WildWill
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My first attempt at a big write up so bare with me. This adventure started last year when my niece and her long time boyfriend Jon got engaged and set a wedding date for mid September. I knew I would be expected at the wedding so I tried to plan my western trip dates accordingly. I also had to figure out a wedding gift. Jon has expressed his interest in going out west with me many times and especially killing a elk. I offerd to split my 6 elk points in Wyoming with Jon on a nice type 4 tag and he jumped at the chance. We also tried to add a few antelope doe tags to the hunt. Me and Jon had no luck in the antelope draw but my friend Tanner managed to pull 2 in a unit I hunted in 2019. The Summer was spent shooting, hiking, and helping Jon pick out gear. Before I knew it I was watching my niece marry a young man I think very highly of.
We set off for Wyoming on October 1st stayed in Fort Collins the first night before reaching our first camp site south of Casper the next day. We set up camp and went looking for antelope.
We managed one unsuccessful stalk that evening before calling it quits early and heading back to camp to cook a neck roast from a buck I shot last year.
The next morning we headed out to get my friend Tanner his first antelope! Within the first 30 minutes of light we found a doe and buck together in a good place to stalk. We came around to get the wind in our face and sun at our back. As we crested the ridge within less then 300 yards of the antelope a thick and sudden fog engulfed the antelope first and then us. After a moment of frustration we shrugged it off and headed for the truck. Just as we decided to head a little further down the unit to see if we could escape the fog it disappeared. We quickly turned around made sure the antelope were still there and then repeated the stalk. As Tanner was setting up for the shot fog began to move in again fortunately not as thick. The shot was at 306 yards with a Winchester 70 270 shooting a 150gr nosler Partitions. The first shot was low but the second hit her heart and she dropped. As we were cutting her up we spotted a large group further away on public in a good area to sneak up on. Me and Jon told Tanner to go for it and we'd finish cutting up the first. Just as we finished we heard two spaced shots so we made our way up the hill. We found Tanner cutting up his second antelope killed in less than a hour. We finished the job headed to the truck then town for ice before heading back to camp. We fished that evening and decided to move camp to the elk unit the next day around 4 hours away. We had some ribeye's over campfire for a celebratory dinner.
We set off for Wyoming on October 1st stayed in Fort Collins the first night before reaching our first camp site south of Casper the next day. We set up camp and went looking for antelope.
We managed one unsuccessful stalk that evening before calling it quits early and heading back to camp to cook a neck roast from a buck I shot last year.
The next morning we headed out to get my friend Tanner his first antelope! Within the first 30 minutes of light we found a doe and buck together in a good place to stalk. We came around to get the wind in our face and sun at our back. As we crested the ridge within less then 300 yards of the antelope a thick and sudden fog engulfed the antelope first and then us. After a moment of frustration we shrugged it off and headed for the truck. Just as we decided to head a little further down the unit to see if we could escape the fog it disappeared. We quickly turned around made sure the antelope were still there and then repeated the stalk. As Tanner was setting up for the shot fog began to move in again fortunately not as thick. The shot was at 306 yards with a Winchester 70 270 shooting a 150gr nosler Partitions. The first shot was low but the second hit her heart and she dropped. As we were cutting her up we spotted a large group further away on public in a good area to sneak up on. Me and Jon told Tanner to go for it and we'd finish cutting up the first. Just as we finished we heard two spaced shots so we made our way up the hill. We found Tanner cutting up his second antelope killed in less than a hour. We finished the job headed to the truck then town for ice before heading back to camp. We fished that evening and decided to move camp to the elk unit the next day around 4 hours away. We had some ribeye's over campfire for a celebratory dinner.
