Yellowstone Rodeo not PRCA or PBR endorsed Gramps the Bullfighter

Faye Fox

Faye Fox

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Read the signs grandpa, you dumb :poop:!

STAY in your Vehicle!

How many signs do they have to put up in Yellowstone before people get the message? I mean the signs even have pictures of angry bison with warnings understood in every language. We can't blame lack of common sense on the youth in this case. Maybe this old fool was a vegan and thought all animals loved him.

 
I'll keep it short. Once, sometime back I was riding up US/rt 385 through Wind-Cave national pk in S/Dakota. I was on a motorcycle, I rounded a bend in the road, and there stood a small herd of Bison. They weren't moving. So, I just stopped. One big ass bull walked right over too me sniffed me, my motorcycle and such, I sat there frozen. @ one point his nose was right against my left knee, I was afraid he would burn his nose on the hot engine, and that might set him off. He didn't he just kept sniffing, snorting, looking @ me with that BIG eye. Finally, the herd moved off to the right side of the road, he gave me one last look and snort, then he casually walked off and joined them, and I went on my way ............ whew!

When we reached the motel, I had a few adult beverages ..........;)
 
Buck Bailey said:
I'll keep it short. Once, sometime back I was riding up US/rt 385 through Wind-Cave national pk in S/Dakota. I was on a motorcycle, I rounded a bend in the road, and there stood a small herd of Bison. They weren't moving. So, I just stopped. One big ass bull walked right over too me sniffed me, my motorcycle and such, I sat there frozen. @ one point his nose was right against my left knee, I was afraid he would burn his nose on the hot engine, and that might set him off. He didn't he just kept sniffing, snorting, looking @ me with that BIG eye. Finally, the herd moved off to the right side of the road, he gave me one last look and snort, then he casually walked off and joined them, and I went on my way ............ whew!

When we reached the motel, I had a few adult beverages ..........;)
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Two things in your favor Buck. First you stayed still, posing no threat. His sniff confirmed you weren't a threat. Second, it wasn't mating season or he might have charged anyway. Once on a trip thru North Yellowstone, I encountered a bison herd and stopped and let them go by. The bull banged my pickup right fender as he passed. I never fixed it since it made a conversation piece. I have no idea why he did it, since I stopped and remained still. Perhaps he saw his reflection in the side mirror and felt threatened.
 
Back in the summer of 2006, we visited South Dakota. Went to Bear Country, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument (not completed yet), Deadwood, Custer State Park and the High Plains Western Heritage Center Museum. While in Custer State Park, we came across a small herd of Buffalo alongside of the road. I stopped by the road and we both got out of the truck. I walked a short distance up the road to get some pictures and my wife walked down a small path. As I was returning to the truck, I noticed a Bull following behind my wife. Don't know where it came from but it was there. She had no idea that it was there. I told her "get off of the path" and when she did, the Bull continued walking down the path towards the herd. Got some great pictures, but it was somewhat scary also. IOW, something neither of us will ever forget.
 
We were stopped in a "traffic jam" in Yellowstone and the bison were walking down the side of the road. There wasn't much room between the vegetation and the cars for them to get by but they were walking along anyway, brushing up against the cars.

I put the window down a little ways and touched their sides as they went by. Talk about wiry hair! And they smelled pretty bad, too.
 
I saw this on another forum. Here's a longer video:


I don't know why the guy and his wife were walking along the road. I read there's a trail there. It looks like that white truck made the bison angry, and when it drove off, it chased the old guy. Apparently it was also the rut. (edit to add: There's a campground there with walking trails. Crazy, huh?)

One guy commented that he had worked with bison, and they were fine when penned in confined spaces but got real territorial when out in the open. Others commented that they have been out in the wide open gopher hunting, when a bison came charging out of nowhere. Kinda weird they get so provoked from so far away when you're just standing there.
 
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John Brunner said:
I saw this on another forum. Here's a longer video:


I don't know why the guy and his wife were walking along the road. I read there's a trail there. It looks like that white truck made the bison angry, and when it drove off, it chased the old guy. Apparently it was also the rut. (edit to add: There's a campground there with walking trails. Crazy, huh?)

One guy commented that he had worked with bison, and they were fine when penned in confined spaces but got real territorial when out in the open. Others commented that they have been out in the wide open gopher hunting, when a bison came charging out of nowhere. Kinda weird they get so provoked from so far away when you're just standing there.
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It is a grandpa and his granddaughter. Yes, good question why they are out on foot with bison around when numerous warning signs tell them to stay in their vehicle.
 
Faye Fox said:
It is a grandpa and his granddaughter. Yes, good question why they are out on foot with bison around when numerous warning signs tell them to stay in their vehicle.
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The guy is walking down a legit walking trail around approved campgrounds within Yellowstone. The bison was in an area with picnic tables:

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That is Yellowstone, folks! Sure there are special walking trails but any visitors has to remember dangerous wild animals are on the loose and walking or being out in the open may not be as safe as it looks. It isn't about violating the rules, it is about common sense. I don't care if the bull was 100 yards away, being out in the open, photographing him, wasn't very smart. :sneaky:

A bison can run 30 mph and a human 10 mph. So do the math before you get too far from your car. Gramps is lucky he was just tossed and not trampled. I think all entering Yellowstone should be given a common sense test and also a basic math skills test. 🤣

Yellowstone Pre-entry Math Test

Bison Bill the bull can run 30 mph (14.67 yards a second) and vacationer Joe can run 10 mph (4.89 yards a sec). How many yards can Joe wander from his car to get an up-close photo of Bison Bill, 60 yards away, and still make it back to his car and shut the door, should Bill become agitated or maybe just be having a bad day? Hint: Bill runs 3 times as fast as Joe. :unsure:
 
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Faye Fox said:
That is Yellowstone, folks! Sure there are special walking trails but any visitors has to remember dangerous wild animals are on the loose and walking or being out in the open may not be as safe as it looks. It isn't about violating the rules, it is about common sense. I don't care if the bull was 100 yards away, being out in the open, photographing him, wasn't very smart. :sneaky:

A bison can run 30 mph and a human 10 mph. So do the math before you get too far from your car. Gramps is lucky he was just tossed and not trampled. I think all entering Yellowstone should be given a common sense test and also a basic math skills test. 🤣
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It freaked me out that the bison was lounging around picnic tables. Or more to the point, why in the heck are there picnic tables out there????
 
Good afternoon to all-

I don't trust ANY large animal when it is upset. and I assume ALL large animals are upset ALL of the time.

If I am around something like bison, elk, whatever, I stay in my vehicle and let the animals approach or not. I don't ever walk up toward a large beast. Hell, I've been tossed by one of my angus bulls in a headchute something like that old man- the flight is not bad, but the landing is hell- just sayin'.

Being on foot around large wild animals is not a healthy thing to do. Stay in the vehicle.

you all be safe and keep well- Ed
 
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