Pronghorn Facts

[Cornell Cowboy]

They make excellent fajitas.

Noooo!! That's what you do with tough disgusting meat... antelope meat should be treated like filet mignon!

 

[TheJason]

Noooo!! That's what you do with tough disgusting meat... antelope meat should be treated like filet mignon!

Marinated in lime and tequila, then grilled rare.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Marinated in lime and tequila, then grilled rare.

Oh ya, now you guys have my mouth watering! I think I still have some antelope backstrap that needs to get thawed for this weekend...

 

[kwyeewyk]

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

I feel like they are the only animal I've hunted that intentionally tries to f with my head, I swear they pretend they don't see you and then when you go out of sight to sneak in they drive away just out of range and when you pop out they're half a mile away.

Also saw some run onto private property, no fence, as soon as they crossed onto private they stopped running and gave me the f u saunter.

 

[manitou1]

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.

Yeah, I have clocked them at 60 while they were running parallel to my truck. And they make it look effortless!

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Yeah, I have clocked them at 60 while they were running parallel to my truck. And they make it look effortless!

They fascinate me how they run. It's like they only use their calfs to run that fast. Doesn't even look like it's hard work for them. Get my fat butt running and I'm not graceful at all

 

[JEL]

The bucks can be really really stupid when horny.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Pronghorn have a unique anatomical arrangement of their circulatory system that allows them to use countercurrent exchange to dissipate heat, and also allows them to differentially cool the brain vs the body. That’s one of the adaptations that helps them manage the body heat generated during intense running.

The bucks can be really really stupid when horny.

Wrong thread. That should be filed under “Male Facts”

 

[Shortbowshot]

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!

Thanks for the math. I'll adjust my lead!

 

[Dsnow9]

They can't jump over fences....

The ones in nw CO do though. I watched them do it and it really messed with my head.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Most purely fun animal to hunt in the States.

 

[wytex]

They can't jump over fences....

Except in NM, they must drink RedBull down there. Watched pronghorn fly over fences like deer.

 

[oxn939]

• Multiple subspecies, Sonoran pronghorn, Mexican pronghorn, Oregon pronghorn, and Baja California Pronghorn

Doesn't appear to be a lot of information on the differentiating characteristics between these floating around out there- anyone observed regional differences between Pronghorn populations?

 

[Hunting Wife]

Doesn't appear to be a lot of information on the differentiating characteristics between these floating around out there- anyone observed regional differences between Pronghorn populations?

A little bit of current taxonomy knowledge that I found

LibGuides: Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Fact Sheet: Taxonomy & History

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Classification, nomenclature, taxonomic & evolutionary history, cultural history

ielc.libguides.com

 

[thusby]

Can see a truck going under 35 mph, from 5 miles away, and run two counties over.

 

[jbseamus83]

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

Miracinonyx - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It would be awesome if these things were still out there running around.

 

[Tomahawk]

Some interesting pronghorn facts out of Yellowstone:

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/upload/download_YELLOWSTONE-PRONGHORN-BOOK.pdf

 

[NDhunter43]

They can't jump over fences....

I have seen it twice. It was the most awkward thing I have seen. Fence was only about three feet high but it happened.

 

[RobertD]

My understanding is that they're all able to jump over most fences but that the shock of landing isn't good for their knees and that's why they avoid it. I can't remember where I picked that idea up.

I'll also add that I've read arguments disputing the cheetah theory, but I can't remember exactly how they're made. Has to do with the time periods each species evolved over. A bit complex.

 

[RobertD]

I know a few more

Hollow hair
Can see something like 280 degrees without turning their head
Does have twins almost as a rule, pair and spare evolutionary tactic