pronghorns are now quite numerous, and outnumbered people in wyoming and parts of northern colorado until just recently. they are legally hunted in western states for purposes of population control and food. no major range-wide threats exist, although localized declines are taking place, particularly to the sonoran pronghorn, mainly as a result of, among others, livestock grazing, the construction of roads, fences, and other barriers that prevent access to historical habitat, illegal hunting, insufficient forage and water, and lack of recruitment.