WA Pronghorn

[fishing4sanity]

Washington isn't known for its pronghorn, many people who live here don't even know there are any in the state. I doubt I'll even live long enough to get a "not selected" reply on a WA tag application (if they reach a huntable population), but this is the best one I've seen. Rough looking coat, but what do the goat experts say, is he a tag-notcher?

 

[kwyeewyk]

Quite the spread, imagine there will be some nice ones with no hunting. Cool pics.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Yes, especially in a non-pronghorn state.

 

[406LIFE]

There were at one point a not insignificant number of pronghorn in WA, especially central to eastern. It was really in the late 1800s that they declined and were extirpated. Paleozoological evidence suggests that they remained stable prior to settlement. The reintroduction efforts are interesting to follow.

 

[375H&H]

Love this and yes, definitely worthy of a tag.

We have a Washington hunting pamphlet from around 1900 that listed pronghorn as a huntable species.

Thank SCI for these as they were the main sponsor of the reintroduction effort.

 

[44hunter45]

I've seen nice pronghorn from I-90 and from WA-24.

People are shocked to see elk in the Hanford Reach, too.

 

[fishing4sanity]

I've seen nice pronghorn from I-90 and from WA-24.

People are shocked to see elk in the Hanford Reach, too.

Those Hanford elk have bulls that would qualify as shooters in any hunt unit, anywhere, and they're all off limits.

 

[Irrelevant]

Jealous, I've only seen 1 WA pronghorn and it was years ago

 

[Letthemgrow]

If you take the cutoff from Prosser to Patterson they hang out in the dryland wheat fields up on top. I've seen as many as 20 or so in one group up there.

Every buck I've ever seen has been very mediocre. The picture posted above is by far the best I have ever seen here.

Down in the Umatilla army depot is a different story.

 

[Irrelevant]

If you take the cutoff from Prosser to Patterson they hang out in the dryland wheat fields up on top. I've seen as many as 20 or so in one group up there.

Every buck I've ever seen has been very mediocre. The picture posted above is by far the best I have ever seen here.

Down in the Umatilla army depot is a different story.

Interesting. The one I saw was west of there along Hwy 97 through the Rez.

 

[Irrelevant]

Apparently we're up to ~750 statewide!

Tagging history: Hunter becomes first to harvest pronghorn on Colville Reservation

The pronghorn buck was facing the wrong way and the light was fading.

www.spokesman.com

Also some quotes from everyone's newest favorite conservation group NAPF

 

[cne-elk]

Apparently we're up to ~750 statewide!

Tagging history: Hunter becomes first to harvest pronghorn on Colville Reservation

The pronghorn buck was facing the wrong way and the light was fading.

www.spokesman.com

Also some quotes from everyone's newest favorite conservation group NAPF

If your in Wenatchee you have a big herd that lives less than 45 minutes from you up on the plateau. They are almost always in some dry land wheat between waterville and mansfield. Saw them last year probably 40 head with abotu 15 being a group of bucks bedded together. Only place in the state ive seen sage grouse as well.

 

[Irrelevant]

If your in Wenatchee you have a big herd that lives less than 45 minutes from you up on the plateau. They are almost always in some dry land wheat between waterville and mansfield. Saw them last year probably 40 head with abotu 15 being a group of bucks bedded together. Only place in the state ive seen sage grouse as well.

I was up north of Waterville on Friday but couldn't turn any up. And Douglas Creek is about the only place I've seen a B-52, but even then it's been a few years.

 

[Hammsolo]

Washington isn't known for its pronghorn, many people who live here don't even know there are any in the state. I doubt I'll even live long enough to get a "not selected" reply on a WA tag application (if they reach a huntable population), but this is the best one I've seen. Rough looking coat, but what do the goat experts say, is he a tag-notcher?
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That boy had a rough night!

 

[kwyeewyk]

If your in Wenatchee you have a big herd that lives less than 45 minutes from you up on the plateau. They are almost always in some dry land wheat between waterville and mansfield. Saw them last year probably 40 head with abotu 15 being a group of bucks bedded together. Only place in the state ive seen sage grouse as well.

Douglas County is pretty much the only population of sage-grouse in the state other than Yakima training center.

I was up north of Waterville on Friday but couldn't turn any up. And Douglas Creek is about the only place I've seen a B-52, but even then it's been a few years.

Around Leahy junction is where I've seen them the most.