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Antelope – Pronghorn Oregon Harvest Pictures

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Many of these harvest pictures and the success of many of these hunters are due to the fact of them utilizing a GPS and preset coordinates that I had given them prior to the hunt.  With the gas and fuel prices up, one wants to get in the field and not spend their time scouting before the season a couple of times.   Using my GPS mapping system of key hotspots, you can get in the field the day before and be setup for the opening day of hunting.  I have yet to have a hunter not be successful with my contacts or mapping of spots.   My old running partner told me when he got back with the kill pictures “You were right on the dot with the where I found the bucks Frank.”   They took a number of shots at different bucks and finally harvested a dandy.   On that hunt Frank P. had a number of chances on big bucks.

Artistic Taxidermy, Portland, Oregon will have Receiveing Stations for Antelope Trophies taken during the 2008 season at Hampton, OR and Burns, OR.   Garret Heying             503-771-DEER   http://artistictaxidermy.net/

Bwana Bubba “Cobra”   bwanabubba@hotmail.com

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Gerber Reservoir Archery Pronghorn – Antelope

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               Gerber Reservoir 78 P&Y Antelope

My good friend Steve Tandy and I had Archery Antelope tags for the Gerber Reservoir near the Sycan Marsh in South Central Oregon.   We made an early scouting trip near the marsh below Thompson Reservoir.   There was no doubt that there were a lot of lopes in the area.  We were not disappointed at all with the numbers.   We saw a number of dandy big bucks in the area working the water holes.

 It would make for easy setups on stalking or waiting for the lopes out near a waterhole.  The biggest problem that we had on the scouting trip were the mosquitoes, oh my were they bad, one couldn’t even take a leak without them attacking you.  Reminded me of the days in Nam with the blasted things.

 Anyway Steve and I were not able to hunt together on the opening weekend of the hunt.

Gerber Reservoir Antelope are a bit different from other antelope in the typical nature in that they work the timber in the Gerber Res. Unity and not just the open sage brush pockets.   Makes for great ambushing when you know their routes.

Anyway I was very fortune to harvest a nice respectable Antelope that scored 78 P&Y.  I made a 45 yard shot as the buck was coming out of the timber en-route to a waterhole near the power-lines.   In those days I was a shooter for PSE Archery out of Arizona.

I would recommend this area to hunt for Antelope during the Archery season, Youth Hunt or Muzzle-loader season.

Cobra

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2011 Oregon Antelope – Pronghorn Tag Drawing

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Do you want to harvest a big Antelope – Pronghorn Buck this year and you have preference points saved up.  Well get a hold of me at my email addresses below and I can give you a number of the units that are worth the wait to harvest a big buck.

 I have been hunting Antelope’s in Oregon for 30 years and know the hide-outs of the big ones.  Check out a few of my pages on this web-site.

 Frank:

bwanabubba@hotmail.com  or  bwanabubba@gmail.com

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Oregon Paulina Unit Antelope – Dean Beard

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Dean’s 2006 88B&C Green Score – Paulina Hunt Unit – Oregon! 

First off Dean is an RV ASE Certified Tech for Valley RV Center in McMinnville, OR.  He is fortunate enough to live near a great Roosevelt Elk hunting area near Hwy 58.  When dean isn’t working he is hunting for scouting.  Dean is one of the most successful Elk, Blacktail deer and Antelope hunters that I know that does it on a Dime.  Figure of speech of course!   In 2006 Dean drew a Pronghorn – Antelope tag for the Paulina Hunt Unit in Oregon.   Dean like myself has been successful in taking another Boone & Crockett Antelope before.  His first one was in the Grizzly Hunt Unit near Madras, Oregon.

As the story was related to me, Dean had chances on two (2) different Boone & Crockett Antelopes during his hunt.   Both Antelope roamed in the timber area of the unit.   Dean stalked this buck Antelope pictured above and shot the buck at about 100 yards.

Now Dean will probably have to wait another 12-15 years to get another Booner Antelope.

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2006 Steen’s Unit Antelope – Pronghorn Hunt – Headlee

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 Ryan Heedlee’s 2006 Steen’s Mtn. Antelope buck!

 Ryan was a Fleetwood RV Motorized Rep. that I made friends with at Valley RV Center in McMinnville, OR when I a Sales Associate with at Valley RV.   Ryan had told me that he had drawn a Steen’s Mtn. Antelope tag and didn’t know where to go.   This would be his first time to hunt for an Antelope.   I told him that I had hunted the unit, but I had a buddy that that recently hunted the unit and knew a rancher.  I told Ryan that I would handle it and see if I could get the rancher’s number and location.

I quickly called Steve Tandy who I have known for more than 25 years.  Steve and I had scouted and hunted Lopes with a bow in Gerber a few times.   Steve gave me the ranchers number and I called the rancher.  Hey! I caught him in the ranch house.  He told me he didn’t mind if Ryan and a buddy came down and hunted his ranch near Crane, OR.

I let Ryan know that he would have the privilege to hunt the ranchers place, but he needed to get a couple of cases of pop for the rancher and find a good quality folding knife.  Ryan says “why the knife Frank” , I told him that he would know that answer when he met the rancher.

Ryan and his buddy arrive Friday afternoon down near Crane to scout the area and meet the rancher.  Having arrived that the ranchers home, they were greeted by the rancher.  The rancher was very busy and told the boys to go down the road and look for a circle and they could hunt out there.   Remembering I told Ryan that he would know the answer to why he bought the knife, he quickly said that he had something for him. 

The comment back from the rancher was “let me show you guys where the bucks have been hanging around.”   Morale of the story!  A little thought to the rancher goes a long ways.   A good working knife is always welcomed by a rancher or farmer…

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2007 Silvies Unit Antelope – Brian Henninger PGA Tour Pro

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 Hunter Henninger with Dad’s Silvies – Antelope

Hunter Henninger already accomplished hunter:  http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20080203/SPORTS02/154881907/-1/SPORTS02

I do believe that this was the first Big Game Hunt for Brian Henninger with his son aboard in Oregon.   What a hunt for Hunter Henninger to go on, but an Antelope hunt with his dad.   He would have the chance to see game and of course watch his dad harvest a nice Pronghorn – Antelope buck.

As with the two Frank’s in another story, I loaded up a Garmin E-Map GPS for Brian with what I thought were the best waypoints for him to hunt the Silvies Unit.   Brian had waited some 12 years with his collective gathering of preference points to materialize into a Antelope hunt.   This was Brian’s first Antelope hunt in Oregon.

Once hooked on Antelope hunting one wants to hunt them forever.  Only problem it does take a long time to get a tag in Oregon.  You have a great chance in Oregon to take a Boone & Crockett Pronghorn.   You just have to wait it out and not get anxious! 

I do remember Brian’s comment to me after he harvest his dandy buck and got it pack-out to the truck.   “Frank after I left and went down the road about a 1/4 mile, I saw the biggest buck ever standing by a fence line.”   This is the typical case when it comes to Antelope hunting, especially in Oregon.  It has happen to me a number of times while archery hunting for Pronghorns.

 Hunter assisted his dad with the GPS and was an expert in a very short while, giving directions to dad in the field.  I also understand that Hunter Henninger could spot the Antelope better than dad in the field.   Kids are always quick when it comes to spotting animals once they have been trained to spot for something out of the ordinary.

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Brian Henninger with his 07 Silvies Antelope & 300 Weatherby

Check out Brian’s Children’s Foundation:

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2001 Silvies Unit – Antelope Hunt – Phillips

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 Frank Sr. and Frank Jr. with their Silvies Antelope

Early on I had told my old running partners, Frank Sr. and Frank Jr. that they needed to put in for the Silvies Pronghorn – Antelope tag.   Low and behold one of the Frank’s drew the tag for second season.  At that time I was working for a Sporting Goods Company in Portland, OR as the Operations Officer and was able to get a loaner Garmin GPS the     “E- Map” for them to use.

I had taken the time to put in GPS coordinates that would enable them to find the truely big Pronghorn – Antelopes that occupied the area. “Frankie if you take the time and not shoot the first nice buck you see, you can get a real wall hanger buck.”

I suppose I should explain the GPS coordinates and how I came about with them!  I have spent a great deal of time in the Silvies Unit and neibhoring units on weekend scouting trips.   I also had the privelege to know many of the ranchers in the area from spending so much time in the area.   Ranchers do like to talk about the land and will give vital information on the whereabouts of game and game that they might have taken off the land.   I have made a habit of collecting the information.   When I was with Fisherman’s Marine and Outdoors I was able to become an expert with GPS’s and gave a couple of classes.   I would never leave home without a GPS!

I did not receive any calls during the hunt and I wondered how the boys did on the hunt.
I had to meet the two Franks at their store for a run and see the results.  As can see the pictures tell the story.  Not the whole story mind you, but the end results.  Frank Sr.’s comment to me was  “Bubba you were right on with the waypoints, we saw more than 14 big bucks and tried to kill them all.”  Ok!  They did miss a couple of them at long range, but when it counted they netted the one that counts.  This buck was running with about 60 does and a couple of smaller bucks.

Having the right knowledge about a spot that you have never hunted can make the hunt successful.  In the past 8 years, I have dial too many to count on the use of GPS and waypoints for hunting spots.  Pronghorn – Antelope have been the most successful for me.  Most have not hunted for them and know that they need to find out about them in a quick manner.  That is a service that I can offer for a reasonable fee.
The Garmin GPS systems have been a great too work with and I have never had a failure in the field with a Garmin product.

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Frank’s Son-in-Law!   He is 6′ 6″! Check out the Horns!

Bwana Bubba

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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.