Fred with his 2008 Oregon Hunt Unit – S. Wagtontire Pronghorn

I thought I would share this hunt with all of you that are future hunters of the Prairie Ghost.  Fred and his son were successful in drawing a 2008 Oregon South Wagontire Antelope tags with his son.  Fred and his son are avid hunters and Fred has been harvesting game for more than 50 years.  

Anyway Fred got a hold of me via email and we setup a meeting at my work location.   I had asked Fred to get a Garmin GPS and I would set it up for him.   He also had gotten some maps to have reference to the area.   Fred had made a scouting trip prior to our meeting.  Fred had gone into the same area that I had planned for him to hunt when we talked.  He hadn’t seen any Pronghorns covering probably more than 100 miles of dirt road travel.   I told Fred, don’t worry Antelope’s aren’t called the Prairie Ghost for a reason and I assured him he would see a number of bucks to look at.Fred brought in his

Garmin GPS that he just bought for me to setup.   I quickly made sure that it had the latest upgrade from Garmin, which is free.   I then loaded up the map set for the area that I wanted him to hunt with Topo maps, way-points and one track.   I also went over the maps with Fred and some information about travel and what to look for.
Fred purchased the Garmin Etrex Legend

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=173

After talking with Fred and giving a quick GPS lesson, I called a friend Rod B.  a retired Navy Commander to get an update of the seeding area for Fred.   Rod was quite helpful in giving me final ideas.  I gave Fred a call and gave him the latest information about the area.Fred and his son both had a successful hunt with great memories!  The following are a few of the words that I got from Fred after his hunt.

“We had a very successful hunt!”
“We hunted the benches as you suggested and did find numerous animals there and on the road beside the lake approximately 6 miles down the road there are a lot of springs in that stretch of the lakeside.  The springs could be found 5 to 8 miles of the lakeside.”   “Thank you for the very successful hunt and all the way-points you gave me, we found animals with chances to shoot them.”              “Thank you so much for your directions and your info, without it I am not sure we would have scored a kill”

Fred Dahlke

 

                        

         Fred’s buck on the hard deck after passing up on many Lopes!