Pronghorn Antelope in CA?

Windwalker · Post by **Windwalker** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:30 am

I didn't know we had Pronghorn....am I the only one that didn't know this???

I was on the Carrizo Plain yesterday....cool place!

Post by **copeg** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:39 am

Very neat photos WW!

The Carrizo Plain is an interesting place. I think I had my fair share of the place when I visited and was literally chased away from one of the back roads by whay I guessed was a drug farmer. Tailgated me for two hours - never passed me. I pulled over to let them pass and they just stopped behind me, I took off for fear they would get out with shotgun in hand. I'd like to go back for the wildflower display this spring, but that incident really scared the crap out of me.

Buck Forester · Post by **Buck Forester** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:32 am

Hi Windwalker! Nice shots! Which mm lens did you use to get these? Did you use an extender?

Windwalker · Post by **Windwalker** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:52 pm

Thanks Buck & Mountaineer!
I used the Canon 300mm f/4 "L" IS with the 1.4 extender (420mm) Still had to crop quite a bit to fill the frame. Antelope are kinda shy

Buck Forester · Post by **Buck Forester** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:11 pm

Cool! I'm encouraged because I was hoping my 400mm with a 1.4x extender would be within reach. As well as you've been doing, I was thinking maybe you had a 600mm by now!

Windwalker · Post by **Windwalker** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:22 pm

I wish!!!

That is my dream lens600mm f/4

mountaineer · Post by **mountaineer** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:09 pm

This photo was taken with a 500mm mirror lense that cost me less than a hundred bucks.

I throw on a 2x TC for longer range and I can get shots like this one of Whitney from my car in the 'bama Hills.

Those pronghorns are cool. I have seen them as far west as the hills NE of Paso Robles and there are a lot of them in the area around the Highway 46/Highway 41 junction(James Dean Memorial) in SLO county.

mountaineer · Post by **mountaineer** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:10 pm

BTW, I saw plenty of those "Dream Lenses" at the finish line of Stage 4 of the Tour of California today.

mountaineer · Post by **mountaineer** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:41 pm

trailblazer wrote:Very neat photos WW!

The Carrizo Plain is an interesting place. I think I had my fair share of the place when I visited and was literally chased away from one of the back roads by whay I guessed was a drug farmer. Tailgated me for two hours - never passed me. I pulled over to let them pass and they just stopped behind me, I took off for fear they would get out with shotgun in hand. I'd like to go back for the wildflower display this spring, but that incident really scared the crap out of me.

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Snow Nymph · Post by **Snow Nymph** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:45 am

Cool pics! I've onlly seen Pronghorn at Montgomery Pass, no photos though (mine were blurry)

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Pronghorn Antelope in CA?

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