Jan 27th, 2018 : Heifer Gone Wild

[xoxoxoBruce]

We have several Bison farms in Lancaster County, raising them for the meat market, so I’ve seen them driving by quite often. Ho hum, shaggy cows. It wasn’t until I got up close and personal I realized how big they get.

Driving through Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota the was a three way intersection I came to where a herd was just starting to cross. For myself and a couple others nothing to do but shut it off and wait. As the herd crossed it got wider and wider until all the stopped vehicles were engulfed too. I’m in a van a couple steps up from the ground and the big bulls are looking me in the eye.

There was a big post maybe six feet high at that intersection and a Bison would stop and scratch their neck. They would keep scratching until another one would bump them in the ass then take their place scratching. This happened a half dozen times and I noticed the bumper was always bigger than the bumpee. The last one was a yuge bull, the biggest critter I’ve ever seen in the wild.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Driving through Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota the was a three way intersection I came to where a herd was just starting to cross.

Have you seen my holiday snaps?





Taken from the car with a telephoto lens, I hasten to add.

That trip was back in 2003 but seems like yesterday.
I don't know where the time goes but it makes me realise how short life is.
In a somewhat reflective mood this morning.