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Yesterday late a few goats were spotted out a ways from the truck parked at the blue X. They were far enough away, they paid little attention to the truck. This morning i parked the truck at the left, and walked the yellow tracks made by the gps, toward where i figured them pronghorn might be. It was quite cold, 38*; it seemed weird as last Saturday it was 85* in the area. When i reached the spot where the loop in the tracks start, i spotted them, and dropped down so as to be able to somehow get closer whilst shielded by the terrain. The plan worked for a bit, but it turned out they had camped where they couldn't be readily approached. Eventually i was forced to crawl on my belly.
After crawling for awhile, i decided to leave the bipod, because i figured i wouldn't be able to use in whilst on my belly. Waypoint 117 is where i left it. After more belly crawling, the water in the back pocket of my vest became an irritant, so i left it at waypoint 118. Crawling became a burden after a bit; my neck was bent funny when trying to keep a look on them goats. It started snowing lightly. When i first started crawling, i saw 2 antelope. After quite some time, i saw 6, then 10, then more, all bedded. At waypoint 119, i tried to range them critter again, and as before the rangefinder kept reading 30 yard. It kept reading the grass in front of me instead of them antelope. So i read the ground some behind, and it ranged at 340 yard. It seemed to me they were at about 325 yard, so i turned the CDS dial to what seemed to be 325 yard, and set up for the shot. It seemed i could make it laying there on the ground. One doe that looked full grown was sleeping broadside to me. Waypoint 120 is where the antelope was sleeping and where it died.
After recovering from the recoil i saw a whole bunch of goats running off, and finally stopping out about 500 yard. One goat didn't move, but i could see it was alive. I immediately reloaded, and went to mark the spot where i shot from on the gps; unbeknownst to me, it had fallen out of my pocket during the crawl. This set me into a panic until i turned and looked behind, which is when i saw a very clear furrow made in the grass by my crawling.
It was a simple chore to go back and retrieve the gps, and then i headed over to the goat after ranging it. It ranged at 314 yard.
The 200g SST grazed the backbone, and went through the top of one lung and out through the off shoulder. Load was 115g Blackhorn, Harvester sabot, W209 primer. Rifle was 45 caliber Omega.
Most of my hike toward them antelope was on a trail, so i was able to drive within 150 yard of the meat.
Last, the view from behind the steering wheel on the way home.
