he's off and running now
it's the opening day Antelope season in Colorado it's October 4th and these
Bucks are still in the rut they're rutting pretty good you can see this
little buck he's got these does pushed up into these Choya cactus here where he
feels safe and you the other bucks or the competing Bucks are pushed out away
the Antelope ruts really long it starts at the end August goes clear into the
middle of October but probably most the rutting is done by now starting to get
real competitive I always thought this would be a good chance to see a big one
this guy doesn't quite fit the bill here he's probably 75 in and we're
looking for something 80 or above so we're gonna keep keep cruising see if we
can find something bigger. There's a lot of country to cover so let's get right
back at it
I never could get a shot the grass is just too deep I could see its head but I
couldn't see anything else well yeah committed to the dam down here and got
ourselves to low in this hill and it's dished out around us and there's just
rise there and we can't compensate for
just when I thought the stock was over things take a surprising turn there
pretty curious they come right up on us but now I get a closer look at him I
think he's short I think his horns are short it's a good
buck but it's not quite big enough I think he's just short we saw another
buck tip forward over on the other side over there that looked a little
better and we're gonna go try to find him I think he's a little bit better
buck than this one so this fun was a good stock had him at 600 yards stocked
into 350 decided to wait him out and then he and his does get curious and
walk into 150 to 200 yards sometimes they do that especially on the opening a
season they don't know it's hunting season yet so they're more curious than
they are afraid but not quite the buck we're looking for so we're gonna go find
try to find that other one
I think we found our buck he's way across these two drawers by the trees
over there tips way forward so he's real recognizable is come a non-typical
antelope doesn't have a lot for prom but he's he's pretty cool looking the tips
way forward so I think we know how to get over there I'm gonna have to go down
around and then then up but he's got a doe pushed up in there I'll be a hot doe
he had more than that last night so hopefully he's uh I'm not too wound up
he looks like he's pretty female right now I'm interested in that dough so
we're gonna go over them put a stock on
he's off and running now
after a heartbreaking miss shot and an antelope buck I've been trying to find
for two days now I'm eager to get back out that afternoon and relocate him in
an effort to redeem myself
he's not the buck we're looking for looking for that big lean
forward buck this one it's a nice buck but he doesn't know much for her for
digger so we're gonna let him go and keep looking for that lean forward buck
I think he might be in this draw this buck was coming to water we're sitting
at the water hole he's pretty thirsty about 180
yards don't let him go. Late in the afternoon we finally managed to turn the
buck up again he seems to be headed for water and we might have a good line on
the perfect midday ambush
ah he's gonna go down
he's down
well that buck gave us a little bit of a rodeo all morning holy smokes I missed
him a few times this morning he moved up in this basin with his
hot doe and Tim and Curt and I were able to get up on this edge and and they
were coming right in I think to the water but he's done he went down over
there we're done. He's a stubborn sucker man this is one of the worst places in
this area to have an antelope in my opinion I've tangled with them up here a
little bit and it is tough just a really weird buck huh see if you can't shoot a
giant shoot a freak right well here's a picture of the Colorado freak this buck
is really really wacky you know last year I was fortunate enough to take a
really big buck out here in 87 incher and this year I was lucky enough to get
a real freaky buck so if you can't shoot a giant shoot a weird one and this one
is weird and freaky he's just got knobs all over his horns awesome awesome
antelope couldn't be happier with him he's really gonna look be quite the
conversation piece in my trophy room for sure
talk about an old battler look at this he has a piece of horn stuck to that to
his side where he's been fighting I thought it was a big old scab or
something but I think it's a chunk of antelope horn
what a cool buck that just makes him all that much cooler we hope you had fun
today as much fun as we did out here chasing Bucks on the prairies of
southern Colorado and until next time remember fair Chase is the only way to
hunt and take trophy big game I'm Guy Eastman we'll see you next week right here
on Eastmans' Hunting TV