Our circuit teams have all joined together again here at Crooked Creek Outfitter in Buffalo South Dakota for the 3rd leg of this years Archery Antelope Classic. Teams lottery draw for the areas they are going to film hunts in and spent the rest of the day scouting what will be their home for the next 4 days. Last night we had our rules meeting and banquet at Saloon #3 here in Buffalo. Teams had an opportunity to catch up on things since they have not seen each other since the Turkey classic in Tell City in April. An awesome meal of prime rib set the evening off and we went over the rules, question and answer session and guest speakers. A special thenks to John Height, Matt Gilbert, and all the guides of Crooked Creek Outfitter, also the fine folks in the community of Buffalo, SD for making the start to the 2nd annual Antelope classic such a success. Also thanks to Emily Currey, Film and Media rep for the South Dakota Dept. of Tourism and Jim McCormick District Supervisor for the South Dakota DNR for attending our kick off and answering questions for our teams.
On the 1st day we had many opportunities, a lot of video, and 3 successfully filmed antelope hunts. Team Lancaster Archery of David Stevens and Nick Creamer, Team Full Throttle of Clayton Mayer and Steve Colson, and Team Almost Heaven of Dennis Johnson and Toby Taylor. Updated video scores will be posted soon.
This has really changed the circuit standings, Moving from 7th place in the circuit all the way into 2nd is Team Lancaster Archery, Moving from 9th place into 4th place is Team Almost Heaven and moving from a tie for 10th place into a solid 8th place is Team Full Throttle.
On day 2 Ernie and Herb of Thrill Of The Hunt Productions submitted a nicely filmed antelope hunt. Score updates soon.
Day 3 was a very successfull day for several teams. Camo Life of David and Tina Peavey submitted their first videoed hunt of this challenge, Team Roscoby was also successful, Team Full Throttle Adventures, who up until this point had been almost non exsistant to this point turned in their 2nd filmed antelope and placed them in the lead in this challenge and has now made them serious contenders in the circuit where they are now currently in 2nd place. Team Farm Credit submitted a nice filmed antelope hunt but due to a rules violation on assigned property boundaries, that videoed hunt was disqualified and all points associated with it were removed. Here are the updates:
Antelope Challenge standings
Current Challenge Circuit Standings
Day 4 was a truly unbelievable day to say the least. Never before have so many filmed hunts been submitted in one day, not to mention it was the last day. Congratulations to Full Throttle Adventures for winning this years Antelope Challenge this year. Here are the final standings in the antelope challenge and the new circuit standings.
Final Antelope Scores