A herd of about 30 near a dirt tank in the San Rafael Valley about 60 miles south of Tucson at about 4500' (not all visible in photo). These seem pretty people tolerant. I heard they reintroduced some recently as the local numbers had degraded pretty badly during the last drought.
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The word is that they are adapted to predation by the extinct American cheetah. Nothing here now can catch them except a fast moving piece of lead, a moving vehicle or a barb wire fence.
Photo taken from a distance of about 40-50 yards.
Pronghorn are what you might call "Fast Food"! ;D
They are good eating!
I saw them in southern Alberta, as soon as I stopped to take a picture they were gone. The coyotes have had to get crafty, they sure can't catch one by conventional methods.
We have them here, great eyesight and hard to sneak up on, but some great fun to bowhunt. I especially like decoying them during the rut, the bucks will either come running or take off and when they come in they are looking for a tussle.
Great photo.
We drove over to OKC from eastern Colorado, through Kansas yesterday. Was looking for them but didn't see a single one.
Quote from: Chuck White on November 28, 2015, 02:24:28 PM
Pronghorn are what you might call "Fast Food"! ;D
They are good eating!
what do they taste like and don't tell me CHICKEN :D
Sort of like Whitetail, but slightly milder!
I prefer it over deer. The only "wild meat" that I would consider better would be spike elk.
I think, in an honest effort to be correct and not a PIA, that the pronghorn is its own species and is not a member of the antelope family. Everyone refers to them as antelope, but, from what I learned when I was out west, they are not. Ready to be "redirected" if need be... :D
You are correct doctorb. Pronghorns are not antelopes and have no relatives.
The weakness of common names. :(
You don't have to get too far west of me and you start running into them, I've never hunted them but a few friends do every year, they mostly set up around water sources in open country otherwise they're hard to sneak up on.
My limited experience with Pronghorn is in the Daniel WYO are with a friend from Jackson
I went 3 times and we just rode around until we found a herd that didnt run and shot our limit this way.
twice it took all day, the other we limited out in a couple of hrs.
Not much sport a little like woodchuck hunting here in NY.
Did enjoy the meat tho.
This was a side diversion to Elk hunting which WAS sporting.
You're right Doc, Pronghorn is it's own species! :P
Lynn, I have always heard that Elk is "THE" best venison out there, but I just never had a chance to try it! :'(
Chuck, trying some elk should become a priority ;)
A good "antelope" is as good as elk, but a bad one is really bad. We take ours with bows and don't run them. Bring them home after field dressing and run a lawn sprinkler on them over night to cool them and keep the flies off. works great 8) 8)
Actually Chuck, in my opinion, elk is the best and the worse. An old rank bull has to be smelled to be believed. Even when properly cared for, it is bad.
My big game wild meat preference in order
Moose
Whitetail I eat the most of this obviously
Elk I once got a very old herd cow and had trouble cutting the gravy
Mule Deer
Pronghorn
Caribou
Black Bear
It is all darned good if butchered and prepared properly