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Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 05:20 PM
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Right off 1788, about 7 miles south of 20. I’ve seen them around Big Spring and Barnhart. This is the first I’ve seen them near Midland. Lots of prairie dogs in that little green spot, too. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2023/06/full-40300-391130-9fb4c525_9cf7_4a60_9d2b_82f13503b309.jpeg)
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 05:33 PM
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I guess they migrated West a little bit. I used to see them on 349 South of Midland for years when headed to Rankin but hadn’t seen them the last 2-3 years. Good to know they are still around.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 05:57 PM
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Love me some speed goats. The Covered S on Hwy 84 between Snyder and Post has a small herd.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 06:08 PM
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Saw some between Big Lake and Barnhart a few years ago, are they legal to shoot? Had one walk up close enough to hit with a rock one day while quail hunting.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 09:10 PM
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Very cool, never heard of them around Midland either.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 09:29 PM
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Saw some between Big Lake and Barnhart a few years ago, are they legal to shoot? Had one walk up close enough to hit with a rock one day while quail hunting. should be like coyotes, they are grass yotes!!! In TX, tags are by biologist recommendations
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 09:31 PM
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Right off 1788, about 7 miles south of 20. I’ve seen them around Big Spring and Barnhart. This is the first I’ve seen them near Midland. Lots of prairie dogs in that little green spot, too. A buddy of mine's dad caught a couple napping in the shade of his blind a few years ago, not too far from there.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 11:13 PM
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There are some NW of Throckmorton. I only saw one but a friend said there are some. He said stocked by TPWD in 70s if I remember correctly. It shocked me when I saw it cause I had no idea.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 11:14 PM
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They good eatin! 
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/05/23 11:24 PM
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There are some NW of Throckmorton. I only saw one but a friend said there are some. He said stocked by TPWD in 70s if I remember correctly. It shocked me when I saw it cause I had no idea. Saw 7 of them off of 380 a little west of Throckmorton quite a few years ago and on one of the hunting programs a few years later they were hunting pronghorn in that area. Said the state issues the LO none to 2 or 3 tags for bucks a year, depending on survey. They good eatin!  They sure can be, the meat was better on them than the elk I killed in Montana but I did shoot them when they were in alfalfa field so they had been eating good groceries.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 02:21 AM
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Saw a quite a few south west of Midland app 5 miles back in the late 60's on large ranch.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 03:07 AM
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This makes me wonder about this particular animal's backstory.
The pronghorn's I've been around have been extremely shy and flighty with the exception of one. There was one that for a short period of time hung out with my uncle's cattle. I suppose it had gotten separated from its herd, and since there were no others in the immediate area, it adopted the cows. It would hang with them when they were being fed though it kept its distance. Not sure what happened to her. She may have just wondered off, but it was interesting to see.
I kind of wonder if the pronghorn in your picture was either desperately lonely or raised by humans.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 11:06 AM
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This makes me wonder about this particular animal's backstory.
The pronghorn's I've been around have been extremely shy and flighty with the exception of one. There was one that for a short period of time hung out with my uncle's cattle. I suppose it had gotten separated from its herd, and since there were no others in the immediate area, it adopted the cows. It would hang with them when they were being fed though it kept its distance. Not sure what happened to her. She may have just wondered off, but it was interesting to see.
I kind of wonder if the pronghorn in your picture was either desperately lonely or raised by humans. they are naturally really curious especially if they havent been hunted/chased hard. Ive had then walk to within 40 yards of me when I was welding corner posts up, etc
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 12:27 PM
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I used to see a small group of them between Midland and the airport, South side of the Interstate routinely. I guess with all of the construction they moved off somewhere else.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 02:43 PM
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This makes me wonder about this particular animal's backstory.
The pronghorn's I've been around have been extremely shy and flighty with the exception of one. There was one that for a short period of time hung out with my uncle's cattle. I suppose it had gotten separated from its herd, and since there were no others in the immediate area, it adopted the cows. It would hang with them when they were being fed though it kept its distance. Not sure what happened to her. She may have just wondered off, but it was interesting to see.
I kind of wonder if the pronghorn in your picture was either desperately lonely or raised by humans. We hunted them in Wyoming. I could have killed 90% of the ones we saw with a scoped .22lr. They were not overly flighty or wary. They did have a comfort zone but I got within 40 yards several times
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 02:46 PM
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There's a few spots around Midland I have seen them. Don't see them all the time, but a few spots I always check when I'm driving by those areas.
I was working a well just south of I-20 between Midland and Odessa a couple years ago and there was an antelope between us and the interstate. Few spots off of 349 south of town and off of 1788 that I have seen quite a few as well.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 02:55 PM
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I'd like to hunt one of those.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 03:49 PM
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I was working on a rig on the south side of FM 1787 and could look across 1787 to the north side and watch them on that ranch.... Just east of 1788 about 1/2 a mile.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/06/23 05:46 PM
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This makes me wonder about this particular animal's backstory.
The pronghorn's I've been around have been extremely shy and flighty with the exception of one. There was one that for a short period of time hung out with my uncle's cattle. I suppose it had gotten separated from its herd, and since there were no others in the immediate area, it adopted the cows. It would hang with them when they were being fed though it kept its distance. Not sure what happened to her. She may have just wondered off, but it was interesting to see.
I kind of wonder if the pronghorn in your picture was either desperately lonely or raised by humans. they are naturally really curious especially if they havent been hunted/chased hard. Ive had then walk to within 40 yards of me when I was welding corner posts up, etc Actively shooting prairie dogs, north of Dlahart. Almost daily, one would close in on us, often within less than 100 yards. Not the same one every day, of course. We covered quite a bit of ground, and would always see pronghorn wherever we went.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/07/23 06:39 PM
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Actively shooting prairie dogs, north of Dlahart. Almost daily, one would close in on us, often within less than 100 yards. Not the same one every day, of course. We covered quite a bit of ground, and would always see pronghorn wherever we went.
same here, wish the hunts weren't so expensive.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/07/23 06:59 PM
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I wonder if they came from New Mexico or wandered south from the Panhandle
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/07/23 07:18 PM
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I wonder if they came from New Mexico or wandered south from the Panhandle
Mo they moved west in to traspecos as brush got higher, with brush control and protection and they are moving back east from transpecos
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/07/23 08:25 PM
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There have been pronghorns near Barnhart for decades.
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/07/23 10:17 PM
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I thought I heard TPWD were also doing transplants from the Panhandle to the West? Or was that just mule deer, or both? Neither?
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Re: Midland pronghorn
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06/07/23 11:31 PM
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I thought I heard TPWD were also doing transplants from the Panhandle to the West? Or was that just mule deer, or both? Neither? I think they have moved some Pronghorn.
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