World Record Muzzloader Pronghorn

Here is a teaser for those getting ready for their upcoming antelope hunts.  This is a buck I mounted from the past season in Arizona.  He is the pending world record with a muzzleloader at 94 4/8.  Both horns are over 18" with good mass and prongs. Customer Jeff E. located this buck during preseason scouting and was lucky enough to harvest him when the season rolled around.  Jeff sent me some live photos of the buck he took during his scouting and we were a long ways off on guessing what he measured.  It is always good to have them grow when you walk up on them.

Antelope, Coues and Mule Deer

Here are some recent mounts I finished.  The double Coues pedestal belongs to Shane R.  and he harvested both of these bucks in Mexico on the same trip.  The shoulder mount coues and mule deer were taken by Colby S. in Sonora on the same trip.  The Javelina belongs to Sean W. and was taken in unit 23.  The Antelope were taken by Kurt S.and his wife in New Mexico.

 

Hannah's Antelope

I was fortunate to draw an Arizona antelope tag this year and I opted to sign it over to my daughter Hannah.  After several scouting trips we were having a hard time finding many antelope and not any mature bucks.  When the hunt finally opened we were fortunate to find a couple of bucks that Hannah wanted to try for, but after three botched stalks things weren't looking to promising.  On Monday we were able to get on this buck as he was tending his hot doe and we waited him out until he pushed his doe up into a little draw.  We were able to sneak up to the head of the draw and Hannah made a clean heart shot at 180 yards.  It was a reminder to me that when you are running out of confidence, persistence usually pays off.

2009 Arizona Antelope

Here is my Father with his 5A antelope he harvested on Sunday of the opening weekend in September. He has three of his grandchildren with him (left to right John, Megan, and Gage). I think most of his grandkids are going to be hunters. This buck is around 80" and he was very pleased. The day before he harvested we had a gullywasher of a storm and basically got rained out. The next morning after nearly getting stuck numerous times we found this buck and after two failed stocks, the third was a charm. The buck was busy keeping track of his does as the rut was on. Dad had 19 bonus points to draw this tag.