Here's a picture of my twleve year old daughter's first antelpe taken 10/7/07.
We had an opportunity at one larger buck but just couldn't get the proper shot, so we saw this one bedded and snuck up to about 100 yards and she shot it while it was bedded down. She placed the shot perfectly on the point of the shoulder. It measured 12 and half inches which is bigger than my first so she enjoyed that fact. Not a huge buck but a good first buck. We had an excellent hunt and exiciting stalk.
We have practiced and talked about proper shot placement on a standing animal, but had to do a quick revision on placement on a bedded one. Didn't have much choice, he would have been up and out of sight if we had waited for him to stand. As it was, he never made it out of his bed.
I was a proud Dad to say the least. Her first three game animals have been one shot kills: one shot deer, one shot elk and her first antelope.
