Pronghorn running down Highway 41 in Montana

I came across this herd of Pronghorn running down Highway 41 in Silver Star, Montana. Initially, I thought these animals were Antelope but I later learned that the technical name is Antilocapra americana. The Pronghorn can sustain a speed of 35 mph for a period of four miles which makes them the fastest land mammal in North America.

In the past, I have encountered large herds of cattle crossing the Montana highways but those are cattle drives complete with cowboys, cattle dogs and they usually have flag vehicles to stop traffic. Under Montana law, I was not required to stop and wait for these Pronghorn to move so kept on driving because I saw an opening off to the right. Yes, they were panicked, but I saw that all animals made it off to the right safely.

My dog Clyde is an Australian Cattle Dog mix. He sits with me in the truck and watches all sorts of wildlife as drive around in Southwestern Montana. When I see a hoofed animal or herd of animals, I always refer to them as deer when I am talking to Clyde.

[jcortese]

OMG that dog was so excited -- that was so sweet! "I wanna run, too!"

[ceiliasullivan]

i love the dog's reaction!! <3

[micahmidstar]

Dog be like: THATS LITERALLY FAST FOOD

[fenuays]

So cute!! Love the dog getting so "What is this daddy?". Lol

[nmelkhunter]

Typically heeler; ready to chase something. Thank you for sharing!

[DavidHysell]

I was going to guess this was near Ennis, but I wasn't too far off! Used to see them all the time when I lived there. Beautiful animals.

[Grahzee]

is all about RUNNING!!! The moment you Game Over!

[evdanker]

They aren't deer, and they aren't antelope. Pronghorns are the last member of a group of ancient animals.

[InItForTheParking]

I miss how easy hunting was in MT. I've never missed people calling antelope "deer"...or the word "deers" for that matter.

[dmitriivanov]

This didn't look real to me at first !

[nicotherabbit]

What do you call an interfering antelope?

An anterloper

[Ricobaca]

Deer is singular and plural.

Those are antelope, not deer.

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[sisyphus]

That's actually a really sad video. Unlike most ungulates, pronghorn can't jump fences. The clueless driver is running those "deer" on hard pavement into a panic. In Idaho, we've got ranchers who help pronghorn by making the bottom strand on their fence barbless to they can migrate.

[TBgunsandbutter]

they always " Mobb Deep "

and they always running in/on the highway ?

Dakota's, Montana ( trucking )

[fsns]

Very cool, but those are Antelope not muleys :)

[noqwertify]

deers wtf dis guy dont know his grammer