For those who have noticed Wyoming’s pronghorn — aka antelope — running wildly back and forth lately, they’re not doing that for exercise, it's part of their mating ritual.

It’s the rut, or mating season, for antelope, that usually runs from late August to early October. And during that period, bucks will gather up groups of does, or harems, and fiercely guard them.

Busy Bucks

The bucks are insanely busy. When they’re not trying to fight off rival males, they have to keep an eye out for does that try to split and dash away from their harems.

Pinedale-area resident Jay Norman loves watching and photographing pronghorn. He recently caught a photo of a buck that had built a harem of more than a dozen does near a road.

A lucky buck indeed. Or is he?

That amorous pronghorn has his work cu

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