There's a herd up by Fort Liard in the Yukon, with a HUGE bull that has a habit of standing in the middle of the road after all, it's HIS house. Some trucker thought he could sit in his Peterbilt and honk the horn and show who was boss - the bull shredded the hood, a couple tires and punched a hole in one of the fuel tanks. Fort Liard is a loooong way from anywhere and the tow bill was supposedly in the tens of thousands.
Born and raised in the Northwest. Hunted ALOT. Deer, elk and antelope, all the birds upland to geese. A friend of mine had a mobile milling business, rolling corn and grain for farmers and ranchers, and I'd go with him occasionally. There was a place called Brown's Buffalo Ranch. And sure enough, they had Buffs. Not much bigger than the average cow. Fast forward to 2012, I'm driving truck across North Dakota. I get to the Theodore Roosevelt natl wildlife park, 3 buffalo laying just across the fence, about 100 yds from the road. Cool, I'm going to get a pic.... They were ok till I got to the 50 yd line, then they stood up. Bowel movement moment. I could tell they were big laying down, but I'd NEVER seen 3 hairy locomotives! All three looking like steamrolling a crazy driver was the best entertainment available. They just turned, and walked away. Did I mention getting a picture? Shit, that idea was gone. Have a lot of respect for folks who could hunt them with something less than a .50 Sharps.
I watched someone try to put their toddler on a bison for a picture about 20 miles from that spot. They were from out of town. (As an aside for those who might care. The park service is moving Tower Junction, building a new bridge over the Yellowstone River, and rerouting the road during the next few years)
Went to a wildlife safari park near San Antonio in the mid-90's. You could buy food foe the animals and feed them as you drove through. When we got to the Bison area, one came up to the rear window where my wife and cousin were. The thing's head filled the whole window! They started to feed it, but its nose was dripping. That day I learned the Spanish for "snot" is "mocos". I was glad the car was a rental, but felt sorry for the poor bugger who had to clean the back seat area.
Seen people do STUPID stuff around bison when in Yellowstone.
ReplyDeleteConsequences, folks...
Wooly Bully.
ReplyDeleteIf that's a 10 foot lane, that means that thing is 10 feet nose to tail. Hard to believe.
ReplyDeleteSo I checked, and they do get that big, and even bigger. Amazing.
Just down the road from our house! Stupid tourists do mess with the big fluffy cows all the time.
ReplyDeleteThat's a couple thousand pounds of don't fook with me that can run at 30+MPH. Nice juxtaposition with the car.
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If I am not mistaken, the car bears plates from the State of Assorted Nuts (aka CA)?
ReplyDeleteLooks like.
DeleteAnd please don't encourage ANYONE to fuck around with Bison. There is no such thing as a bison with a good mood.
Not even Californicators? Let Mother Nature cleanse the gene pool.
DeleteThere's a herd up by Fort Liard in the Yukon, with a HUGE bull that has a habit of standing in the middle of the road after all, it's HIS house. Some trucker thought he could sit in his Peterbilt and honk the horn and show who was boss - the bull shredded the hood, a couple tires and punched a hole in one of the fuel tanks. Fort Liard is a loooong way from anywhere and the tow bill was supposedly in the tens of thousands.
ReplyDeleteBorn and raised in the Northwest. Hunted ALOT. Deer, elk and antelope, all the birds upland to geese. A friend of mine had a mobile milling business, rolling corn and grain for farmers and ranchers, and I'd go with him occasionally. There was a place called Brown's Buffalo Ranch. And sure enough, they had Buffs. Not much bigger than the average cow. Fast forward to 2012, I'm driving truck across North Dakota. I get to the Theodore Roosevelt natl wildlife park, 3 buffalo laying just across the fence, about 100 yds from the road. Cool, I'm going to get a pic.... They were ok till I got to the 50 yd line, then they stood up. Bowel movement moment. I could tell they were big laying down, but I'd NEVER seen 3 hairy locomotives! All three looking like steamrolling a crazy driver was the best entertainment available. They just turned, and walked away. Did I mention getting a picture? Shit, that idea was gone. Have a lot of respect for folks who could hunt them with something less than a .50 Sharps.
ReplyDeleteI watched someone try to put their toddler on a bison for a picture about 20 miles from that spot. They were from out of town.
ReplyDelete(As an aside for those who might care. The park service is moving Tower Junction, building a new bridge over the Yellowstone River, and rerouting the road during the next few years)
Went to a wildlife safari park near San Antonio in the mid-90's. You could buy food foe the animals and feed them as you drove through. When we got to the Bison area, one came up to the rear window where my wife and cousin were. The thing's head filled the whole window! They started to feed it, but its nose was dripping. That day I learned the Spanish for "snot" is "mocos". I was glad the car was a rental, but felt sorry for the poor bugger who had to clean the back seat area.
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