Typical shot distance

[Sacrvrrat72]

If you are proficient out to 500 yards you will be fine. Last year my first one was from 86 yards, missed from 450 due to not seeing the wind coming across a low spot I was shooting over.

 

[buffybr]

I shot my first antelope in Colorado in the early '70s when I still lived there. For the first 35 or so years that I lived in Montana I shot 1 or 2 here every year. Another year some friends and I each shot a buck in Wyoming.

All of my antelope hunting has been DIY on public or Block Management land.

Archery hunters kill antelope every year, and I have sat with my son and Golden retriever in sparse sage brush and had antelope graze close enough to us that I could hear them chewing.

I think that my farthest shot at an antelope was 351 yards.

 

[WyoWild]

Average of 200-300 yards. It is usually not difficult to get into the 200-300 yard range using terrain features. Getting inside of 200 yards they start to pick up movement more and it gets more difficult.

Recent kills:
220 yards
340 yards
150 yards
305 yards
120 yards

Have never needed to take a shot at more than 400 yards on antelope:

 

[brianwagan]

This year was my first time hunting antelope in Wyoming. Longest range I have good access to is 300 yards and its in a valley so there is no wind. My plan this year was to keep shots under 400 but wind was my main concern. Had multiple shot opportunities from 175 to 400ish. How close I could get depended on the terrain. Shot mine at 350 yards prone with bipod and no wind. Most days were 10ish mph and not bad but one day was more like 30-40 mph. I ran numbers for varying wind and range through a ballistic calculator before I went so had a idea how different wind speeds would affect drift. Also practiced multiple different shooting positions with bipod, tripod, and off of pack. The hunt was a lot of fun and meat is great!

 

[MT-nuffgun]

My daughter’s antelope this year was at 335 yards and mine was at 146. Seemed to be “normal” shot distances for the terrain we hunt in.