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Handsome Pronghorn buck head on

May 17, 2018 by Tony Leave a Comment

It’s not too often you can get these guys to stand still for a picture as their first instinct is almost always to run. However, they are also notoriously curious, oftentimes pausing initially to ascertain a potential threat. I have learned that if you can do something to get their attention, sometimes they stick around just a bit longer and it also gets them to look right at you.

What do I do?

I have a bright yellow cleaning cloth in my truck that I use just for this – holding my camera in one hand, I wave the cloth over my head in the other. Yeah, it probably looks silly but it does work pretty often and that was the case with me being able to get a pic of this guy south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Sometimes mistakenly called antelope, their closest relatives are actually giraffes and okapi. It is believed Pronghorn developed their extraordinary speed when the now extinct American Cheetah was a threat.

A Pronghorn buck stops and stares at the photographer south of Cheyenne, Wyoming.   (© Tony’s Takes)
A Pronghorn buck stops and stares at the photographer south of Cheyenne, Wyoming. (© Tony’s Takes)

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