BUFFALO ROUNDUP
Custer State Park, South Dakota

60 horseback riders
20 pickup trucks
1,000 buffalo herded toward the corrals.

1 panicked 100 lb. pronghorn.

What makes this moment dramatic - pronghorn go under fences, not over, Being boxed in by the massive shaggy ones, he leaped into the air, hitting the fence top with his back legs. which caused a face first landing. I held my breathe. Happily, he bounded away on sturdy legs. No doubt, spurred on by the cheering of the crowd (14,000)