Posted on 07/30/2023 9:46:26 PM PDT by xxqqzz
The National Park Service (NPS) is advising visitors to proceed with extra caution as two people were recently injured after interactions with wild bison at both Yellowstone National Park, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
On Monday, a woman from Arizona was charged and gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park.
“The female was walking with another individual in a field in front of the Lake Lodge when they saw two bison," the NPS explained of the incident in a release the NPS shared. "Upon seeing them, the visitors turned to walk away from the bison. One of the bison charged and gored the woman.”
A few days earlier, on Saturday July 15, a Minnesota woman sustained “significant injuries” in the abdomen and foot after an interaction in Roosevelt National Park. The woman, who was last reported to be in serious but stable, condition was treated by Park Rangers and the local Sheriff on the scene before being transported to two different hospitals.
“Park staff send their sincere well wishes to her and her family as she continues to receive care and recover,” the National Park Service said in a statement about the incident.
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Beefalo taste good, but who wants to raise them?
Both victims are women. Interesting.
They stroll through the parking lots at JellyStone.
Always try to keep a couple of vehicles between them and you.
Both victims are women. Interesting.
The men they were with didn't need to run faster than the buffalo, just faster than the women.
If you’re going buffalo visiting, bring a slow friend.
Who wants to raise them? I lived near a buffalo farm. Akin to cattle, if they’re used to human interaction, they’re not all that dangerous most of the time. But, for both cattle and bison, if they’re not used to human interaction, you could be in trouble. Dairy Cows versus range cattle, etc.
“The woman, who was last reported to be in serious but stable, condition was treated by Park Rangers and the local Sheriff on the scene before being transported to two different hospitals.”
Poor woman went to two different hospitals, upper half one hospital, lower half other hospital.
It just takes patience and generations of breeding the friendly ones and eating the mean ones. The Russian silver fox experiment took 40 generations of that (well, not eating) to create a domesticated version.
It could be right side and left side.
Bison can’t outrun a Desert Eagle...
Yes, indeed.
I’m somewhat familiar with true feral deer vs. deer habituated to our local suburban/wilderness interface
Likely a similar situation.
I still don’t approach the deer.
They do taste great but I prefer to see them in the wild. We can only get buffalo burgers frozen and only at one butcher because they are imported from a neighboring state.
“....can’t outrun a Desert Eagle...”
I still kick myself for not buying a used DE in .357 that was on offer very locally.
Too soon old, too late smart.
.50 cal
Crack its head, like Gallagher angry at a watermelon
Here’s my typical .50 cal. tool... :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BCL6KBW?tag=bravesoftwa04-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&language=en_US
I have two. One at the new compound and one at the old.
One is Lake City 08 and one Lake City 11.
As always, YMMV.
They’ve killed folks on pasture where I live in middle tennessee twice in 15 years I know of
Meaner than Brahma or other tropical bulls I’ve dealt with
These ain’t polled Herefords
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