Here’s a link from SD SCI on the CA Sonoran Pronghorn Project.
SoCal Antelope?
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D12 will be famous... hopefully they survive and maybe my grandkids can hunt them. oh yeah, I believe Desert Wildlife Unlimited is also involved
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Rad idea.. can you imagine dove shooting and watching speed goats roam
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I don't imagine... we do that here in CO.. haha. Come on out.
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Sprig who knows, I agree with you its gonna be tough and with the way this state is going, DFW won't do much to budget and help but at least we can dream.... SCI is a good cause and we all need to be members and participate. SCI is a must be member organization IMO in regards to big game hunting around the world.
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only a guess but i'm thinking that the lopes will be able to use all of the drinkers we already have for the mule deer instead of building new ones ? not sure if AV has some already but just a quick thought.
I am super happy to see that CA is finally on the receiving end of benefits. We give up Chukar and Big Horn to other states so Im glad they are reciprocating with Antelope. I have a question: why can't we have Hungarian Partridge "Huns" introduced into our state into the areas of the Owens Valley and North towards Lake Tahoe? I think the habitat would work. Even if its a non native species it should be considered cause it worked with Chukar. I think Chukar should also be dispersed south towards the border so that someday they may be hunted. Back to CA goats: I once found an antelope skull in a canyon on the southern side of Carrizo Plains while quail hunting.
Smokey,
Totally agree with you....The reason these thoughts will not come to fruition is because the greenie's of DFW hate non native species....If they had their way, there'd be no Chinese ring-necked pheasant, red-legged partridge (chukar), or wild turkeys....The reason their giddy over these antelope is because this was once part of their home range....Oh, they hate bull frogs, bass, crappie, bluegill, brown, and brook trout too .....They'd rather save some native sucker fish any day than a game fish.
ps......Same reason they left Eurasian Collared doves basically unprotected (invasive species).....No limit, no season.
Totally agree with you....The reason these thoughts will not come to fruition is because the greenie's of DFW hate non native species....If they had their way, there'd be no Chinese ring-necked pheasant, red-legged partridge (chukar), or wild turkeys....The reason their giddy over these antelope is because this was once part of their home range....Oh, they hate bull frogs, bass, crappie, bluegill, brown, and brook trout too .....They'd rather save some native sucker fish any day than a game fish.
ps......Same reason they left Eurasian Collared doves basically unprotected (invasive species).....No limit, no season.
I think the Antelope have been in Carrizo for some time. Not sure if they are transplants or been there forever.
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Pronghorn can jump fences, but rarely, if ever do......https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...onnectivity/&usg=AOvVaw1QTi2VRMFL5l35zwscfnFJ
I live amongst pronghorn and see them daily. I rarely see them jump fences. Shoot when we hunt them the whole herd will run along a fence line until they can find a place to go under. It is possible that the NM pronghorn you see have a different learned behavior though.
The comments about fences as a deterrent seems to hold true. Once parcels start to get fenced at 40 acres or so you rarely see pronghorn. Where they are looking to release them I am sure is much more vast.
I always thought the lower Owen's Valley would be a great location for them.
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I once saw an elk jump a 4’ fence like it was nothing, about a second later he was on the ground and he is now in my freezer.