Pronghorn Timeline

The pronghorn recovery is one of the great wildlife conservation stories in North America. These are the key dated moments.

A pronghorn buck standing on open grassland
A pronghorn buck on open grassland

1908: Wyoming closes its pronghorn season to let the population recover, keeping it closed through 1915.

1915: Hunting and habitat loss reduce pronghorn to about 13,000 animals.

1925: Conservation efforts lift the population to about 30,500.

1930s: New refuges and state laws in the Great Basin help pronghorn rebound.

1967: The Sonoran pronghorn is protected under federal endangered species law.

1984: Pronghorn numbers top one million.

2002: Hunt4 Antelope.com is part of the original Hunt4 family of hunting sites.

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