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Comment on The Sage Grouse Reader Poll: Pronghorns by Thomas Dunn

Thomas Dunn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:34:47 +0000

Evidently, the NRCS and the Wyoming Game & Fish have different standards for fences. We built some new fences on our ranch and the Game & Fish said the bottom wire should be at least 14 inches above the ground and be smooth wire. We built our fences with the smooth bottom wire 16 inches above the ground and antelope negotiate these fences quite well. Only rarely do we have calves crawl under the fence.

We have hundreds of antelope on our ranch and I have seen an antelope jump a fence only once and that one jumped a fence that was below him as he raced along a road.

Comment on Why Cody, Wyoming is the New Literary Capital of America by JDB

JDB — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:13:56 +0000

Laramie’s Brad Watson (2003 Finalist for the National Book Award) has a new collection, Aliens in the Prime of their Lives. It officially releases March 22, 2010, but is available online now. It is a great collection of stories. Check it out.

Comment on The Sage Grouse Reader Poll: Pronghorns by Rob St. John

Rob St. John — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:05 +0000

Amazing that this question should be asked. I am from Montana and worked in NW Wyoming 9 years until last Oct. My wife and home are still in Bozeman and I am currently applying for work back in MT or WY. Anyway, last weekend I was driving from John Day, OR to Prineville, OR to attend the state meeting of Backcountry Horsemen of Oregon. There is some pronghorns that I’ve seen along the Waterman bench section of Hwy 26. Saturday morning I watched as one of a small herd of antelope jumped a 5 strand bobwire fence…just like a muley would. I was so amazed and decided I would report it to the Forest biologist when I got back. However, this article seems to indicate that it does indeed happen.

Comment on Wyoming’s Mystery Man: C.J. Box on Top by Ginny Lamb (McNamara)

Ginny Lamb (McNamara) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:40 +0000

Chuck was a friend of mine for many of our youthful years in Casper! We were friends at Pineview Elementary School, East Jr. High and Kelly Walsh HS!
I always valued our relationship and always thought he was a very special person.
I am so proud of what he has accomplished in his life. He has always had a certain “thing” about him that attracted him to so many people! He was a great guy as I remember!

May your success in writing continue for a very long time! You are certainly very good at what you do!

KUDOS!!

Comment on Wyoming’s Mystery Man: C.J. Box on Top by Susan Ommen

Susan Ommen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:06 +0000

This is a great article. I have known Chuck since middle school and graduated High School with him, we always knew he was headed to great places. I have read 2 of his books. Open Season and Three Weeks to Say Goodbye. I am hooked and so is my husband. We recently purchased the entire set in Ft Collins and look forward to reading each and everyone of them, then passing them to my dad and son to read. I attended a book signing recently in Sidney NE and heard the story of his life you have just written about, it was fun to hear about the life of one of my classmates. Chuck is about as down to earth as you can get and I do not see that changing, which is reflective in work.

Comment on Wyoming’s Mystery Man: C.J. Box on Top by Wm. Pride

Wm. Pride — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:30:52 +0000

Fine piece, great pix, pure Wyo. Glad you used a few pix with the black hat. Anybody who hasn’t checked cjbox.net lately, do it now. Lots more great pix there.

Comment on The Sage Grouse Reader Poll: Pronghorns by L.G Richardson

L.G Richardson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:26:09 +0000

I have seen three pronghorn carcasses draped over Wyoming fences. I have seen two mule deer fawn hung up in a fence near my house (my nephew freed them). I have not seen antelope jump a fence, although the mulies around here do so routinely. My late father used to carry wire cutters in his truck, & he cut various animals free of fences. He once freed an antelope that was so tangled my father actually had to lift the critter to unwind him. My father’s opinion was that abandoned fences were the worst hazard for animals, although he didn’t seem to regret cutting into other people’s perfectly taut, well-maintained fences, should the need (in his opinion) arise.

Comment on Wyoming’s Mystery Man: C.J. Box on Top by Ken Christensen

Ken Christensen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:45:33 +0000

Thanks for the great article. I’ve gotten hooked on Box’s books. Hint: Read the Pickett series in order.

Comment on The Sage Grouse Reader Poll: Pronghorns by Bryon Lee

Bryon Lee — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:19:39 +0000

Comment:
I personally have never witnessed a pronghorn jump a fence, nor have I heard first hand accounts until reading this write up. With that being said, I would need to see proof of the pouncing pronghorn in order to not support modified fencing throughout the state. Lastly, I would have not expected a subdivision in Gillette to be the evolutionary SS Beagle of Wyoming pronghorns,….but I guess the new junior college mascot name has motivated the ungulate to do extrodinary things.

Comment on The Sage Grouse Reader Poll: Pronghorns by Lee Gaymon

Lee Gaymon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:25:47 +0000

Those Prairie Goats either try to run through a fence or go under it. The only time I have seen an antelope go over a fence is when it was going fast enough to hit the fence and flip over it. The passenger of the SS Beagle would have decided that they are evolved from liberal politicians. They have the same meathod of attacking an obstacle.