Salvaging My Antelope Hunt

[Big Sky]

I spent the better part of my day Saturday trying to fill my antelope tag. There is only one buck along with 20 does on the ranch I have permission to hunt. I chased him around all Saturday morning, but around 10 am I had to go help a friend cut some wood. After cutting wood I asked him if he would mind me doing a little fishing on his place. He was kind enough to grant me permission and I had a real fun half hour. The scenery alone was worth the price of admission.

What a view!

I caught this brownie right off the bat. A little skinny but a nice 18" fish.

Then I got this pig of a rainbow! He's what a I call a two-hand fish because you can't get one hand around him. What a hawg.

The last fish I caught was this beautiful 21.5" brown trout. If he would have had the girth of the rainbow I believe I would have had a new taxidermy bill. Check out the size of his tail, that sucker is wide!

I do have to admit the quality of the fish really helped to salvage and otherwise frustrating antelope hunt. After fishing I relocated the antelope buck along with his does. I never could quite close the gap enough and finally had to give up at dark. I burned a ton of calories hiking around after him, making stalk after stalk. It's just really hard to fool that many sets of eyes watching for you. Hopefully he stays on the ranch and makes a mistake. When he does I hope to be there. Stay tuned.

 

[Jorgy]

sounds like a wonderful unsuccessful day hunting. Good luck getting him.

 

[MKotur325]

That 'bow looks more like a Pink Salmon than a trout! Pretty impressive shoulders on that fish.

 

[TheJason]

Nice fish Troy! That view looks vaguely familiar

Now go shoot that goat!

 

[Big Sky]

JLS, trust me it's on my "to-do" list.

 

[Big Sky]

Just got in from looking for the buck I want. Couldn't find him this evening. I did stalk to within 70 yards of a small buck that would be perfect for the freezer. I will make him Plan B for later if I can't find a bigger buck the next couple weeks. I will say pick'ns are slim though.

 

[Southwind]

I love goats, but catching those would have made me forget about chasing a goat anymore that day.

 

[fishing4sanity]

As fat as that rainbow is, I would think all the other fish would be a little skinny - that fish ain't letting any meals get past him. Beautiful scenery and fish. Good luck on the goat quest.

 

[Wyatt G]

Them two trouts are studs, good luck on the goat hunt

 

[MT_elk]

Nice! Great pics too!

 

[krshunter]

That is an awesome day and still better than almost anything else you could have been doing. Awesome fishing!

 

[slamdmini]

nice fish. love me some trout fishing