70 yr old lady on a walking trail in Custer State Park and got too close to a group of bulls. One hit her from behind and took her out. People still cant respect rhem and...why do they have a walking trail where there are buffalo. Happens every year in Jellystone when people get out of their cars and approach them.

Don’t get me started on the stupidity of people!!

It is kind of a self correcting problem, isn't it?

Just remove the warning signs, those that it would save have proven they can't read so why waste the time.

Taken out by a buffalo, at 70? Or live to 85 and die in hospice? What a way to go. Give your heart to the hawks

I recon that's one way to look at it. In a different way!

Disney is to blame

Some lessons are fatal

Hate to hear about these folks but no respect for wild animals can lead to untimely death

Keith

Results of society promoting the idea that animals aren't animals. They are all human like pets that are victims of humans being cruel to them. That buffalo is just the result of his ancestors being chased around horseback by Indians. He saw a chance at a little payback and snapped.

And PITA and those of their ilk!

and most policies for death end at 70 so if she just learned she had something like cancer buffalo in a park is accidental death. might even got some liability out of the park.

that probably wasn't her plan , she was more than likely just luck for 70 years well and that the idiot proofing got so good before she got too old .

I can hear an army of 70 year old women right now saying , well why would he hurt me I was no threat to him I just wanted a picture.


because ladies you are working on a social construct of your making that you feel you need to be a threat.
the bison never studied your social construct and doesn't care , maybe he didn't like your littering , you sweater , your perfume or maybe you did present as a threat just not one in your social construct.

The introduction of the Re-Wilding Act to some parts of the country and its POSSIBLE negative sides.

Re-Wilding Act in Illinois gives DNR full rights to introduce bison and mountain lions, bears and wolves
back into the state. Bison have already been re-introduced.
But whata worried about?

I worked at Badlands National Park for two seasons,the stupidity of a lot of tourists is astounding.Saw one guy trying to sneak up on a group of buffalo,he told us he wanted to slap one on the hind end

Anyone that dumb deserves the chance to get educated by the buffalo.

That, I would pay to watch.

Is it a federal crime to sell tickets to watch on national park land?

The big stink on this side of the big ditch is Cades Cove blackies. Stupid idiots traffic jam through while folks think they can pet yogi or feed yogi then get their panties in a wad when Ranger Smith yells at them or if Ranger Smith has to rubber bullet yogi or worse.

Maybe when I wind up in a wheel chair...drooling...and wetting myself..

I'll just have the ol Blistah...take me to Yellowstone....and put me on that

Walking path one last time....

Was in Custer State Park when this happened, from the reports I was told the hikers did everything right. Hiking up a canyon and came around the corner and encountered several bulls in the trail ahead, were turning around when a buffalo they didn’t see came out of the brush and stomped her.
Of all the cases where I’ve seen that people got what they deserved this doesn’t sound like one of them.

Perhaps not putting a walking trail thru a buffalo herd. Some day the college educated idiots will figure it out.

Have you been to Custer State Park? Buffalo are free to roam like 95% of the park, there are hundreds of miles of hiking trails thru the park as well. It’s not uncommon to see Buffalo on hikes and it’s usually easy to keep your distance when hiking but occasionally bad situations arise. Same with elk or turkey hunters, they can easily cross paths with them as well.

I was hired to trap red fox at a local zoo. They were wearing out their walking around birds, A gut gave me a behind the scenes tour while showing me where he thought the fox were getting in.
I asked him what do they have on hand in case a dangerous animal were to escape. He said that they have a .375 H&H magnum available, but prefer a 12 gauge shotgun with slugs for close up shots.
I then asked him what was the most dangerous animal there and he didn't hesitate when he stated clearly, the bison. They do not like to be contained and have a bad attitude. They have lions, tigers, bears and elephants. He said that as long as they are fed they are pretty lazy.

There's a group who is buying up ranches to return buffalo to the range like days gone by wanting to turn Montana into an American Serengeti .

A Indian tribe received a ranch and did what they want to do and put quite a few buffalo on it and built miles of new fence up and improved water tanks and the whole 9 yards .
Which was fine at first until the buffalo started visiting the neighbors cows, they offered to start shooting the buffalo as they were afraid of Brucellosis spreading to their livestock .

Now those buffalo are all long gone with black Angus in there place .

The initial group uses out of country money to purchase all the ranches and build guest camps so people can sleep in teepee's and commune with nature ?
Its a long way to a major medical center in case a person gets ran over by a buffalo , even the calves can hurt you if you're not careful !

I knew the veterinarian who worked on the buffalo herd for the tribe who told me about it ! Ha ha

Very sad.People need to think.

Perhaps the heard moved to the trail. If there is a trail in a park with buffalo, they will be by it at some time.

Yes, plan ahead