After 28 years of waiting for a chance to bag a prairie goat, success at last. And in the process may have brought a new member into the handgun hunting realm. My life long friend from Colorado accompanied me on this hunt and was my spotter and my voice in the back of my head constantly saying not that one we can find a bigger one. Glad I listened. It was a blast and the folks were all top notch. Made some new friends as well. The Folks at the Durham Ranch were great hosts and very nice people. Thanks to all those who made this possible.

Thats great! Now is the little voice in the back of your head saying, SHOW THEM SOME PICS? BG

Congratulations! You sound completely satisfied. Now where are the pictures?????

Hows that???
Oh I almost forgot, I won the The Thompson Pro Hunter Encore in 308 in the drawing. It was a lucky week for me. Thank You to the Flocchini family for a beautiful place to hunt.

Awsome cfish2! Nice Antelope

Thanks, you coming next year????

Nice antelope how far was it?

Great antelope!! Congratulations once again!

great lope. cool about the 308

That is awesome!!!!

What were you hunting with??

How long was the shot?

Craig, Thank you for starting this thread; takes the load off me and let's them know for real.

Here is a favorite part of the hunt: Giving the T/C Encore (thank you T/C Arms!) to a happy HHI Hunter.



Gregg Richter, HHI Antelope Hunt Coordinator, presents Craig Fishel with the Thompson Center Encore .308 Pro Hunter outfitted with a T/C 2X7 Recoil Proof Scope, donated by Thompson Center Arms for the 24th Annual HHI Antelope Hunt.

Craig,

Congratulations on a beautiful 'lope as well as the .308!

Is that your 7-08 that got put into action?

I second cfish2's sentiments.It was a great hunt and compliments to Gregg Richter for an outstanding job of organizing and running such a fun hunt. I was lucky to get my antelope with an XP-100 chambered in 6.5 x 47 Lapua using 120 Nosler ballistic tips over 37 grains of RL-15 at 2650 fps.It was a broadside shot at 260 yards and he just dropped at the shot.I also got a bonus coyote. My thanks to Fred Kemmerer for his expertise and assistance.

Here's the coyote.

thats awsome gjn.looks like great shot to .

Congrats guys. Looks like you had a fun week.

Congratulations to both of you fellows! Those are some great looking pronghorn. The HHI Antelope Hunt is indeed a great success story, due to Gregg's efforts.

It was nice meeting the group on Saturday night.

My son Joe and his wife Barbara (my daughter-in-law) with her first ever big game hunt; first ever big game animal; and first ever handgun kill.

Well, to answer some questions, yes that was my 7mm-08 I shot my lope with. I planned on using the 6.5 but the gun gods were against me. It, for reasons unknown yet, gave up the ghost upon arrival and was all over the place. The back up gun was the 7mm-08 and it was on. I was using 120gr ballistic tips over 43 grains of varget. The lope was 85 yards after a 1/2 mile dash through a deep draw then a belly role through some cactus, which hopefully i pulled the last needle out last night. I had to catch my breath to settle down and was afraid he was going to run as he was the dominant buck amongst three others and had a herd of 26 does with him. A small buck pulled him away from the does allowing me a clear shot.
It was a hunt of a lifetime and made some great new friends. Oh and Ernie, thanks for the show and tell after dinner. I would love to spend some time learning from you about those long range Handguns. Guys those things are impressive to say the least.
Thanks again Gregg for a great time.

Congrats on all the hunts.Where can I find info on HHI?

cfish2, gjn, Joe & Barbara, CONGRATS to you all!!! Hunting is great, and amongust friends it's awesome!!!!

HHI is the orginazition JD Jones started a while ago. He also publishes a bi-monthly handgun news paper called the Sixgunner. It has stories submitted from hunter/members and JD writes a small colum. Here is where you can sign up;


Hnadgun Hunters Int.

Craig,
You are welcome.
I always enjoy getting to meet some fellow handgun hunters.

cfish2, Glad you had a great hunt! Always wanted to do the HHI antelope hunt, maybe in the future.

Where are you located in NC?


Thanks,
Jeff

Coastal, near Havelock.

To add to what cfish2 said...It was an awesome hunt, something I had been wanting to do for years. With my handicap it proved to be a hard hunt but i wouldnt wanted it any other way. It was demanding hunt for me with a lot of walking and a bunch of stalks...but I killed a nice Antelope Buck, and had some great times with new people I met. I would like to Thank Gregg for making the Hunt run smooth, and everybody at the Durham Ranch for a great place to hunt and there hospitality was top shelf.

Pic's to follow soon.

Jeff, just wanted to add that it was great getting to know you and that little 22hornet was deadly on those prairie dog towns. Jeff, was a crack shot with that little pill.

Congrats to all! Sounds like a great hunt and a fun time with friends

Awesome you guys!!! I hope to be the next huntress to take a prairie goat out there with my new T/C 70x30 waters!
Congratulations to all

My Wife Barbara Jo takes her first big Game animal with my .308 Encore as the Scope on her .243 Encore was damaged.

Excellent Joe! Thank you.

Nice Antelope, congrats!