AR-News: (US CO) Dentry: For hunters, hardly a horn of plenty

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

March 5, 2004 
The animal that defines the West in the eyes of many might as well be called 
"the other red meat" for all the attention Colorado hunters and even wildlife 
watchers pay to it.
The pronghorn - antelope or goat in the vernacular - seems to have dropped 
off the radar screen, at least in Colorado.
Elk and deer are the glamour species in the current limited-license shuffle 
with an April 6 application deadline. In the months before hunting season, 
drums of ink will be spilled rhapsodizing elk, in particular, and examining the 
status of overstuffed elk herds. 
In September, TV cameras and thousands of still cameras will focus ad nauseam 
on bugling bull elk. But viewers will remain oblivious to the high drama on 
the plains and in the mountain valleys, where haughty pronghorn bucks will be 
herding does at breakneck speeds.
There are passionate pronghorn fans, including many hunters, but their 
numbers have declined in Colorado. That's partly because the state's residents have 
gone urban and partly because pronghorn numbers are declining.





full story:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/recreation_columnists/article/0,1299,DRM
N_85_2704973,00.html 
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