JUST AN ANTELOPE

[doccash]

Just an antelope that is in good shapeand standing in tall brown grass at the height of summer. Dr.C

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

:D :D
doc,
Your killing us!! Better keep an eye on Mr. Findley :mrgreen:
Nice Antelope and picture!!
Terry

 

[don44]

Real nice. :D

 

[Turbobuddha]

I love the crop. Nice shot.

 

[twobisquit]

Very nice. What kind of Cactus is that? I think I have seen it in Colorado but not around here.

 

[doccash]

twobiscuit:Cholla cactus...young ones. That pasture had them all pulled several years ago and this is regrowth or ones that were missed. For some reason I like images of antelope in cactus/mesquite rather than farmland, Therefore the wide crop including the cactus. Thanks for looking and commenting. Dr.C

 

[WendyZXZ]

Great picture! :D

Looks like he is watching you filming him.

 

[Del J]

Is that bad boy posing for the shot or what.

 

[doccash]

DelJ: This time of year antelope bucks are only interested in one thing, does. A great technique is to get between the buck and his does and then you can get close and all he can think aout is getting back to the does. In this case this buck ran 1/2 mile to chase off and fight a satellite buck,and when I saw this I simply drove between the buck and his does and he came to me! Dr.C Thanks for looking.

 

[Kudu m77]

Very nice!

 

[Crazy8]

Great pic and nice buck! Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Floridaoutdoors]

Magnificent photos Doc.

The critters in context of place,landscape a bonus.

 

[Don Lovel]

Compared to a couple of the other big bucks you have photos of, his cutters are not positioned very far from the length of his ears. His spread is real nice and has good mass and nice curl to his tips.
There is one buck you have had photos of that has the length from skull to cutters that is much longer than his ears and also has long nice curve to his tips and lots of spread.
http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=124692
and the other bigger one
http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=125708

your photos would be well worth studying before any pronghorn hunter goes out there and tries to understand just what they are seeing in a spotting scope or rifle scope. A few of the bucks you have posted photos of are definately trophy class with mass, spread nice curl and length you just do not see in many bucks. When I was working in the Tularosa valley in New Mexico a rancher showed me some real nice bucks through the spotting scope and drew me some drawings in the dirt about how he measures size in comparison to their face & skull, ear length and such. Until then all buck antelope were the same to me through the scope.

 

[doccash]

Don: This is a nice antelope and all you stated is true. From another angle I think that you will see that the prong is above the ear. This is part of the great puzzle of scoring/evaluating pronghorn antelope. I find them extremely hard to judge, it is a rare one indeed that actually exceeds your expectations after the shooting is over. IMO the antelope pictured will score in the mid 70's and I say that because he has reasonable length, mass and a decent prong. The decieving thing about the above image is that the horns tilt forward along with being wide which makes the prong look low. Dr.C

 

[doccash]

Here is aother view of the same guy on the same day. Dr.C