Antelope Hunt 2012

Hunting season has officially begun! I drew out for antelope and deer this season. Two weekends ago, I went with my dad and brother-in-law into northern Nevada to start the hunt. We camped in the middle of a hot, dusty nowhere and went into Battle Mountain, NV everyday to get ice and gas. Battle Mountain isn't even technically a municipality in NV, but it has a Maverick gas station - all you need to be a true city in my eyes.

Our hunt on the second fastest land animal in the world was an adventure! Pronghorn antelope are only second to the cheetah and have been clocked at a top speed of 61 mph. Unfortunately, we witnessed these animals kick up the speed plenty of times. Check out the video of the antelope keeping pace with the truck at about 35 mph. Crazy stuff! Oh, I did get my antelope also!



My antelope



Welcome to BM



Dust...everywhere!



The campsite...and Dad in the background



The view from our campsite - yep middle of nowhere




Thunderstorm moving in - kept us up almost all night

Here is the video of the antelope keeping top speed with the truck. Most of the time, they will parallel the truck and then run right in front of it - not sure why! We were so focused on the antelope that we flew into a puddle without realizing it -haha, good times.