Buffalo

Great job sneaking up on him!

Awwwww mannnn I thought when I clicked on the link of the title I was going to see a real buffalo. I am native american and here in Kansas north of Topeka there is a lonesome buffalo ranch there and I have been wanting to venture out there and get some shots. None the less still a nice shot though. Hahaha got me.

Jeremy V.

I too thought this would lead to a real buffalo! Nice one!

OK here is the real thing. Yellowstone, old bull walking the road. I try to stay away from these guys, I take the warnings from the rangers most serious. I am slow and I have seen the damage they can cause.

Here is what happens if you get to close.
Kid Gets Chased By Buffalo || WOF - YouTube

They are NOT buffaloes - they are "American Bison" buffaloes reside in Africa & India - nice shots of the "Bison" by the way

Sam we are taught here in the US of A that those are buffalos and Buffalo Bill Cody and Union Pacific killed damn near every last one of them so we could put the American Indian in the dirt. We don't have very good teachers when you think about it...

Technically they are American Bison, colloquially they are referred to as Buffalo. When I was a child one of my parents best friends was a famous photographer who had a Buffalo skin rug on the floor in his library. He once told me the story of how he got the Buffalo skin ... he was engaged to take a photo of a ranchers prized American Bison in Montana one year. So he is flown up there and gets all of his lighting gear set up. He signals he's ready and they lead the buffalo in and "pose" him for the photo shoot. He triggers his multiple flashes and the buffalo drops over dead from a heart attack, from the strobes. So now he has a Buffalo skin rug. True story!

We love our Buffalo in Oklahoma...this whole deal was started by an old money oil family from Tulsa. I think the biggest herd is in South Dakota. Cows replaced them!

Tallgrass Prairie Preserve | The Nature Conservancy

Eye-level said:

We love our Buffalo in Oklahoma...this whole deal was started by an old money oil family from Tulsa. I think the biggest herd is in South Dakota. Cows replaced them

Tallgrass Prairie Preserve | The Nature Conservancy

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BISON I know that even in Oklahoma - "ya don't call a carrot an orange just because they are the same color"

You must have saw that "bison" word in that link...LOL

The difference between a Buffalo and a Bison is...ya cant wash yer hands in a Buffalo

salvatore said:

BISON I know that even in Oklahoma - "ya don't call a carrot an orange just because they are the same color"

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But you can say ... MY oh my that's one orange carrot, isn't it?

madcapmagishion said:

But you can say ... MY oh my that's one orange carrot, isn't it?

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Are you from Oklahoma too??

salvatore said:

Are you from Oklahoma too??

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No! But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express there once outside of Ft Sill, OK.
while attending a class on "Fire Control Directions for Infantry Officers" at the Field Artillery School, there.