Pronghorn Antelope
This picture was taken in the summer of 2016, just a few miles outside of Assiniboia, SK. I got it with my cellphone (no zoom, just cropped it closer) so it goes to show just how close it was to the road… and I got to watch her for a good 5 minutes! That year we put in for pronghorn antelope because they finally opened up the draw to this species after years of not being able to hunt them. At the time this species was the only big game animal in Saskatchewan that I haven’t been able to hunt yet and I was getting really excited. Well, we didn’t end up getting drawn that year but…….
I didn’t grow up hunting. I started after I got married as my wife comes from a family of long-time hunters. I’ll admit, the first season challenged me a lot (how hard could it be to aim and shoot?). I remember the first deer I ever harvested – it was a small doe and there will be a song about it some day soon.
