buffalo

American Bison Calf

It is amazing to see people walking up to these animals. (I have a long lens and plus I was in my vehicle.) This is the warning posted by the refuge: These animals are not tame. You are a visitor in their pasture. Do not venture afoot into open pastures close to buffalo. Although they [...]

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Sheridan Wyoming Buffalo-5296

I am camping here in Sheridan, Wyoming and I decided to check and see what I could photograph here in town. Be sure to check out the Birds and Mule Deer I photographed: Sheridan, Wyoming Birds Sheridan Wyoming Mule Deer

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Buffalo Remains

by Steve Creek on October 25, 2008 · 1 comment

A Buffalo Skull

Bison were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century and were reduced to a few hundred by the mid-1880s. The main reason they were hunted was for their skins, with the rest of the animal left behind to decay on the ground. After the animals rotted, their bones were collected and shipped back east [...]

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Buffalo_4871

Bison are found in both publicly and privately held herds. Custer State Park in South Dakota is home to 1,500 bison, one of the largest publicly held herds in the world. Wildlife officials believe that there are only four free roaming and genetically pure herds on public lands in North America, Yellowstone National Park, Henry [...]

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