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Tiana,
Antelope were probably the weakest category in the last biennial period. A buck of that size would have definitely finished in the top two and taken home a biennial ward for the 2003-2004 recording period...
I should have taken the lion with a bow. I did manage to take it without the aid of dogs, however. I had a late season coues rifle tag a few years ago. I had been hunting with my bow, but that morning it was extremely windy and I decided to carry my little 18 1/2" .243 on my pack frame and leave the bow in camp. I was on a trail only about 150 yards from my tent (I could still see my tent), when the lion was walking down the trail toward my tent. The lion stopped at about 25 yards and sat down, looking around. It was very thick on both sides of the trail, so one jump and it would be gone. I slowly stepped off the trail, and reached around to get the rifle off the pack. I really don't think it ever knew I was there!
Just a couple of days later, I saw another one that went by me within 20 yards again. It was stalking some coues and I spooked the deer deliberately to keep the lion from getting one. That was pretty stupid, because it was about 1 or 2 days before the end of the year, and I could have bought another OTC lion tag. He probably still would have been coming back to feed on the deer for a few days, and I could have set up a blind and maybe taken that one with my bow.... I saw another one in Kiabab this last September, and got pretty close to him too, but hadn't bought a tag last year.![Brick wall ](*,)](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif)
Antelope were probably the weakest category in the last biennial period. A buck of that size would have definitely finished in the top two and taken home a biennial ward for the 2003-2004 recording period...
I should have taken the lion with a bow. I did manage to take it without the aid of dogs, however. I had a late season coues rifle tag a few years ago. I had been hunting with my bow, but that morning it was extremely windy and I decided to carry my little 18 1/2" .243 on my pack frame and leave the bow in camp. I was on a trail only about 150 yards from my tent (I could still see my tent), when the lion was walking down the trail toward my tent. The lion stopped at about 25 yards and sat down, looking around. It was very thick on both sides of the trail, so one jump and it would be gone. I slowly stepped off the trail, and reached around to get the rifle off the pack. I really don't think it ever knew I was there!
Just a couple of days later, I saw another one that went by me within 20 yards again. It was stalking some coues and I spooked the deer deliberately to keep the lion from getting one. That was pretty stupid, because it was about 1 or 2 days before the end of the year, and I could have bought another OTC lion tag. He probably still would have been coming back to feed on the deer for a few days, and I could have set up a blind and maybe taken that one with my bow.... I saw another one in Kiabab this last September, and got pretty close to him too, but hadn't bought a tag last year.
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Also, I finally posted my antelope story on the bowhunting big game forum. The first picture in the story is the buck in the far back left corner of my trophy room, and the WR buck is in the back right corner. The buck who's nose is sticking into the right side of the picture of my trophy room didn't make the other story either....poor third biggest buck.....left out of both threads!
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