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Huge New Mexico Antelope Tagged During 2009 Bow Season
Huge New Mexico Antelope Tagged During 2009 Bow Season
It's the day before the 2009 New Mexico archery antelope season. I’m hot and sweating. Armed with giant binoculars and heavy spotting scopes, my friends and I cruise the back roads, scouting for tomorrow. I snap a photo of these six bucks running across the pasture. Nice ones, but there's bigger horns in the desert brush if you look hard enough. Still, this is public land, so there's sure to be some competition from other hunters. Hopefully our pre-hunt preparation will pay off.
Photo by Brandon Ray
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Steven Tisdale tagged a giant buck during New Mexico’s antelope bow season. Here’s the story, in photos.
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Photo Gallery Comments (24)
Congratulations to both on a fine hunt and great photos and story.
Nice photo gallery and story. That thing is huge. good job
such a great animal
At the risk and likely scorn of looking like a jerk, they aren't antelope, they are goats. So Pronghorn? yes. Antelope? no.
In reality, pronghorns are neither goats nor antelope. They are seemingly more closely related to goats but, unlike goats, they shed their horns annually. They are actually more closely related to giraffe than either. Crazy, huh? Maybe that's where giraffes get their shocking speed?
Regarding the first buck taken in this feature - Good Grief!
Amazing trophy! Great story too...
Well done!
Beautiful buck. Unfortunately, by always taking the biggest, hunters are steering the species toward smaller and smaller horns. Same goes for bighorn sheep, mountain goats, deer, elk, moose, etc. The males with the biggest racks should be producing the most young, not the least. They can't breed after you shoot 'em!
awesome trophy to be taken with a bow, great stuff
congrats to both hunters. to kill those animals with a bow you truely are hunters.
Amazing bow kills, Congrats to both hunters! As for some previous comments. From what I understand they do not shed there horns entirely, more so the outer shell. Trophy hunting is not steering big game towards smaller racks. Thats ridiculous. Most hunting seasons are revolved around breeding seasons and the mature animals have a ggod chance at outwitting there predators and passing on there genes. With that said some animals do breed after you shoot 'em... Many animals have been recovered with broadheads, buckshot, and even slugs from previous seasons. They are creatures of survival!
Hey Amazon- Knowing you are on public land not private land where game management can be practiced
can you honestly say you wouldn't take either of the pronghorns! Congrats on two great animals guys. Taking them with a bow makes it even better.
Great pic's! Congrats on a very fine speed goat!
Those are hellacious speed goats, what ever the family they come from. And with a bow? Pretty good shooting!
Great Story, Great Pics, Great Hunt... Congrats.
HOLY COW ! And wow wow and wow...GREAT hunting you guys!! I tip my hat to your stalking and hunting skills...truly amazing. Did I say wow?
Great job gentlemen! Those are some awsome antlelope. Also, to go through the work you guys did and the heat you put up with to get those had to be almost unbearable. I hope to get a chance at hunting antelope someday.
awesome hunt, great pics and story. I'm going after a pronghorn "someday" but but dang if I'm crawling 500 yds to get within 50. I'm gonna crawl 200 yds to get within 300....lol.
Hey amazon, do you really, honestly think that the genetic material an animal passes along is any different if the animal breeds as a two year old or as a seven year old giant? The genetics for size are usually there in most herds. the animals just need time to grow. "Management" on private land is mainly letting the animals fully mature before harvesting them. This public land buck just got insanely lucky for several years.
Again, great job guys.
Pic 9 of 11 on e word,
WOW!
I’d test it to make sure if it’s not radioactive!
Must have been eating the grass and drinking water from the Trinity Site!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_site
I can picture late at night during a thunderstorm and see reddish green eyes glowing and electric arcs go across the points like a freaky Sci-Fi!
Wouldn’t that scare the crap out of some campers at night!!
I wonder what part of New Mexico this guy was? I can put him on some hot spots for deer, Elk and Turkey if nothing has changed since 86
Congratulations on fine trophies and great photography. I can't begin to estimate how many prongs I've seen in my lifetime. BUT, I have never seen one who wasn't looking at me already. Your stalking skills must be superb.
To the fellow who ranted about genetics and smaller horns: I just have this strong hunch, should the opportunity present itself to you, there would be no hesitation on your part at releasing that bow string. Also, the story that went along with the pictures reported the buck to be about 30 to 40 lbs smaller than a typical buck sporting horns that size. Genetics there dictates his progeny would be possibly smaller also. Trophies are few and far between. Congratulations to the successful hunters
56 yard shot on such a quick animal is no easy task. It must not have flinched a millimeter when you shot. What do you use to keep your bow so quiet?
Congrats on the great hunt and great pictures. Sounds very fun.
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Congratulations to both on a fine hunt and great photos and story.
In reality, pronghorns are neither goats nor antelope. They are seemingly more closely related to goats but, unlike goats, they shed their horns annually. They are actually more closely related to giraffe than either. Crazy, huh? Maybe that's where giraffes get their shocking speed?
Regarding the first buck taken in this feature - Good Grief!
Nice photo gallery and story. That thing is huge. good job
such a great animal
Hey Amazon- Knowing you are on public land not private land where game management can be practiced
can you honestly say you wouldn't take either of the pronghorns! Congrats on two great animals guys. Taking them with a bow makes it even better.
At the risk and likely scorn of looking like a jerk, they aren't antelope, they are goats. So Pronghorn? yes. Antelope? no.
Amazing trophy! Great story too...
Well done!
awesome trophy to be taken with a bow, great stuff
congrats to both hunters. to kill those animals with a bow you truely are hunters.
Amazing bow kills, Congrats to both hunters! As for some previous comments. From what I understand they do not shed there horns entirely, more so the outer shell. Trophy hunting is not steering big game towards smaller racks. Thats ridiculous. Most hunting seasons are revolved around breeding seasons and the mature animals have a ggod chance at outwitting there predators and passing on there genes. With that said some animals do breed after you shoot 'em... Many animals have been recovered with broadheads, buckshot, and even slugs from previous seasons. They are creatures of survival!
Great pic's! Congrats on a very fine speed goat!
Those are hellacious speed goats, what ever the family they come from. And with a bow? Pretty good shooting!
Great Story, Great Pics, Great Hunt... Congrats.
HOLY COW ! And wow wow and wow...GREAT hunting you guys!! I tip my hat to your stalking and hunting skills...truly amazing. Did I say wow?
Great job gentlemen! Those are some awsome antlelope. Also, to go through the work you guys did and the heat you put up with to get those had to be almost unbearable. I hope to get a chance at hunting antelope someday.
awesome hunt, great pics and story. I'm going after a pronghorn "someday" but but dang if I'm crawling 500 yds to get within 50. I'm gonna crawl 200 yds to get within 300....lol.
Hey amazon, do you really, honestly think that the genetic material an animal passes along is any different if the animal breeds as a two year old or as a seven year old giant? The genetics for size are usually there in most herds. the animals just need time to grow. "Management" on private land is mainly letting the animals fully mature before harvesting them. This public land buck just got insanely lucky for several years.
Again, great job guys.
Pic 9 of 11 on e word,
WOW!
I’d test it to make sure if it’s not radioactive!
Must have been eating the grass and drinking water from the Trinity Site!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_site
I can picture late at night during a thunderstorm and see reddish green eyes glowing and electric arcs go across the points like a freaky Sci-Fi!
Wouldn’t that scare the crap out of some campers at night!!
I wonder what part of New Mexico this guy was? I can put him on some hot spots for deer, Elk and Turkey if nothing has changed since 86
Congratulations on fine trophies and great photography. I can't begin to estimate how many prongs I've seen in my lifetime. BUT, I have never seen one who wasn't looking at me already. Your stalking skills must be superb.
To the fellow who ranted about genetics and smaller horns: I just have this strong hunch, should the opportunity present itself to you, there would be no hesitation on your part at releasing that bow string. Also, the story that went along with the pictures reported the buck to be about 30 to 40 lbs smaller than a typical buck sporting horns that size. Genetics there dictates his progeny would be possibly smaller also. Trophies are few and far between. Congratulations to the successful hunters
56 yard shot on such a quick animal is no easy task. It must not have flinched a millimeter when you shot. What do you use to keep your bow so quiet?
Congrats on the great hunt and great pictures. Sounds very fun.
Beautiful buck. Unfortunately, by always taking the biggest, hunters are steering the species toward smaller and smaller horns. Same goes for bighorn sheep, mountain goats, deer, elk, moose, etc. The males with the biggest racks should be producing the most young, not the least. They can't breed after you shoot 'em!
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