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The One Shot Antelope Hunt, a central Wyoming staple since 1940, is a test of skill for hunters — drop a buck pronghorn with a single shot. As hunters discovered near Jeffrey City on Saturday, it isn’t easy. Just after dawn Saturday, Craig Ritchey stood with his Browning rifle shouldered, trying to hold the crosshairs steady on a skittish pronghorn in a spot where the astounding vastness of open steppe near Jeffrey City gives way to the foothills of Green Mountain. Richey pulled the trigger, and the initial concussion, then the lingering report of a .300 WSM cartridge firing, cut through the morning silence, previously disturbed by only a slight breeze.
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According to the “Legend of the Hunt,” white pioneer hunters decided to help the Shoshone people gather pronghorn meat one fall long ago in anticipation of a harsh winter. Lilygren was right: The buck was likely dead before it hit the ground.
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