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It has been a long time since I have shared a photos of a Pronghorn so finding a few yesterday to photograph on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> was nice.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Pronghorn in sagebrush portrait – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a small group of Pronghorns that were close to the road feeding on sagebrush on the north end of the island and I felt I needed to see them through my viewfinder and take a few photos.<\/p>\n

I wish I’d been able to be just a bit farther away from this buck than I was because with my 1.4x teleconverter attached to my 500mm lens I clipped the tip of his horns too frequently as he moved his head up and down and with the teleconverter off I was still too close to take full body photos until he moved away a bit. I was happy with this one portrait of the Pronghorn buck in the sage.<\/p>\n

Antelope Island State Park is a great place to see and photograph these amazing animals. My first decent photos of this species were taken at the park. Although the Pronghorn are wild on the island they can be found close enough to the roads at times that they can be photographed easily from inside of a vehicle.<\/p>\n

For safety purposes I would never recommend approaching Pronghorn on foot to get closer to them, they are<\/em> wild animals.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed being able to take portraits of this Pronghorn buck in nice light as he nibbled on the leaves of the sagebrush that dots the island.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Pronghorn photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

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I enjoyed being able to take portraits of this Pronghorn buck in nice light as he nibbled on the leaves of the sagebrush that dots the 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