Archive for tag: Wyoming

Battle Of The Madison

February 7, 2011 Featured, Wildlife In Action

Great footage of two bull elk getting it on in the Madison River running through Yellowstone National Park.  Interesting that the larger of the two has a significant limp but still manages to fend off the would-be suitor.  And for you elk hunters out there who don’t think rattling works, check out the bull that [...]

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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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Ram Tough In Wyoming

June 11, 2009 Sightings, Video, Wildlife In Action

Wonderful video of a bighorn sheep taking on a Toyota near a rest stop in Sinks Canyon State Park, Wyoming. While most folks (this author included) are consistently astonished at the chances taken in places like Yellowstone by visitors approaching wildlife, this little guy takes it up a notch.  According to the videographer, this sheep “was [...]

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Muley Subject Of Cruel Wedgie Prank

April 30, 2009 Campfire Stories

Spooky things happen around cemeteries but this one from a couple years ago is downright strange.  A young non-typical mule buck failed to clear the fence of the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Evansville, Wyoming and wound up somewhat impaled, unable to free himself. More photos after the jump….

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Why Wyoming

March 27, 2009 Antelope, Deer, Wingshooting

When time and money are at a minimum, making the most of a hunting trip is critical.  Ted Stoney of Charleston, South Carolina did just on an ’07 trip to Wyoming.  Bagging pheasant, pronghorn and a muley always provide stories for the campfire and these trophies didn’t disappoint.  See more photos after the jump.

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The Moose Is Loose

February 21, 2009 Sightings

This photo may not seem particularly remarkable and I suppose it’s not, but consider it was taken by a snowboarder and the moose was in the middle of the trail. There’s nothing like bombing down the mountain through the trees right into a big ass moose snacking on the cat track. The shots were taken [...]

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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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Jackson Hole Bull From Six Yards

September 24, 2008 Elk

This report came in from Bill “Bearpaw / Bathgate” Groom of Minnesota:  while booking a snowmobile trip at Togwotee Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he asked about elk activity.  The guy on the other end of the phone told him the story of this bull he had arrowed just a few days earlier. After a [...]

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