Antelope come how far east?

Wyoming does have a bunch of "stink goats," but the decline from the mid 90s has been crazy. I used to literally see hundreds of them driving from Green River, WY. to Big Piney, WY. Last time I drove that route was 3 years ago, and honestly did not see a single one!
 
FEENIX said:
Yes, that is true anywhere, even for residents here in MT are having challenges. But the fact remains, WY has the largest pronghorn population.
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Just be aware that the Wyoming pronghorn are starting to grow claws and fangs and have recently been known to attack from nearly 100 yards away. Montana or New Mexico would be safer.
 
Ol' Red said:
Just be aware that the Wyoming pronghorn are starting to grow claws and fangs and have recently been known to attack from nearly 100 yards away. Montana or New Mexico would be safer.
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That was a litte ornery. Seriously it is getting harder to draw tags here after we lost 40 percent of the herd a few winters ago. We actually welcome nonresidents. At least most of us do. Good luck on your tag and hunt wherever you decide to hunt.
 
Ol' Red said:
Just be aware that the Wyoming pronghorn are starting to grow claws and fangs and have recently been known to attack from nearly 100 yards away. Montana or New Mexico would be safer.
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I was stationed at Kirtland, NM, from 1996 to 2000 and could not draw a tag. Montana sucks; we do not have any pronghorns.
 
There is a line that roughly goes north/south. It zig-zags around a bit, but go from Tx Panhandle straight north.

Best pronghorns I have hunted were Eastern NM and TX panhandle. Most of the Pronghorn in Texas are pretty darn good. I'm sure it varies, but we have some good goats here.
 
Pronghorn antelope are actually closer to the goat family genetically. That's one reason they got the nick name "speed goat"
 
Clem Bronkoski said:
Pronghorn antelope are actually closer to the goat family genetically. That's one reason they got the nick name "speed goat"
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As clearly noted in #14 ...
FEENIX said:
The pronghorn is so unique that it is the only member of its family, Antilocapra. Its Latin name, Antilocapra americana, means the "American goat-antelope." But the pronghorn is directly related to neither New World goats nor Old World antelopes. Instead, pronghorn antelope are native to North America and can be found nowhere else in the world.
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lancetkenyon said:
I drew the last tag in my second choice unit. Tag #70 of 70 in unit 10.

Took 27 years of waiting (plus loyalty and hunter's ed points for 29 BPs)
I did 27 days of scouting before the hunt.
I killed 27 hours into the hunt!
Totally solo hunt, this was my #1 buck on my hit list, I had seen him a few times over the summer. I saw one bigger early summer, but could never turn him back up in 11 more trips.

84 3/8" Tall, good mass, decent cutters, and hooks back in on himself with some nice ivory tips.
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Great buck ! Thanks for sharing 👍🏼
I hunted elk in unit 10 once in 2004. It was a mud and snow mess..
 
Clem Bronkoski said:
There's another thread on here asking how they taste. Not sure how fresh pronghorn taste because all the ones I got I took to the local butcher and traded him for half the weight in pronghorn jerky. That stuff was delicious.
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They are terrible, I suggest that you never hunt another one again.
 
I drew my AZ Pronghorn tag in 2020 during Covid with 11 points and in unit 10. I killed mine around 1pm after belly crawling about 200 yards into a spot we could stay prone and glass him and judge him. I watched him for 2 hours before I decided to shoot him. He taped out right at 80 and 7/8. Very difficult to judge Antelope at distance especially when it's hot and you have the mirage. He was with 4 does and eventually stood up and that's when I had a good view of him and was able to judge him. Shot him at 576 with the 65PRC using a 144 Berger load that @lancekenyon helped me put together. It was a great hunt. There are 5 subspecies of the Pronghorn I believe.


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