Anyone ever seen the huge pronghorns on the Wyo highway?
#1
Anyone ever seen the huge pronghorns on the Wyo highway?
In August 2004, we went to Nebraska's panhandle to go to my great-grandad's funeral, and we had flown into Denver, and driven up to Nebraska, and when we were done in Nebraska, and it was time to go back, my dad made the mistake of going back to Denver, by taking the highway in Wyoming, that runs in almost over half the length of the state! I think it's the one you take to Yellowstone, and well we lost so much time going that way, but my dad figured it would be faster just because it's the highway.
The thing about the drive was, it was rather scenic, and time and time again, we would see deer, but we would also see HUGE pronghorns, about no more than 275-325 yards away, sometime much closer, we would stop the car, get out the binoculars, and look at those antelope, which were looking at us, those pronghorns seemed tp be bigger than the deer! They had good size horns on them, too.
I thought than pronghorns were supposed to be small, aren't they?
These suckers were darnbig, very beautiful.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about, able to relate to it at all? Or did I just waste non-valuable bandwith?
I was just impressed by those pronghorns, like I said, we were in Northern Wyoming, driving on the highway, or inter-state or something, and there were huge pronghorns.
I have the wierd feeling I just made myself look like an absolute moron.....
The thing about the drive was, it was rather scenic, and time and time again, we would see deer, but we would also see HUGE pronghorns, about no more than 275-325 yards away, sometime much closer, we would stop the car, get out the binoculars, and look at those antelope, which were looking at us, those pronghorns seemed tp be bigger than the deer! They had good size horns on them, too.
I thought than pronghorns were supposed to be small, aren't they?
These suckers were darnbig, very beautiful.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about, able to relate to it at all? Or did I just waste non-valuable bandwith?
I was just impressed by those pronghorns, like I said, we were in Northern Wyoming, driving on the highway, or inter-state or something, and there were huge pronghorns.
I have the wierd feeling I just made myself look like an absolute moron.....
#3
RE: Anyone ever seen the huge pronghorns on the Wyo highway?
I guess the reason they were so big would be that no one can hunt near the highway, or shoot in the direction of the highway, so the pronghorns probably don't have much fear there.
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RE: Anyone ever seen the huge pronghorns on the Wyo highway?
I have antelope hunted in Wy 3 times with great success. They might look big from the road or looking at them with bino but, after there down on the groundyou will see thetrue size of them. Some are bigger than others but, not anything close to deer size. They are fun to hunt and I am looking forward to hunting them again. car
#8
RE: Anyone ever seen the huge pronghorns on the Wyo highway?
ORIGINAL: younggun308
I wonder why they look so big, maybe because they're tall?
I wonder why they look so big, maybe because they're tall?
I've had clients from back east tell me they are about the same size as their small white tails.
Adult Pronghorns may be from 4-4 1/2 feet long, 3-3 1/2 feet high, males weigh 100-150 pounds, females 75-100 pounds.
#9
RE: Anyone ever seen the huge pronghorns on the Wyo highway?
I guess you're right, but it's amazing how on the highway they look like they're the size of the Greater African Kudu, it's weird, but, you're right, they can't be too big.
#10
RE: Anyone ever seen the huge pronghorns on the Wyo highway?
ORIGINAL: younggun308
I guess you're right, but it's amazing how on the highway they look like they're the size of the Greater African Kudu, it's weird, but, you're right, they can't be too big.
I guess you're right, but it's amazing how on the highway they look like they're the size of the Greater African Kudu, it's weird, but, you're right, they can't be too big.