracks in that unit and the adjacent ones. I could even tell you the road you took that picture from. :)
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Post by: Reidus on August 26, 2016, 12:34:12 AM
Post by: tonymoe on August 26, 2016, 05:29:21 AM
Nice job! I never crawled on my hands and knees so much as when i spot and stalked antelope with a bow!
My first stalk was 650 yds away that started as a full belly crawl, then went to a bear crawl and then went to a duck walk. I was sore for 2 days
Post by: Jason on August 27, 2016, 06:12:28 PM
Nice job! I never crawled on my hands and knees so much as when i spot and stalked antelope with a bow!I bought two pairs of Kuiu pants before this trip and a few times I remember thinking to myself while I was crawling on all fours on how I wish I would have bought pants with knee protection.
That 650yd stalk was one for the ages.Nice job! I never crawled on my hands and knees so much as when i spot and stalked antelope with a bow!
My first stalk was 650 yds away that started as a full belly crawl, then went to a bear crawl and then went to a duck walk. I was sore for 2 days
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Post by: Jason on September 06, 2016, 07:06:07 PM
I went to home depot and bought knee pads before i went. To many pokeys.I'll be prepared next year!!
Post by: Jason on November 15, 2016, 07:10:44 PM
It came up a little short from where we had measured it in camp, Official Overall Score of 70 1/8" :tup:
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Post by: Jason on April 25, 2017, 11:05:24 AM
Post by: Duckhunter14 on April 25, 2017, 12:22:01 PM
The mount turned out awesome too! Who did the work?
-Clint
Post by: bowhunterforever on April 25, 2017, 01:23:07 PM
Post by: Jason on April 25, 2017, 05:59:51 PM
Great write up and great speed goat with a stick and string! Thanks for sharing. :tup:Artistic Taxidermy in Portland did the mount. It' looks better than what the pics are showing, my cell phone camera is not up to par and is not doing the mount justice and making it look real fuzzy.
The mount turned out awesome too! Who did the work?
-Clint
Post by: Muleyslyr on April 25, 2017, 06:10:44 PM
Post by: Jason on June 01, 2017, 09:00:27 PM
That's a quick turnaround on getting that thing back..turned out great. Was a good write up too. Gotta love bringing home a new mount to hang huh? :tup:Yes, turn around time was quick. I even waited a couple months to take it in, so I missed the first run of hides going to the tannery. Overall I am very happy with how it tuned out. Artistic did a great job. Yes hopefully I can draw another permit this year so I can put another on the table and if I'm double lucky on the wall too.
Post by: tonymoe on June 09, 2017, 09:11:37 PM
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Post by: Jason on June 10, 2017, 06:32:56 AM
The lope turned out great! I would take your Broncos hat to him and see if he can make it look better.....I know, I know........would be a daunting task😳Wow, thats the second funniest joke I have ever heard you say. And it reminds me of the first one you told was during an eleven hour truck ride with you telling me how big of *censored* these animals are and I quote "even if you just nick them in the ankle with an arrow they will flop over Dead like they had been shot in the heart" hahahahaha.
Post by: tonymoe on June 11, 2017, 06:52:24 AM
The lope turned out great! I would take your Broncos hat to him and see if he can make it look better.....I know, I know........would be a daunting task😳Wow, thats the second funniest joke I have ever heard you say. And it reminds me of the first one you told was during an eleven hour truck ride with you telling me how big of *censored * these animals are and I quote "even if you just nick them in the ankle with an arrow they will flop over Dead like they had been shot in the heart" hahahahaha.
No comment.....in my defense, I had only previously shot Wyoming lopes. Now that I have experienced Montana speed goats......I truly believe they are all made of a super power.