Antelope Antics at
The Durham Buffalo Ranch
and other stories equally enthralling
First posted October 15, 2009 Last edited December 21, 2009
This year, the Nelson Brothers went to the Durham Ranch in Wyoming. Craig pulled a great Nevada tag and decided to stay home for a trophy Mulie. Ted had house plans and a great Nevada tag for a different area and decided to go to Nevada. Bill had a heart attack and his doctor said "No Stress!" Bill, being contrary, figgered that that meant it was OK to hike the flat prairies of Wyoming with his brothers but would have to skip Nevada with Ted. Herewith are their respective stories (the editorial department makes no commitments as to the veracity of any reports).
The Nelson Brothers went to the Durham Ranch, in Campell County, Wyoming, in the north east corner. Mom goes to church with a woman who owns a group of companies, including the 92 square mile Durham Ranch. Her husband and brother are the managing owners of the overall company, which includes buffalo and cattle ranches and various levels of distribution of the meat. Their son, John, runs the Durham Ranch, which raises only buffalo (no cows) for the meat and breeding markets. He also oversees their hunting program (administered by Lou "Sharky" Prusinovski), oil and gas program, and other ventures. John is a great guy, grew up in Los Gatos and went to Mitty, where he knew of but did not directly know Craig. As he said, "Wyosnick" is not an easy name to miss or forget.
We picked a great time to be in Campbell County, Wyoming: the temperature Friday was the coldest on record (http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2009/10/11/news/today/news00.txt). The week's high was about 28 degrees, the lowest we measured was 16 degrees, but the local paper, the Gillette News Record, said the night low was 7 degrees, and in daytime, the wind chill factor made it MINUS 10 degrees.
I found a great article on antelope horn growth with age:
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