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The Pronghorn antelope, despite the name, is not an antelope. It is the last surviving member of the Antilocapridae family. Some extinct relatives of the Antilocapridae family have some pretty insane horns such as Tetrameryx(the long boi in the picture), Hayoceros, and hexameryx to name a few. Seeing these mega pronghorns got me thinking, what would a great one Pronghorn look like?
The great one Pronghorn would not only consist of 1 or 2 extinct relatives, but also feature a typical rack, non typical rack, and a wide rack.
The two extinct Antilocapidae that could get great one variations would be either Tetrameryx or Hayoceros. Due to the both being rather similar in appearance to the modern day Pronghorn, either would be a good variation. although Tetrameryx has longer horns, Hayoceros more closely resembles a modern day Pronghorn. For that reason Hayoceros would be the more realistic option. Although there are other odd antilocapridae, their horns are rather small and look nothing like the modern day Pronghorn and likely wouldn't be worthy of a great one variation.
The typical rack is a rather simple variation, it would quite literally be a ridiculously large pronghorn. This rack would focus less on length or width and focus more on the thickness of the horns. Although not very realistic it would still be a sick great one to have in your lodge.
The non typical rack variation would be extremely deformed. The horns would take abnormal twist and turns and would resemble something out of Chernobyl. Although the idea sounds absurd, Pronghorns like this do exist such as the Hislop buck which was shot in 2014 by Dale Hislop.
The wide rack is a variation I'm not to sure about. The example is rather extreme and the actual variation would probably be dialed back a bit. Although it's a cool concept it's definitely my least favorite.
I don't think that the Pronghorn should be the next great one but it's fun to think about what it would maybe look like.
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