Antelope in fresh cut hay
Sep 28, 2020 14:57:51 #
Went to pick up my truck at the garage - two herds the first outbound at a distance, the second on the return, relatively close to the road. D7200 AF S Nikkor 200-500 5.6 E ED
Sep 28, 2020 15:00:55 #
Sep 28, 2020 15:13:51 #
jwm1944 wrote:
nice work. But they are not Antelope.
Really?? Then what are they? Seems I have been misinformed my whole life. They bed down in my back yard and the DoW calls them antelopes. We need to get the DoW informed that they are wrong.
Sep 28, 2020 15:18:14 #
Sep 28, 2020 15:29:31 #
jwm1944 wrote:
nice work. But they are not Antelope.
Thanks. Technically correct - colloquially in the West, not so much. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn
Sep 28, 2020 15:30:18 #
Bill Munny wrote:
Really?? Then what are they? Seems I have been misinformed my whole life. They bed down in my back yard and the DoW calls them antelopes. We need to get the DoW informed that they are wrong.
Sep 28, 2020 15:31:06 #
UTMike wrote:
Good catch, QD!
Thanks! These were totally calm - had to whistle to get them to look at me.
Sep 28, 2020 15:33:31 #
Great pictures - it's tough to get close to them for photo ops...
Sep 28, 2020 15:39:28 #
Shellback wrote:
Great pictures - it's tough to get close to them for photo ops...
Thanks - unusual, these behaved like cattle.
Sep 28, 2020 15:56:15 #
quixdraw wrote:
Went to pick up my truck at the garage - two herds the first outbound at a distance, the second on the return, relatively close to the road. D7200 AF S Nikkor 200-500 5.6 E ED
Great set! Great equipment matched to a photographer'd eye gets great results! Thanx for sharing!
Pronghorns.
Sep 28, 2020 16:01:39 #
Sinewsworn wrote:
Great set! Great equipment matched to a photographer'd eye gets great results! Thanx for sharing!
Pronghorns.
Pronghorns.
Many Thanks!
Sep 28, 2020 16:03:42 #
Sep 28, 2020 17:08:18 #
dang-it
Loc: SW Texas
Good set of pictures! Fresh cut hay makes a great backdrop. Where I have lived for the last forty years, these (Pronghorns) antelope have been referred to as "Speed Goats"!
Sep 28, 2020 17:35:38 #
dang-it wrote:
Good set of pictures! Fresh cut hay makes a great backdrop. Where I have lived for the last forty years, these (Pronghorns) antelope have been referred to as "Speed Goats"!
Thanks! Heard that name as well!
Sep 28, 2020 18:21:05 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
In a field of freshly hewn hay? Those are some mighty pampered pronghorns you've got up there in Montanistan.
Down here in Ootah, I'd need a 1000mm lens or longer to get as good shot. And when I do see them, there sure isn't any reason to whistle. They know I'm around a lot sooner than I know they're around, and in those instances where they don't bolt, there's always a buck --like the one in your last shot-- who's none too shy about checking me out.
Good stuff, quix.
Down here in Ootah, I'd need a 1000mm lens or longer to get as good shot. And when I do see them, there sure isn't any reason to whistle. They know I'm around a lot sooner than I know they're around, and in those instances where they don't bolt, there's always a buck --like the one in your last shot-- who's none too shy about checking me out.
Good stuff, quix.
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