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First Archery Pronghorn Antelope

August 19th, 2009 David King - King's Outdoor World

Brad Bentley just sent me a great photo of his recent pronghorn antelope hunt. Our King’s Desert Shadow Camo was the trick. If any of you guys are hunting antelope, Desert Shadow was born to hunt antelope!

Here is Brad’s quick rundown of his hunt. Congratulations Brad on a great archery buck.

“It was officially opening day of the 2009 archery season here in Utah. Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to draw a limited entry Antelope tag. Yesterday I had the opportunity to fill that tag, by harvesting my very first Pronghorn Antelope. I drew for the most coveted antelope unit in the state, located in the beautiful red-rock high desert of the San Rafael Swell!

I was fortunate enough to share this special accomplishment with my dad, who was sitting beside me in the ground blind. After setting up and being in place well before sunrise, unfortunately after several hours with little activity…other than squirming and hopping frogs in the water, both my dad and I were falling victim to a persuasive mid-morning nap, and almost missed our opportunity!

With my dad “sawing logs” and my head bobbing in and out of a sleepy daze…I opened my eyes and out of nowhere found a buck standing at the edge of the water! Although this wasn’t the 80-inch buck that my good friend and I had spotted just days before, I got a little too excited and took a shot without hesitation on this buck at just 30 yards from the ground blind! My shot placement was a little high in the shoulder and it took this buck quite awhile to finally go down, we tracked him for while a second arrow eventually helped make the decision a little easier for him! Regardless of the fact that he’s not the big one I had my heart set on…I’m still happy I was able to fill my first antelope tag, and experience this new aspect of hunting with such good friends and family.

The buck only gross scores 62 inches and is kind of a “dink” especially by trophy standards…however I think taking an antelope with a bow is quite an achievement, regardless of size. I sincerely can’t wait to try this again the next time I ‘m lucky enough to draw…hopefully I’ll have the patience to wait it out a little longer and take that trophy buck of a lifetime. “

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