Random Pictures Thread

DLJeffs said:
I like the last shot. That's the last thing you see and remember when you get too close to a bison who doesn't want his photo taken. I was fishing in the Firehole River in Yellowstone one time at sundown and the fog dropped in. I had to find my way back to my rig in foggy semi-darkness through a herd of bison who decided to bed down between me and my truck. That was intense.
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Wife and I were both riding our motorcycles thru Yellowstone. Came to a buffalo strolling down the road, drop off on one side, uphill on the other.....he was taking the easy path and in no hurry to go anywhere. We waited and watched awhile.....and were left with no choice but to go around him. I went 1st, got up a little speed and then just coasted by......wife came next. He just sorta rolled his head as I went by 8-10' away and looked at me with those BIG eyes!!!!
No harm, no foul......coulda turned out much worse!!!
Makes for a helluva memory though!
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scootac said:
Wife and I were both riding our motorcycles thru Yellowstone. Came to a buffalo strolling down the road, drop off on one side, uphill on the other.....he was taking the easy path and in no hurry to go anywhere. We waited and watched awhile.....and were left with no choice but to go around him. I went 1st, got up a little speed and then just coasted by......wife came next. He just sorta rolled his head as I went by 8-10' away and looked at me with those BIG eyes!!!!
No harm, no foul......coulda turned out much worse!!!
Makes for a helluva memory though!
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It gets real when you're eye to eye with a thousand pounds of bison right next to you.
 
DLJeffs said:
It gets real when you're eye to eye with a thousand pounds of bison right next to you.
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1000lbs would be a female or a young male, not a full grown male which would likely be closer to 2000lbs

BUT ... you betcha it gets real. I though one was going to knock my rental car over in Yellowstone but he decided not to. Whew!
 
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In 2012, I invited a guy from England to come out here to make about 4 knapins and meet up with a bunch of American Flintknappers and also see some country that most tourist never ever see. Heading from Missouri to Washington, Yellowstone was in the way, so we decided to go through the park, (actually, it was planned). Anyway, after Old Faithful, we headed towards Montana and on the way was the water that was really colorful. Don't remember what it was called, but there were a lot of people there and the parking lot was pretty full. I found a spot that had a vacant space between me and another car.
I parked, got out of my truck, and Holy Buffalo, there came a calf right through the middle of the empty space and then Mom. I'll admit it, if I hadn't found a tree about 10 minutes earlier, by boots would have been filled, there would have been a puddle at my feet, and my pants would have had a dark streak on both legs. There could not have been 18-24 inches between them and me. All the other buffalo were about 8 parking spaces away. Mom dropped a clump of hair as a gift. As a Flintknapper and somewhat maker of primitive tools the ancients used, I now had something that would make about a 36" string to maybe tie a spear point to a stick I would have to pilfer somewhere. Anyway, my plan was to follow all the rules of the park, but Mom and Calf had different plans and wanted to leave me something to remember this encounter.
I do have video of a real stupid woman about 50 yards down a hill approaching a herd with her hand out in a gesture probably saying, "Here Kitty Kitty". I told that Brit, "We need to get outa here before we become witnesses". .............. Jerry (in Tucson)
 
phinds said:
1000lbs would be a female or a young male, not a full grown male which would likely be closer to 2000lbs

BUT ... you betcha it gets real. I though one was going to knock my rental car over in Yellowstone but he decided not to. Whew!
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The farm up the road had a male that was 4200 pounds at one time. He was about 3000 when I saw him. They can be very big.
 
scootac said:
Wife and I were both riding our motorcycles thru Yellowstone. Came to a buffalo strolling down the road, drop off on one side, uphill on the other.....he was taking the easy path and in no hurry to go anywhere. We waited and watched awhile.....and were left with no choice but to go around him. I went 1st, got up a little speed and then just coasted by......wife came next. He just sorta rolled his head as I went by 8-10' away and looked at me with those BIG eyes!!!!
No harm, no foul......coulda turned out much worse!!!
Makes for a helluva memory though!
😁
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I have gotten caught twice in the middle of a small heard in the Tetons on my Wing. Yep, nerve wracking, but loved it at the same time. There were a few cars as well and we just eased on through. New shorts and pants later.
 
Did a little leaf peeping on Saturday. Leaves are a few week later this year. I like to think they waited for us to get back from our cruise. Probably another reason. I did hear one person say that lives in Custer SD the leaves are later due to a late spring. Well, that jives with us given the heavy snows and freezing temps through most of May.

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The son of friends of ours is a serious outdoorsman, hunter, trapper. He was elk hunting in eastern Oregon. The next day, a friend of his was hunting in the same area and shot this with his bow. It came in when he was making cow elk calls. Estimated at 180 lbs. The Nat'l Park web site says the largest one ever recorded was 276 lbs! I never realized they got that big.

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That's always fun. Calling in a cat that wants to eat the thing that's making the noise!! Good thing he saw it approaching. Had one come up behind us while calling and it recognized we were humans and left in a hurry but not before scaring the bejesus out of us.
 
here's the pictures of the last one my brother got. they went down a mine shaft after it. shot it dead finally at about 3 feet when it charged them. no one ever said he was smart
i don't think it's as large as the one pictured prior in this thread

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DLJeffs said:
I don't know but I would expect (hope) you do. The guy was elk hunting so not sure if he had a permit for mountain lion just hanging around in his vest or what.
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Why hope? There are a lot of them, too many. They used to be afraid of man, not so much now. As an apex predator, they can look at you as food. Heavy winter here they move in from wild land behind us. Lots of deer. People find dead deer in trees and ask What should we do. Stay away.... just a matter of time before bad stuff happens..
 
Mike1950 said:
Why hope? There are a lot of them, too many. They used to be afraid of man, not so much now. As an apex predator, they can look at you as food. Heavy winter here they move in from wild land behind us. Lots of deer. People find dead deer in trees and ask What should we do. Stay away.... just a matter of time before bad stuff happens..
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Maybe. Some areas have too many, some not enough. Based on the way nearly every other activity that is left to human common sense has worked out, I think there needs to be some control. Even if it's just to monitor the situation.
 
DLJeffs said:
Maybe. Some areas have too many, some not enough. Based on the way nearly every other activity that is left to human common sense has worked out, I think there needs to be some control. Even if it's just to monitor the situation.
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in nevada where deer elk and bighorn sheep are scarce, a mountain lion east a fresh kill at least once a week and sometimes every 3 days.
that toll on the minimal populations of big game can get out of control really quickly

here's a report on the matter in nevada, though a little dated


if you google search mountain lion predation in Nevada, there are lots of articles
a quote from one of the reports
"The bottom line is that in the study area, mountain lions appear to be controlling an already depressed deer herd, and they are apparently not benefiting the population by taking only the weak and old. The density of the lion population is not limited by the need for exclusive territories, and reproduction is continuing within this high-density population
 
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DLJeffs said:
Maybe. Some areas have too many, some not enough. Based on the way nearly every other activity that is left to human common sense has worked out, I think there needs to be some control. Even if it's just to monitor the situation.
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Maybe- there are children in this neighborhood- lots of them. They should not be sharing ground with apex predators... Gotta make choices- the cats or people. I have pictures of lions and wolfs 100-150' from my power pole up north. Do they or I have more rights.....
 
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