Can't be stupid near a buffalo herd

Gotta admit it. When I saw this thread the first thing that popped into my head was that Roger Miller song. You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd.

I do agree that those people trying to mingle with wild buffalo are doing the country a favor. It's called the Darwin Awards.
 
Was finished loading a bull bison into the bed of a pickup after a successful harvest, closed the tailgate when another bull decided to approach. We jumped onto the bed of the truck thinking we were safe, when he decided he needed to be in the truck with us and his dead buddy. To say the least it got quite crowded in the bed of the truck. I whacked him in the head with a shovel as he was halfway in and it never phased him. He wanted in as badly as we wanted out. We hung around on the outside of the truck for a few minutes till he decided he wanted to be somewhere else.
 
If your gonna be dumb, you better be tough!

One of my favorite scenes from Lonesome Dove:

Gus looking at a herd of buffalo, such as hadn't been seen in Texas for many years] Pretty, ain't they?

I reckon

Let's chase 'em. You want to?

Shoot us one for our supper?

No, I mean chase 'em just for the sport of it

To run them off?

You don't get the point, do you Pea? I mean chase 'em, because before long, there won't be any buffalo left TO chase!

Them bulls 'll hook you. D'you remember ol' man Barlow? A buffalo hooked him bad

Old man Barlow was a slow thinker, kinda like somebody else I could name

Well he was a slow walker, too, after that buffalo got through with him. Wonder what ever happened to him...

He married a fat widow over on the Blanco River, and had a passel of kids. Now you might as well have done the same thing yourself, since you don't want to chase buffalo!

Well I don't believe I'd want to chase buffalo even if I was married...

Forget I even mentioned it, Pea!
 
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They have this thing in Yellowstone they call a Bear Jam. I've actually been in one. A tourist sees a bear on the side of the road and stops to take pictures and then other tourists stops and then other tourist stops and then another tourist stops and pretty soon the road is blocked.

So my bear Jam was on the east side of the park by Cody Wyoming. I watched a woman and her two older than 5 younger than 10 children get out of their car and walk up to where the bear was to take pictures. They were probably 20 ft away from the bear photographing it. Nothing happened they took their pictures, they walked away and lived to be stupid another day.

So according to this book there was one bear Jam in Yellowstone at which, according to one of the Rangers, a tourist got out of his car walked across the field and put his hand on a grizzly bear's ass.

The ranger came up behind him and said "You are doing something very stupid and you are about to die. You need to back away from the Bear right now."

The guy listened to her and believe it or not he lived.

I think they should take all the warning labels off of everything in Yellowstone and let nature sort itself out
 
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View attachment 766291Tourists in Yellowstone are stupid.

They have this thing in Yellowstone they call a Bear Jam. I've actually been in one. A tourist sees a bear on the side of the road and stops to take pictures and then other tourists stops and then other tourist stops and then another tourist stops and pretty soon the road is blocked.

So my bear Jam was on the east side of the park by Cody Wyoming. I watched a woman and her two older than 5 younger than 10 children get out of their car and walk up to where the bear was to take pictures. They were probably 20 ft away from the bear photographing it. Nothing happened they took their pictures, they walked away and lived to be stupid another day.

So according to this book there was one bear Jam in Yellowstone at which, according to one of the Rangers, a tourist got out of his car walked across the field and put his hand on a grizzly bear's ass.

The ranger came up behind him and said "You are doing something very stupid and you are about to die. You need to back away from the Bear right now."

The guy listened to her and believe it or not he lived.

I think they should take all the warning labels off of everything in Yellowstone and let nature sort itself out
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I was in a bear jam in Yellowstone while riding in the back of a pickup with a shell camper, no window and no tailgate on the camper shell. With 2 friends driving, I and another teenager could only guess what the reason for the stop was. Cars piling up behind us, we could see the passengers in these cars ohh and ahhing. Then around the corner came the reason, a decent sized black bear who proceeded to try to crawl into the truck bed with us, as we had a camping gear and food inside with us. One thing for certain, it wasn't just my future daughters that scream like little girls.
 
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My father was working one day and headed back to his state pickup. As he got to the truck, something rushed out of the brush at him. It was a badger. Compared to the fairly foul tempered badgers you see in videos, this guy was truly upset. It was hissing and charging him, so he jumped in the bed of the truck. He didn't have anything in the bed with him to fight it and he didn't feel like going mano a mano with a pissed off badger. He spent an hour and a half trying to figure out how to get to the cab without losing all his flesh below his hip. Finally, the damn thing wandered off, and dad got in the truck and got out of there as fast as he could. From then on, he kept a lead filled wooden tire thumper in the bed of his truck.
 
My real reaction to people that dumb would get me a point or twelve. There are all kinds of dangerous ways to get hurt by stupidity in Yellowstone (seen them) and probably every other part of the national park system.

The tour bus driver mentioned earlier failed in his/her duty to protect the tourists by allowing them to get off and be dumb. And I can't blame the ranger for not doing anything but watch. Any effort he made to un(screw) the problem would probably be pointless. And all you get for trying to communicate the danger and get people safe would result in whining that he "yelled at them". I've experienced that in LE. Most of the time it is not worth it to protect people from themselves. The least bad outcome is that they stare as if you are a two headed goat.

Simple case: look at my profile pic. Bozo was (Rott and) half Fila and while great with us, was "genetically intolerant" of strangers (really mean). We walked him in a muzzle for the protection of others (and our legal exposure). I worked hard to communicate with others and find out which they wanted to go and then stay out of their way. The number who didn't think I was serious, or were wearing earbuds in public (an act which makes me go full Ermey) and whined about me "yelling at them" solidified my hatred for the general public. How dumb do you have to be to not appreciate the reason for the very visible muzzle?
 
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My father was working one day and headed back to his state pickup. As he got to the truck, something rushed out of the brush at him. It was a badger. Compared to the fairly foul tempered badgers you see in videos, this guy was truly upset. It was hissing and charging him, so he jumped in the bed of the truck. He didn't have anything in the bed with him to fight it and he didn't feel like going mano a mano with a pissed off badger. He spent an hour and a half trying to figure out how to get to the cab without losing all his flesh below his hip. Finally, the damn thing wandered off, and dad got in the truck and got out of there as fast as he could. From then on, he kept a lead filled wooden tire thumper in the bed of his truck.
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I'd sooner cross a bear than a badger. I'd sooner cross my wife than a badger
 
My daughter lives in Anchorage and the problem up there is idiots trying to pet Moose. Apparently they are mean as hell and will disembowel people with their hooves. She lives in town, and has sent many photos of Moose in her yard. They just ain't Bullwinkle.
 
You most certainly can be stupid near a bison herd. There is, however, a stupid tax to be paid.
 
steelslaver said:
Well here it is June 11tth and it is just the beginning of goring season is starting out well. Already up to 2 morons. One yesterday and one a month ago. It really amazes me, Put up signs, put it on TV and yet some dimbulbs will still try their luck. Saw a video of a woman actually pat one on the head. I on the other hand wouldn't do that with a "domestic" bull or even most cows. Hey they weigh 1200 lb or more and the reasoning power of your average congress man and are almost as dangerous. "Domestic" cattle are responsible for about 22 deaths a year. Bison have to contend with each other as well as wolves and bears. It is such a great idea to all gather around some and act like complete idiots until they either panic and run over us or one of them decides he has had enough of us.
www.nps.gov

Man gored by bison June 10 in Yellowstone National Park - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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I always root for the wildlife. :cool:
 

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My daughter lives in Anchorage and the problem up there is idiots trying to pet Moose. Apparently they are mean as hell and will disembowel people with their hooves. She lives in town, and has sent many photos of Moose in her yard. They just ain't Bullwinkle.
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I learned how cantankerous and ornery they are when I took a boundary waters canoe trip many years ago. The moose were oftentimes more dangerous than the black bears.

I also learned from my Grandfather, who had a dairy farm, to never stop respecting the animals. The lesson was simple, they could turn on you in a second, or if spooked could hurt you badly if you were in their escape path. Cows are nowhere near as dangerous as bison. Aside from the herd bulls. The older they got, the more ornery they tended to be.

I remember the one bull, whom I fed as a calf, that tried to kill me as an adult. He wanted to stomp me to death. He was in a sturdy enclosure, and there was no danger, but that helped hammer the lesson into me to not treat livestock as friendly animals.

Wild animals are even more unpredictable than domesticated ones.
 
The las time I was at Yellowstone I watched as a Japanese father lined up his wife and two children next to a buffalo calf for a "kodak Moment." I don't know where the calves mother was, but I didn't stay around to see the outcome!
 
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