buglinbilly Loc: Murray, Utah

Like I mentioned in another thread, I spend a lot of time in Pronghorn country. So in this thread I will show mostly antelope photos, but I will include some scenery photos and a few of the other critters you will see in that type of country.

I also said in another thread that I would post some badger photos, so if you are looking for that thread, I will include a good share of their photos here too.

I just got a new computer not too long ago and so I am just in the process of getting all my photos in files where I can begin posting them So bare with me and in the days to come I will add to this thread and hopefully instill a want in you to take some pronghorn photos and photos of the country in which they live.

It's not until about mid August that all the antelope finish shedding that winter coat. This gal is in the process and that's why she looks so rough. By mid August she will look trim and fit.




These are all I have done and are part of my older photos but I have thousands upon thousand of antelope photos. I have a bit better camera and a better lens now that I used this past year so hopefully my later photos will be better than these.

traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.

Great pics!
Is the country you live in the same as the Pronghorns? What country is that?

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Great shots of the pronghorns. 8-)

ftpecktim Loc: MONTANA

there antelope around here

buglinbilly Loc: Murray, Utah

I was born and raised in that country, but in those days (65 years ago) there weren't any antelope in this country. Or very few at the least.

I was born in Southwest Wyoming and when I was just a kid (8 or so) I came home from a hike, to one of my favorite places (about 3 miles from my house) and told my Dad I had seen an antelope. He was born and raised in that area and had never laid eyes on one in those days in that country and until the day he died he thought I had seen a deer and not an antelope. But it was indeed an antelope and now the country has many of them. They just happen to be one of my very favorite critters.

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

Interesting, if not fasinating... Had no idea these Antelops were even around... How did they orginate ???

buglinbilly Loc: Murray, Utah

They are a very fascinating critter, that is for sure.

And they are really not antelope, they are Pronghorns, a species all to themselves. But the nickname antelope, got tagged upon them and now many people, including myself, call them antelope.

They get their name from their horns, which in the males, prong. Each year beginning at about Nov., they loose their horns which really is a keratin sheath, grown over a boney structure, which unlike a deer, does not fall off. Only the sheath falls off and regrows each year. Females can also have horns, but theirs are much smaller and not near as pronounced as that of the males.

You can always tell a male from a female, even at a very young age as the males have a black cheek patch. Look close as some of my future photos and you will be able to notice that.

Notice the black cheek patch. All males have that, but the does don't. Only some of the does have horns, many don't.


You can see this doe has no cheek patch.


Here a fawn of the years watches and waits for a badger to get a drink before it comes to water. Notice the fawn has no cheek patch thus its a ;young female.


Here's a close up of a badger.




Notice the absence or the presence of the black cheek patch in this photo. Also notice the fawn whose head is behind the buck. Can you tell what it is?

judy 2011 Loc: Northern Utah

Thanks! I just learned the difference between male and female!

buglinbilly Loc: Murray, Utah

Okay lets see what kind of student you are-----. What sex is the fawn in the last photo above your post?

buglinbilly Loc: Murray, Utah

Here are some other photos.

Chasin the ladies!

forbescat

The only times I seen pronghorns is in the National Bison Range in Montana. They are so beautiful with lovely, lovely faces. Your pictures are just great.

buglinbilly Loc: Murray, Utah

More Pronghorns and their country continued.

Well I ha;ve to go walk my dogs. The best by far is yet to come.

annemarie Loc: N.W. NJ

Everyone of these photos are gorgeous! Keep it up.

tramsey Loc: Texas

What can ya say?? Super, super shots

Roger Sr. Loc: Central Coast of California

We have Pronghorns in the part of California I live in,years ago I hunted them with a gun now I just shoot them with a Camera