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South Wagontire Record Class Pronghorn – Antelope

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This 85 B & C was taken in Oregon at 165 yards 

“Bubba we can camp at the XL Spring for the hunt”.  The plan was to make the final scouting of the day in a seeding near Lake Abert.  Plans A, B,  & C had been set for the next day hunting and we wanted to get once last Pronghorn – Antelope scouting trip of the day done.  We were burning daylight and didn’t want to lose any opportunity we could have on this hunt.  The past two days of scouting had been quite satisfying for Rod and myself.  We had come up with three game plans on dandy Pronghorn – Antelope bucks.  Plan A had been our last place before the Lake Abert seeding trip,  it had been a long ways into the Plan A spot and rough navigating getting there.

We had hunts planned by the size of the Pronghorn Antelope that we had found.

One being near Diablo Mtn., which is on the back side of Summer Lake, another being up in the northern part of the hunt unit at St. Patrick Butte, and the last one was near the airstrip out near Paisley off the Red Barn Rd.

 We did not want to disturb the herd and keep our distance out about a mile from a ridge-line that allowed us to view the animals that were watering without being detected.

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Cobra’s Grizzly Unit Monster Mule Deer

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In 1985 this was the Number 1 Archery Buck out of Oregon! 
Held that post for 5 years, now ranks # 6 in Oregon.  Records are meant to be BROKE!
Oregon Mule Deer buck had a Gross score of 197 P&Y- Net of 190. 

“Dave, you’re not going to believe it!” I said to my friend. “that fellow in the Bronco was right-that buck has got to be 31 inches wide! I’m going back! He’s just feeding in a shallow basin on top of the knob!”

Thus began my dream stalk.

The Oregon archery season was coming to a close in three days. I’d passed up many smaller bucks during the season, trying to find a real “booker”. Now it was performance time.

I made a quick call to Dave because I knew I could count on him to go on a mission with me. I told him we could make a Saturday afternoon hunt over on the breaks of the John Day River in central Oregon.

The final weekend of the season also happened to be my drill weekend with the U.S. Naval Reserve. Luckily, I only had to spend half of Saturday and Captain’s Call was out at 1130. I made it to Dave’s place just past noon in Sandy, Oregon.

There was a two-hour drive to the mountains, leaving us about six hours maximum for hunting.

On the way to the Bureau of Land Management land, we spotted a small herd of mule deer, with five bucks. All looked pretty nice, and I decided to try taking a few photos. They were in the 23 to 25 inch class with one respectable four point at about 28 inches. At 5:00 p.m., we reached the B.L.M. land on the west side of the John Day River.

This was truly the year of archery mule deer hunting that I could say, “you should have seen the ones that got away!”

190 P & Y Grizzly Unit Mule Deer

This buck hangs in the Sportsman’s Warehouse in Portland, Oregon

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Elk hunt in the Grizzly Unit “Big Muddy”

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It was about 12 Noon when we got back to the truck. Time to re-group, we would feel better after eating and changing socks back at camp. I told Mike & Ben “The next good bull I see I was going to take him.” Now that is positive thinking after such a slow morning… As I said earlier I was dozing off when Mike said “Elk”. We quickly parked the truck back down the road a few hundred yards from were we departed the gravel road to pursue the two bulls on foot. The ground distance was close to a mile and line of sight was about 1500 yards.  Mike, stayed back as Ben and I were out of the truck fast on foot with rifles and bino’s in hand.  Ben and I stayed together, stopping every hundred yards or so and glassed to see were the bulls were. The only bull we could see was a big blonde bull. Later we were to find out that the other bull had lain down on the uphill side of a big juniper, out of our sight.  Mike would have his chance later to harvest a 350+ plus bull on this hunt.  That is another story in itself!

This bull was shot at 50 feet after a long stalk. Bull was shot with a 340 Weatherby using a 210gr. Nosler Partition bullet. This area was known for having bulls only hanging in the shallow draws.  Ben took the other bull that was hanging with this bull as it was exiting the area over the ridge.

This bull now hangs in the Wholesale Sport Outdoor Outfitters (Old Sportsman’s Warehouse) in Portland, OR at 82nd Ave and Johnson Creek.

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Number 1 Oregon Archery Pronghorn – Antelope

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          86 P & Y Pronghorn – Antelope

Bone couldn’t believe the size of my Dinosaur. “You did it again, Bwana” were his only words, as he finished capping a nice buck he’d taken earlier in the day.  My big guy’s horns measured 14 1/2″ in length, with 7″ cutters and bases of a monstrous 7 1/2″.  His green score was 89 1/2″, and after three months of drying time he was measured 86 P&Y.    This buck is now ranked #3 after 23 years, it held the #1 spot for 9 years!

I have always said that “records are meant to be broken!”

This buck can be seen at Wholesale Sport Outdoor Outfitters (Old Sportsman’s Warehouse) in Portland, Oregon at 82nd and Johnson Creek.