The Hunt...in Numbers

For posterity's sake, we wanted to capture some of the details of our trip, and do so in a bulleted/numbers format.  Thus, without further ado, note the following:

The Hunt...

• 35 antelope seen in day one...including 8 bucks
• only 10 antelope seen in day two...including 6 bucks (preferred ratio!)
• 3 hunters, 3 antelope taken (love the 100% success rate!)
• 3 shots fired in total (at least that is all we will admit to)
• 150 yards - all shots fired under this distance
• 50 - prairie dogs (1 taken)
• ??? - result often seen on range finders, either due to user error on our part, or object too far away to register

The Ranch

• $25 per day, per hunter, trespass fee on the Barton Ranch (regardless of targeted game)
• 2 slabs Wisconsin Sharp Cheddar and 9 cigars - tip for Verne Barton
• 20,000 acres - size of Barton Ranch...that's 31 square miles
• 5,000 acres - approximate acreage of Barton Ranch that we utilized
• 2 - number of trees seen on the 5,000 acres we hunted
• 5 - number of oil wells we saw on Barton Ranch (could certainly be more)
• 2 - number of oil wells pumping/active
• 10 - number of barrels per day the average oil well produces
• 300 head of cattle on Ranch
• 23 - number of antelope taken off Barton Ranch through first 6 days of 2010 season
• 2 - average number of other hunter vehicles seen per day on Barton Ranch

The Processing of Game

• $100 processing fee for meat (including standard cuts, and good assortment of sausage)
• $25 fee for caping Dad's antelope, which he will have mounted
• $15 for a 10 pounds of dry ice

The Trip

• 900 miles one way from Oconomowoc, WI, to Newcastle, WY
• 15 hours of drive time, one-way Oconomowoc to Newcastle
• 20 miles from Newcastle/motel to Barton Ranch
• 2000+ total miles driven on trip