Yeah.....you weren’t in danger. I’ve had pronghorn do the same sort of thing when decoying them, and have yet to be gored to death or have anywhere near a “dangerous” experience. The bowhunter along for the shot often gets flustered and blows the shot, and one went back to camp and told his buddies how he was “almost attacked”. Maybe you and this guy were related. The closest anyone I know has ever been to having a “dangerous” pronghorn around was an orphaned buck which was raised from a fawn, which would get a little sporty and head butt people during the rut.
We won’t even get into your otherworldly reaction time, having time to spin around and face a 55 mph charging beast the length of a truck away from goring you into pudding.
Funny how your armchair analysis of the situation varies so much from those of the three adults that were ***actually there***.
Your description of the events is way off. First, the antelope was was coming fast but I doubt their full speed is anywhere near your assumed 55mph when running with their nose almost touching the ground. Nevertheless, the adults in the truck described it as a "full speed" charge. When the buck turned in reaction to the horn he just missed the front of the truck - which put him about 10 feet from me at the closest point of approach, if that. The right front corner of the truck was about 5 feet behind me and I had a barb wire fence in front. I was kneeling down using a steel fence post as a rest. The buck was running close along the fence line before it turned. Second, your imagined sequence of events doesn't match what I described. Daughter #1 honked the horn. THEN I turned my head and saw the buck about a truck length away. The buck turned away as I started to turn around, not because I had completed my turn, as your description implies. The events were simultaneous, as I described, not sequential as you described. I was still turning as the buck disappeared on the other side of the truck. Third, the buck showed no sign of slowing. This was not a case of an antelope buck stomping and snorting and making short charges from a relatively safe distance away.
But hey, you're the expert because you ***weren't there***.
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