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fHuge herds can be seen at the tall grass prairie preserve near Pawhuska, OK.
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I dig those animals, they are a better version of what cows should be. I was out touring extensively in their prairie habitat some years ago and saw three white buffalos that year, in separate locations, said to be the harbingers of great changes to come, hello global warming.I was once driving around in the W F Cody national Buffalo preserve and was hit by the fact that a male buffalo was about the exact size of the VW bug I happened to be tooling around in . I felt that if the animals had wanted to challenge my little car for rights to the road way, it would have hurt me more than it hurt them, as the saying goes.
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Sorry, it's a low res shot from Yellowstone. An entire herd decided to dilly tally while crossing the road causing a traffic jam on both sides of the road for a long, long time.
Of course, several idiots got out of their cars to get a better, closer view. Thankfully, none of these fools got trampled, but several did come close grabbing their children out of harms way.
-Rod
I have been there three times and run into traffic jams twice.
It makes me wonder if the herd gazes on the hillside all day and heads back down later in the afternoon they are crossing the road to get some water.
And come back in the morning to mow the grass again.
-Rod
Look at the funny looking doggie, mommy!
Famous last words.
My brothers nickname when he was working on Catalina Island was 'Buffalo'......He tried to make friends and was rebuffed.....
My brother was a real animal whisperer.....Good with ALL animals, from birds on up....I even saw him talk a squirrel OUT of a tree.....try THAT....
But the Buffalo was quite a bit more critical and downright defensive / hostile.....
Too much is never enough
I worked over in Avalon one summer during college. While it was a blast, I didn't come back with any money after paying rent and alcohol bills.
Anyway, one of the locals wanted to know if we wanted to come over to the other side to surf. Yeah, sure. After a bumpy, long ride, we had to walk about a quarter mile to the beach and there was a herd of about 30 buffalo grazing in a meadow along the trail.
I didn't think much of it as I'd seen them in the back country and they usually ignore you as long as you just keep going where you're going.
The surf was a joke, like 1 foot mush, so we hung out and then left. The herd was still there and we were walking quietly by when some young buc started snorting and digging his front hooves and then took off toward us.
Here we are with surfboard under arm and nowhere to go. The buffalo were in the meadow and the other side of the trail was a steep hill full of prickly cactus. Luckily we saw a narrow trail between cactus and scampered up the hill wondering how we'd get down.
As we waited impatiently for what seemed like forever, the big buc of the herd came over to this young smaller teenager and must have told him to leave us alone because he then walked him back over to the herd with the young buc peeking back at us from time to time.
After waiting a bit more, we slipped down the hill and tip toed away until we got down the road a bit and ran back to the truck.
-Rod
My brother was a game guide HQ'd at Two Harbors.
At that spot on the island, you can walk from one side to the other in 15 flat minutes.....It's the 'narrow' spot on the island.
Brother lived in about 120sq feet of beach dump....
I'm not what you'd call a 'fan' of Avalon.....Expensive and hip-deep in tourists....
Too much is never enough
I know Two Harbors well. We took my buddy's boat up to Cat Harbor one year when we'd come and Avalon was full and there was a wait list when we got to Two Harbors, so we decided to take the trip around where there was space on the other side.
My ex-wife's family has a cottage in Avalon that her Great Grandfather built, so we used to come over all the time. I still do, but we only go from late September to early May when no one is there except the locals.
-Rod
My brother kept his boat in AVALON, off-season. Terrible weather. If it comes in from a certain direction, the harbor at Avalon is too exposed.
Too much is never enough
Back in the day, Treasure Cove or one of the trinket shops had some great old pictures in the windows on the entrance.
It's pretty rare, not that I've ever been there in a storm.
-Rod
My brother, who had his Captains papers, Class 1 drivers papers (truck) and some other stuff, drove one of the DKW tours for a while. They must have multiple drivers. A captain rating for the water, and a certified truck guy for the land portion.
but he spend maybe 6 months on Catalina....his boat tied to a can in Avalon Harbor while he drove the TAXI around. Tours and people getting TO their boat.
He went thru some weather, but apparently NOT of Biblical Proportiaons. Just miserable!
Too much is never enough
we came to enjoy all of nature, anyhow, plus watching them was fascinating. Some would just stare at you, others would look sideways with a wary (and scary) look. We were most worried by the protective moms whose calves still were suckling.
A while back we stayed in a cabin just north of Jackson Wy and just east of Moose Wy. There was a large herd that roamed the area and at times would block the road for an hour or two. I'll have to find those old pics as we haven't looked at them in quite a while. Fun animal to watch (from a distance)
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Nice pic! There used to be a couple ranched 'herds' I got to see occasionally. One was just east of Sacramento off US-50 as you head up the hill towards Tahoe. Those buffs disappeared 10 years or so ago. The other was a group outside Crested Butte CO, including a couple albino buffs. The local brew pup even had a brew called White Buffalo.
I hear they like to for you to scratch them behind the ears, btw. haha
agility and speed: they go from nonchalance to a gallop in an instant.
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