Managing Pronghorn on Private Land

Proceedings of the

Managing Pronghorn on Private Land

Sanctioned by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas May 12 ? 14, 2014

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Editors Ryan O'Shaughnessy

Shawn S. Gray Published by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Borderlands Research Institute Organizing Committee Louis A. Harveson, Workshop Co-Chair, Borderlands Research Institute Shawn S. Gray, Workshop Co-Chair, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Borderlands Research Institute Sara Gray, Borderlands Research Institute Suggested Citation O'Shaughnessy, R. and S.S. Gray, editors. 2015. Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Biennial Pronghorn Workshop. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Borderlands Research Institute, Alpine, Texas. The Pronghorn Workshop is a biennial event sanctioned by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

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Table of Contents

Plenary Session............................................................................................................................... 6 Benefits and Challenges of Managing the Public's Resource on Private Land: State Agency Perspective ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Benefits and Challenges of Managing the Public's Resource on Private Land: Landowner Perspective ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Past, Present, and Future of Pronghorn Hunting in Texas: A Hunter and Pronghorn Enthusiast's Perspective .................................................................................................................................... 10 Contributed Papers....................................................................................................................... 11 The Evolution of the Pronghorn Private Land Use System in New Mexico ................................ 12 Resilience of a Small Population of Translocated Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) .............. 18 The Efficacy and Economics of Limited Lethal Removal of Coyotes to Benefit Pronghorn in Arizona.......................................................................................................................................... 26 Literature Search ? Does hunting pronghorn during the breeding season disturb breeding, resulting in a longer breeding season and reduced birth synchrony? ........................................... 39 State and Province Pronghorn Status Report 2014 ....................................................................... 44 2013 State and Province Pronghorn Status Questionnaire ........................................................... 55 Contributed Abstracts ................................................................................................................... 61 Finding New Ways to Manage Pronghorn Populations in the Texas Panhandle ......................... 62 History of the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Pronghorn EQIP and WHIP Initiative in Texas ......................................................................................................................................... 63 Habitat Selection of Translocated Pronghorn in the Trans-Pecos, Texas..................................... 64 Brush Density Selection of Pronghorn in the Marathon Basin, Texas ......................................... 65 Winter Resource Selection by Pronghorn at the Northern Limit of Their Range ........................ 67 Response of Pronghorn Population Productivity in the Red Desert, Wyoming to Anthropogenic and Environmental Change........................................................................................................... 68 Prediction of Pronghorn Stress During Translocation .................................................................. 69 Post-release Survival of Translocated Pronghorn in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas............... 71 Post-release Movements of Translocated Pronghorn in Trans-Pecos, Texas ............................... 73

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Home Range, Habitat Use, Survival, and Limiting Factors of Pronghorn Ten Years Postreintroduction ................................................................................................................................ 74 Prevalence of Disease in Texas Pronghorn................................................................................... 75 Texas Pronghorn: What Produces a Trophy? .............................................................................. 77 Towards a Universal Method for Estimating Ruminant Diet from Faeces .................................. 78 The Determination of the Leading Causes of Pronghorn Fawn Mortality throughout the TransPecos Region................................................................................................................................. 80 Modelling Pronghorn Population Dynamics in the Texas Panhandle .......................................... 82 A Comparison of Two Release Methods for Pronghorn Reintroduction in Coahuila, M?xico.... 83 Winter ? Spring Movements of Satellite GPS Collared Pronghorn in the Texas Panhandle in Relation to Barriers and Agriculture............................................................................................. 84 Awards .......................................................................................................................................... 85 Berrendo Award............................................................................................................................ 86 Nomination for.............................................................................................................................. 87 2014 Pronghorn Workshop ........................................................................................................... 87 Berrendo Award?Tommy Hailey ................................................................................................. 87 Special Recognition Award .......................................................................................................... 93 Supplementary Information .......................................................................................................... 95 Agenda .......................................................................................................................................... 96 2014 Pronghorn Workshop Business Meeting ............................................................................. 98 List of registrants for the 26th Biennial Pronghorn Workshop, 2014 ......................................... 101 Pronghorn Workshop Operating Manual.................................................................................... 104 Bylaws ........................................................................................................................................ 112 Summary of Pronghorn Workshops Held to Date ...................................................................... 116

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