2022 is off to a good start. God answered a lot of prayers on this trip. One of them is perseverance, this is the third archery antelope tag I’ve had, and just like the previous tags, this year was equally a struggle. in years past I’ve had many of blown stalks with the hardest blow coming from glancing my arrow off the barbed wire fence, sending my arrow into orbit. This year was no exception with temps hitting one-hundred and four degrees. Trying to push through the heat to find antelope in a low number year was a challenge. The first two days I had a reminder in needing to be patient and let things develop, which is tough when you have the excitement of the first hunt of the year. The first two days allowed opportunities for some less-than-ideal stalks which resulted in zero opportunity for good shots. On day three, I prayed to give me one opportunity, where the cards were in my hands to mess up or do everything right. We were offered this opportunity at 8:15 in the morning. We had to be patient since the buck wasn’t in a very good position based on the wind direction and where the buck was bedded. After baking in the heat amongst the hot mars-like rock in the one-hundred- and four-degree heat. For the next four hours, we waited for the buck to decide to move into an ideal spot for a stalk. After the buck moved into the grassy ditch, to get out of the day’s heat. I spent the next forty-five minutes sneaking in and set up at 47 yards. I sat in this position for over an hour directly in the sun until the buck stood up. I was able to draw my bow as he faced me for what seemed like forever. He eventually turned broadside, and I settled the pin right behind his shoulder. I told myself “Nice and easy just like you’ve practiced the 1000s of shot prior”. My shot broke off and the buck ran a short 39 yards before getting wobble and going down. My four-year wait to finally get my hands on my own pronghorn was over. We made quick work of quartering out the buck to get the tender meat back to the truck and on Ice. We had a four-and-a-half-mile hike back to the truck, with loaded packs and low water supply this grueling walk was a challenge.