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wyomingtim
09-20-2002, 06:35 PM
Tomorrow is the opener in my area, and it will be my first hunt for antelope. This should be fun. My little 4 year old wants to go, and I am debating it. Our plans are to walk about a mile from the dirt road to a hill we found and just sit and glass for a bit. Should be fun.
Have a great time and Good Luck!
If you take your 4 year old take along a few quiet items that can keep em busy during the lulls. ;)
Westman
09-20-2002, 07:26 PM
Now that does sound like fun!
Save a day or two for serious hunting though... :D :D
Bill
ELKCHSR
09-20-2002, 10:17 PM
!!!Good luck, and have fun!!! :D :D :D
Kraven
09-21-2002, 04:18 PM
Good Luck to ya on your hunt.Should be a blast with the kid. :D
Left Behind
09-22-2002, 05:25 AM
Well Good Luck to you smile.gif
Elkhunter
09-22-2002, 04:29 PM
Hope you have/had some good luck and a great time.
wyomingtim
09-22-2002, 08:14 PM
Well, we are done for the weekend. I thought I was hunting in downtown Denver yesterday. I saw more Colorado license plates than Wyoming. We had an opportunity at one little 12" (estimated) buck, but I was letting my friend's son shoot first because he has never been successful at any hunting. Well, he missed, and as we all know, shooting at a goat on full burn is pretty tough. More so from 300 yards. When the goat rounded the bottom of the hill I forgot all about Denver. It was more like downtown Jerusalem. All I could say was DUCK!!!! There were bullets flying everywhere. The goat won though. Got through about 1000 yards of shooting gallery without slowing down. Needless to say I will not be back on that land until late in the season and only on a weekday.
Aside from that, my daughter had a blast. She loved sitting there with the binocs. She just kept saying "Don't worry daddy, I will find us an antelope." I wouldn't trade that for the world. She was just upset that we didn't shoot one "So we can show mommy." That day will be here soon.
Sounds like you had a great time, despite the crowds! Opening weekend is always a zoo here. It used to be even worse before our season went from 7 days to 4 weeks. Good luck next time around!
Oak