Cartridge Choice

Stalker69

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My preference now days is my bow, but killed many of them with a 243 and a 7mm mag. The 7 mag in my opinion is way over gunned for pronghorn. The 243 seemed about perfect to me. Now days, I want to get up close and personal before I kill anything.
 
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jzeblaz

jzeblaz

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My preference now days is my bow, but killed many of them with a 243.
Archery antelope! Impressive. Do you typically hunt from a blind? Fast 6mm just about perfect!!! Do you find they are prone to jump the string much?
 

Stalker69

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Both blind and spot and stock ( my biggest has been spot and stock) blind is “ easier” but gets boring as hell. And as far as jumping the string, I wouldn’t say any worse then deer. We tried decoys several times also, but I have not been successful that way yet. We made both antelope decoys and cow “ decoys”. But we must not look convincing enough.
 
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jzeblaz

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Nice! Yeah, the blinds sound mind numbing. I'd agree the blind show a lot of promise, especially with the pronghorns' curiosity. Good hunting!
 

thinhorn_AK

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I have not hunted them for several years but me and my dad used to go get them yearly. I still have both of our antelope rifles although they don’t really get shot anymore.

Mine is a weatherby vanguard in 257 weatherby and my dads is a weatherby MKV in 240 weatherby. Both of them I believe have 4.5-14 leupolds on them. Back then I didn’t really know anything about guns but whenever I shot those weatherby rifles I felt like I was shooting a laser. They were both more or less perfect for antelope.
 

JeffP_Or

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.25-06 - also is my deer rifle. I have enjoyed the round and am confident with it. The rifle really likes the old Hornady Custom 117gr interlock - which has proven successful many times. I've looked at the SST [used that round on one pronghorn] and GMX as well.
Pronghorn is a great hunt.
 
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I haven’t had the opportunity to hunt pronghorn yet, hopefully next year.

When I do I will be taking my 257 Weatherby and my 264 Win Mag.


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ianpadron

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Haven't scratched the speed goat itch yet, but it's certainly calling. My .243 will get the nod on that hunt, 87 grain VLDs at 3300 FPS...
 

Wrader36

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I'll second the .257 Weatherby... I've taken all my antelope and all but one of my deer with it. By far my favorite gun.
 
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Got my first goat in years… used my new 6mm Creedmoor, 108 ELD-X. No issues or dissatisfaction in performance
 
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