Lil Shooter Scores a Nice Speedgoat

Well,
My daughter was fortunate enough to draw a Utah antelope tag with no points. She started early this summer practicing her marksmanship. By the time the hunt rolled around, she had mastered milk jugs at all reasonable ranges with the 25-06 AI. We rolled up on our favorite mountain and were faced with driving rain and fog. We immediately started seeing antelope, but the conditions made it very tough to judge so we passed on a few and tried to stay dry. Mid morning we caught a break in the weather and spotted a group of 20 goats high on the hill. Inspection with the spotting scope revealed a buck that was worth a closer look, so we headed uphill to close the distance. We got to within 200 yards and could not see the biggest buck. When he appeared over a small rise, the look on my daughter's face said it all, she wanted him. Just as she was getting set up for the shot, the herd began moving out and he mixed in with the does preventing a shot. Luckily, the does began moving out faster leaving him behind. When they all stopped again 100 yards later I told her to get ready for him to stop. I was getting ready to give further instruction when the rifle went off and he dropped in his tracks. As she worked the bolt to clear the rifle, she simply stated, "well, he's down." We enjoyed the next few hours Taking pictures, cutting meat, and packing him off the mountain. He is 13.75" tall, with 5" prongs and 6" bases. The rifle was my custom Winchester model 70 in 25-06 Ackley, the load is 100gr Etips at a little over 3500fps. She is turning into quite the huntress and even more the markslady. I couldn't be a prouder papa.--------SS