Dinner Guest Heads For The Door

October 29, 2010 Featured, Sightings

A grisly scene from this past April provides an in-your-face account of survival within Yellowstone National Park.  The photo was taken by an an employee of the park in the Fountain Flats area, between the Madison Junction and Old Faithful.  At the time the shot was taken, the bison was estimated at 1600 pounds and [...]

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Elk Hunter Escapes Mauling

October 8, 2008 Heroes

If you haven’t already heard this story out of Wyoming last week, take heed as you prepare to head into the hills this season.   Ron Leming Sr. (pictured) had already missed two standing elk and on this day, was thirty yards downhill from his son, Ron Leming Jr.  While calling in an elk, the [...]

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The Longest Minute

July 30, 2008 Bear, Moose

  This story was forwarded to me back in October 2006, about three weeks after the hunting incident it describes occurred. As with most forwarded email, it was interesting to look over the previous recipients and see exactly how it wound up in my inbox; it had definitely made the rounds, having been repeatedly forwarded [...]

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