Antelopes in Garden City
By Bryce Nielson
I am continually amazed at wildlife in the Bear Lake Valley. This is a picture taken of an antelope feeding in the field west of the Chevron in Garden City. Over the last thirty years I have watched antelope slowly migrate from the Bear River to the west, Ten years ago I first saw them in the hills east of Bear Lake. I then saw them cresting the top of Laketown Canyon. Last year there a small bunch in the fields north of Laketown. And now, this one on the other side of the valley. If they were deer you might not be surprised but one thing that is different about antelope. They can not jump fences, They have to go under or around them. There are a lot of fences between Laketown and Garden City.
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Its not that pronghorn don't jump fences, I've seen them do it many times. Its just that they prefer to crawl under them. On my last pronghorn hunt I saw more go over fences than under. Genetics? Who know?
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