On that same trip I took this buck which was over 16' and scored about 82.
The sad thing is we both missed a buck that was much bigger than either of the ones we shot. We estimated it to be over 90". At the time I think it would have been the new Wyoming state archery record.
I wrote a story of that hunt called "King of the Aspens)(notice the photos and you will see aspens in each photo) and my photo made the cover of that magazine the month it was published.
I missed the megabuck the very first evening I sat by shooting underneath the buck at about 20 yards, after passing up almost 50 different bucks that day.
The next morning I told Shane he had to come and sit with me. As we sat there that morning we had a few smaller bucks come in, but nothing special. Shane was reading a book as I sat and just watched for antelope. Then I noticed a nice buck heading for the water. I told Shane, but he thought I was BS ing him, so he didn't look up. After telling him the buck was getting close and to get his bow, he said to me, without ever looking up, "If he's so big then you go ahead and shoot him." So I grabbed my bow and after I pulled back, Shane looked up and said "Let me get my camera." I whispered your too late for that, and shot the buck. He died within 10 yards.
As we tried to get out of the blind, I looked up and saw the mega buck heading down the hill to our waterhole. (It was the same buck I had missed the evening before.)
Shane had never shot out of a blind and as I whispered to him, he's 20 yards, he took aim but hit the bottom of the burlap hole and the arrow hit low into the water at the far edge of the pond.
About two days later he shot his little 86" buck.
It is a hunt I will always remember.
Have a great bowhunt. BB
So Shane went over by himself and took this nice buck which scored in the early 80's
Have a great bowhunt. BB
Some great animals in here!! Bigger than anything I shot. The second post is the biggest antelope I have shot to date. We had actually seen this animal for many years but never got a shot. We named him Devil Horn. Had he had any prongs he would have been in the mid-80s instead of mid-70s.
All that being said. From my perspective a Mega goat is 85+ inches. Not many make it that big and only a few places in the states hold goats that big.
Here's a pic I found online of a huge goat with the caption from the site:
"Corky Richardson killed this outstanding buck during the 1999 archery season in Arizona's Unit 19A. The horns, with both sides more than 21 inches long, scored 90 2/8 inches, placing it third in the Pope & Young record book. The world record is held by Marvin Zieser at 91 4/8; Les Shelton's 90 6/8-inch buck sits in second place. Corky Ricardson's buck is also the current SCI archery world record."
Post them mega lope 80 plus !
Got any pics of him from the front?
This is my most recent, not officially measured yet...may not qualify as "Mega".
