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I am not one to dispute this, but I can hardly crawl under a 3 strand fence and have never seen a Antelope crawl under one. It would seem pretty difficult with their horns to manage this. I have found many Antelope strung up in a fence trying to go over it.
I live on a 28,000 acre ranch with literally over a thousand antelope. During the spring and early summer when I make the 10 mile dirt road drive to get to pavement to go to town, we'll push 20-50 antelope off the road. Let me ASSURE you, they duck under the fences. Only RARELY have I seen a 'lope jump over and that was a young buck pressured into a corner. They will jump cattle guards, but even then, they usually duck under the fence next to the guard.
Every now and then a buck will get hung up in a fence. Most of the time, their horns will break off but sometimes the 'lope hangs up and dies. I cut a nice buck loose a few years- he was NOT very grateful /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif as he tried to hook me a couple of times, but I finally got smart enough to cut the wire next to the closest post and off he went. Bucks usually either push their nose under first and then just lay their heads back and go, or sometimes hook their horns under first and then their heads. It seems to depend on how pressured they are.
Here're some pictures:
I took this one with a regular ol' point 'n shoot digital camera. He's about 125 yards off. See that dark line behind him? That's a small canyon and I regularly take bucks by glassing the slope on the other side and marking the spot with a yucca or something, then going down the canyon and popping up carefully on the rim. There's some curve to the downslope and you can leave the rim and move 50-200 yards closer by using the technique described below.
Here's a spot where 'lopes have been crossing under:
They tend to cross at the same spot and I've seen them running along a fence, nose to the ground, until they find a spot and then under they go.
Anyway, on the rifle... I've taken a few with .22-250, several with .243, and a couple with .280. The .280 is overkill and the .243 with 85 gr bullets is just about right. The .22-250 killed 'em dead but I like the extra bullet weight of the .243.
We have 9-12 private land hunters every year and I've guided a fair number of those. Not one of the guys I've guided has had to take a shot over 200 yards and that includes the two 17" and several 16" bucks we've taken. You can move in- it just takes patience and clever use of the terrain.
One thing I like to do is walk until you can just see their horns- in the first photo above, that'll be about 500-600 yards. Then using your binoculars as eyes, get down and go forward on your knees until you can see horns again. You'll be another 100-200 yards closer. Still using your binocs, crawl until you see horns again. Then flip around on your back, get your stuff together and sit up- you'll probably 100-300 yards away at this point and you sometimes even back-crawl another 30-50 yards. If there's a draw, 2-track road, or any kind of cover at all, use it.
Another tip is that if you're in the area before them, they're a lot less cautious. I've put guys in LAWN CHAIRS, covered 'em with camo cloth and had 'lopes walk right past inside 200 yards. So, if there's a saddle or pass where they travel, get up there and wait.
Here's a good one: /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif