Where the antelope roam…I won't be

I checked again, just to be sure.

The results were the same.

There it was. Under “Special drawing Status” on the Fish, Wildlife and Parks web page: Not successful.

I won’t be hunting antelope this fall.

It’s happened before. An antelope tag is never a sure thing, but I’ve drawn enough of them over the years, that I was expecting this one.

Last year’s hunt was too easy. And too quick. I spotted a herd grazing along a dry creekbottom as I was driving to the ranch to pick up my permission slip. They were still there an hour later when I belly-crawled into position above them.

I picked out a buck...