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Mule Deer & Pronghorn Antelope Photos

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Mule Deer and Black-tailed Deer

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) may reach lengths of 4-7 1/2 feet, shoulder heights of 3-4 feet, with average male weights of 150-400 pounds, females 100-150 pounds. Live 10-15 years, breed late October through December, gestation 6-7 months, 1-2 fawns born in May or June. Color is reddish brown in summer, gray in winter, with white chin, throat and rump patch; white tail with black tip. The Black-tailed subspecies have a solid black tail. Front hoof 2 1/2-3 1/4", hind hoof slightly smaller, hind hooves fall near or in front hooves when walking, fore hooves fall in front of hind when bounding (stotting). Droppings are often clumped and/or segmented in the spring and summer, pellets in the fall and winter. The antlers of the males generally fork into two main branches and these two branches branch into two tines each, giving the buck a total of four or more points. Brow tines are seldom evident and if they appear are often quite short. The total population of mule deer in North America is between four and six million animals, about one third of the population of white-tailed deer.

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Pronghorn

Pronghorns (Antilocapra americana) are not antelope, and are not related to the African or Asian antelopes or any other hoofed animal family. They are the last survivors of a once widespread North American family known as Antilocapridae. Many of their ancestors had pronged horns on both the top of the head and on the upper nose.

Adult Pronghorns may be from 4-4 1/2 feet long, 3-3 1/2 feet high, males weigh 100-150 pounds, females 75-100 pounds. They live 5-10 years, breed from September through October, have a gestation period of 7-8 months, and generally 2 fawns born in May or June. Their color is light tan to reddish tan, with white cheek patches on chin, neck, chest, sides and rumps, ears are trimmed with black. Males have a dark patch under the lower jaw. Both males and females have horns; the males are larger. Their pronged horns, which range from 15-19 inches, are shed annually, and new ones re-grown; this is one of the few animals that shed horn. Tracks are 2 3/4 - 3 1/2 inches long and they have no dewclaws. They have glands at the base of each horn, a pair on the lower jaws, one on the croup (upper rump), on the tail, one on each hind leg, and one between each hoof. The North American population is 380,000+.

Pronghorns are an open-plains animal often found in areas of sagebrush, which is one of their main food supplies. They move a lot in search of food and generally go to water once a day, at about the same time every day. They also stay within a defined "home range." For some reason Pronghorns do not jump fences but may crawl through a fence.