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From: icsg0007@cs.montana.edu
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Pronghorn Question
Message-ID: <1991May23.022026.26000@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 23 May 91 07:20:25 GMT
Organization: MSU, CS Dept., Bozeman MT 59717
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I've a question for you pronghorn hunters. My wife harvested a nice
buck pronghorn a few years ago in northeastern Montana that had a
patch about 3.5"x18" running parallel and next to it's spine where all
the hair was gone. I mean there was NO hair. The hair adjacent to the
area looked fine and healthy (ie. no mange). The skin was a little dry
like one would expect it to be since it was exposed to the wind and
sun.

Any guesses to the cause? It wasn't long after the rut and I know that
they can get pretty rough with one another while fighting for their
harems. Maybe a buck ran this one through a fence a 60 mph. Or maybe
he tripped and fell while doing 60. That could tend to remove a little
hide.

If anyone has any words of wisdom on the matter I am interested in them.

Thanks,
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