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February 11, 2010, 10:19 AM
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New Speed Goat decoy!
http://www.billingsgazette.com/lifes...cc4c002e0.html
Check this out... really makes sense too! I can see it really letting you sneak in real close easily. Brent |
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February 11, 2010, 10:45 AM
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Back a hundred-fifty years or so, the deal was to have some colored rags on a stick. Plant the stick, back off downwind behind a clump of brush or grass and wait. Antelope are snoopy-curious and would come to see what this strange object was.
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February 11, 2010, 11:15 AM
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HogDogs in an antelope hat.... this I've GOT to see!
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February 11, 2010, 11:42 AM
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Having hunted and taken antelope with both archery gear and firearms, I say, "maybe".
I think it might help a hunter to get closer, but antelope are sharp eyed and don't miss much. I don't think it would allow a person to stalk an antelope very easily across open, flat ground, but I have little doubt it'd allow a person to peek over a ridge or bush without spooking the herd. Used right during the "rut", it'd likely bring a dominant buck closer to run the "interloper" off, but you'd have to be at least partially concealed. So, I think the picture of the guy kneeling in the open with his bow drawn is decieving, yet I also believe that such a "tool" might be useful in some situations. I'd not want to use it during rifle season, with some of the idiots I've seen out "hunting" antelope. Daryl |
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February 11, 2010, 11:43 AM
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That's also a good hunter decoy. Since deer are colorblind, I'd want mine in Day Glow orange. Because unless you are hunting alone that thing better be bullet proof if it's colored like a real deer.
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February 11, 2010, 07:43 PM
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I read that in the paper at lunch and thought maybe during bow season it might be worth a try but no way I would try that during rifle season...
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February 11, 2010, 08:08 PM
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I agree the first thought that comes to mind is ridiculous and next is dangerous you couldn't pay me to stalk around on the desert wearing that
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February 11, 2010, 09:21 PM
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Spotting for my friend who hunted them with a bow - his favorite method was a simple white piece of cloth waved vigorously for a little bit and then hiding behind a clump of sage brush until their curiosity got the best of them and they came into range
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February 11, 2010, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: October 19, 2009
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What Peetza said!
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