Pronghorn Facts

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Well, in light of highly political debates, lets talk about one of my favorite subjects, pronghorns!

Here are some of my favorite facts, please add some of yours!

• Top speed 55mph, don't shoot at a sprinting Antelope, you'll miss
• Multiple subspecies, Sonoran pronghorn, Mexican pronghorn, Oregon pronghorn, and Baja California Pronghorn
• Closest living relative is the giraffe.
• Dwarf pronghorn once roamed North America 11,000 years ago. Closest relative to our current pronghorn. Dwarf because they were only 24" to the shoulders and weighed 25 pounds
• Stockoceros, also extinct 12k years ago, had two equal sized prongs and lived in SW USA, and Mexico:

 

[BlakeA]

-Extremely talented at torturing @BlakeA in the august heat while bowhunting.

 

[RobertD]

Only horned animal that sheds its horn.

 

[BoulderBulls]

Bucks can reach there maximum horn growth potential at 2 or 3 years of age, unlike deer and elk that top out later in life.

 

[Dakota79]

Only horned animal that sheds its horn.

I'm not trying to be that guy but they shed the sheath over the top of the horn.

 

[Cornell Cowboy]

Well, in light of highly political debates, lets talk about one of my favorite subjects, pronghorns!

Here are some of my favorite facts, please add some of yours!

• Top speed 55mph, don't shoot at a sprinting Antelope, you'll miss

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I would bet a couple paychecks that they can exceed 55 mph. I've personally clocked them over 60. I've long believed that with the proper motivation (i.e. being chased by a cheetah), you would actually find that the pronghorn is in fact the world's fastest land animal.

 

[Cornell Cowboy]

I would bet a couple paychecks that they can exceed 55 mph. I've personally clocked them over 60. I've long believed that with the proper motivation (i.e. being chased by a cheetah), you would actually find that the pronghorn is in fact the world's fastest land animal.

But your point is well taken... don't shoot a sprinting antelope! At a speed of 60 mph, that's about 88 fps. At 100 yards, a 3000 fps bullet would take about 0.1 seconds to reach the antelope, during which time it would have moved nearly 9 feet!

 

[MuleyMB]

I'm not trying to be that guy but they shed the sheath over the top of the horn.

Yup always that one GUY !!!

 

[MuleyMB]

Biggest Fact I know Is true!!! I don’t draw tags often enough

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

No dew claws

 

[seeth07]

They can't jump over fences....

 

[mtmiller]

If they are running along side your pickup at 35 mph, there is a 50/50 shot they will run in front of you. Moo cows in the ditch are more predictable.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

But your point is well taken... don't shoot a sprinting antelope! At a speed of 60 mph, that's about 88 fps. At 100 yards, a 3000 fps bullet would take about 0.1 seconds to reach the antelope, during which time it would have moved nearly 9 feet!

And that folks is why I only shoot when they're standing still

 

[seeth07]

And that folks is why I only shoot when they're standing still

which seems to hardly ever happen!

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

which seems to hardly ever happen!

And that's why I love hunting them!

 

[BirdManMike]

They won their evolutionary battle with the north merkan cheetah. Total winners.

Miracinonyx - Wikipedia

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[Wildabeest]

In a small herd, one of them is ALWAYS dialed into you. Even if the buck you’re trying to shoot seems like he could care less. Then they intentionally wait until you are fully setup and ready to pull the trigger before they bust out like someone just threw a hand grenade in the middle of them.

 

[BoulderBulls]

But your point is well taken... don't shoot a sprinting antelope! At a speed of 60 mph, that's about 88 fps. At 100 yards, a 3000 fps bullet would take about 0.1 seconds to reach the antelope, during which time it would have moved nearly 9 feet!

Let's be realistic, if someone's taking a shot at a running antelope it's more like 500 yards, so that puts it at 55 to 65 feet off!

 

[JLS]

They make excellent fajitas.

 

[Kentucky Jack]

Man all this pronghorn talk is making me want to go pronghorn hunting really bad.