Antelope Pete
40 Cal
So as to not keep diluting Red One Five's thread on his antelope hunt I started this. Today my wife and I were on our daily walk when about 3/4 of a mile from home I saw an antelope along the barbed wire fence along the road. I looked closer and she was still alive with her front leg trapped between two twisted strands of wire. She was pretty beat up, breathing very fast and trying to get loose. I tried to separate the wires but they were too tight. I was going to run/ walk back home to get some wire cutters when luckily a neighbor came driving up. Luckily again she had a multitool and cut the wire. The doe took off limping some but hopefully she'll be alright after awhile. I went back later and fixed the fence.
I've read that their leg bones are stronger than a cows and as tight as that fence is, to twist the wire over like that and not break her leg is amazing. We have seen them jump fences several times but this fence was choked with tumble weeds so that probably messed her up.
An irony to this is we have been eating spaghetti with antelope the last couple of days.
I've read that their leg bones are stronger than a cows and as tight as that fence is, to twist the wire over like that and not break her leg is amazing. We have seen them jump fences several times but this fence was choked with tumble weeds so that probably messed her up.
An irony to this is we have been eating spaghetti with antelope the last couple of days.
