A male and female pronghorn trot across a grassy field in Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The male has the nice set of horns. Pronghorn are unique in that they shed their horns each year (usually horns are not shed, whereas antlers are). Moose, elk, deer all have antlers whereas pronghorn, bighorn, mountain goats have horns. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 340mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/1250th of a second
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A male and female pronghorn trot across a grassy field in Wind Cave National Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The male has the nice set of horns. Pronghorn are unique in that they shed their horns each year (usually horns are not shed, whereas antlers are). Moose, elk, deer all have antlers whereas pronghorn, bighorn, mountain goats have horns.
Great image of that pair of pronghorns making their way across the meadow!
Wow. What beautiful creatures.
—– In lock step
—– And full molt
—– They arrive
—– The country cousins
—– With the greenness
—– Of the sward
—– It might as well be spring
great pic. ( what is thee differnce between horns @antlers ? ) great color great pic. )