Mountain biker vs antelope.

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:05 am

http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... p=obinsite

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:09 am

Seen that

wrong place, wrong time.

Rube Burrows · Post by **Rube Burrows** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:19 am

WOW.....and that wasnt no little pronghorn.....that thing was a beast, and moving too.

Wonder if it was just a case of two things on a collision course or if the Antelope was gunning for him.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:30 am

Dude's really lucky the buck didn't dip his head!

Grizzly Adams · Post by **Grizzly Adams** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:58 am

Rube Burrows wrote:WOW.....and that wasnt no little pronghorn.....that thing was a beast, and moving too.

Wonder if it was just a case of two things on a collision course or if the Antelope was gunning for him.

I read that they are territorial.

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:50 am

It looked quite purposeful to me.

pokey · Post by **pokey** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:07 pm

so,,,, when hunting antelope, be sure and bring your mountain bike,

as bait.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:46 pm

I'm glad the guy behind was wearing a helmet cam or this could have been chalked up to another urban legend type story

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:08 pm

It's official - you CANNOT outrun an antelope on yer mountain bike.

-Stretch

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:13 pm

did that hurt, Luther? It looked real painful from up here.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:18 pm

I'm here to testify that bike helmets save lives. One saved mine. I was doing 26 mph on a downhill when a passing pick up truck lost a sheet of 3/4" plywood. BAM! instant wall right where I needed to be.

Praise the Lord it was ONLY a bad head injury.

gak · Post by **gak** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:30 pm

Rusty wrote:I'm here to testify that bike helmets save lives. One saved mine. I was doing 26 mph on a downhill when a passing pick up truck lost a sheet of 3/4" plywood. BAM! instant wall right where I needed to be.

Praise the Lord it was ONLY a bad head injury.

+1 I "lost it" swerving to avoid an oncoming cyclist on a curve of a good but gravelly path in Colorado. Went right over the handlebars and did a head plant, stuffing the bill of the helmet right into some pretty hard earth. Scraped me up pretty badly and a stiff/sore neck for a week, but I lived to walk out of there with a bike that got it worse and tell the story. I don't make fun (as much

they still look goofy and insubstantial) of the little helmets any more!

cas · Post by **cas** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:06 pm

A Hartebeest, no?

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:10 pm

Old Savage wrote:It looked quite purposeful to me.

Yep. Especially when you watch the slow-motion version.

pokey wrote:so,,,, when hunting antelope, be sure and bring your mountain bike, as bait.

Sure beats hauling around a decoy...

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:20 pm

Saw that coming. Had to hurt.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:06 pm

I'm with Griff, he's awful lucky he didn't plant two horns right into that guy. Who'da thunk?

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:10 pm

That's going to leave a mark!

Rube Burrows · Post by **Rube Burrows** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:53 pm

After watching it again .....and again. The guy does point to the right a few seconds before the animal comes into the picture. Like he seen the animal coming for a good distance before it ran him over.

I think it was very much a warning. Since he didnt lower his head and reall put the horns to him. Guy is lucky.....lucky to walk away and lucky to catch it on film.

He is also lucky this was not a lion or other predator.

Retro · Post by **Retro** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:48 am

cas wrote:A Hartebeest, no?

Yup, a red one. Good eating if you get them first...

piller · Post by **piller** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:50 am

So, is 86er going to take a mountain bike to Africa so that his client can be sure to get a good close shot of a Red Hartebeest on his next hunt over there?

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