Twenty years ago, the biggest pronghorn buck I've ever seen was in that herd--I even tried to draw it, but it has always taken a lot of PP's.
Most of the local biologists are thinking coyotes--but nobody can say why coyotes didn't have this effect for the previous 20 years. On the other hand, maybe coyotes is what kept the herd from growing.
I've always thought they started out with too small of a transplant to overcome normal mortality like predation. A larger intial transplant has a better chance.
This herd has always been an afterthought for the CDOW anyway.
Casey
