Touron in Yellowstone: This guy kept approaching a bison, even though warned by snorting and an upright tail. We were a safe distance off and not prepared to take photos. Poor quality...

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

This guy kept approaching a bison, even though warned by snorting and an upright tail. We were a safe distance off and not prepared to take photos. Poor quality, but you get the idea.

Thank goodness for a patch of trees.

Google the term "touron" if you're not sure what it is.

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angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent captures Dave.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

Good sequence. I spoke to a park ranger up there and he told me that the most frequent injuries by animals in the park were by bison. Seems they are near sighted and don't know you are there until you get within their discomfort zone so they attack.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Is that Mrs Moron in the trees?

George in McKinney Loc: McKinney, Texas

DaveO wrote:

This guy kept approaching a bison, even though warned by snorting and an upright tail. We were a safe distance off and not prepared to take photos. Poor quality, but you get the idea.

Thank goodness for a patch of trees.

Google the term "touron" if you're not sure what it is.

Failure to engage brain before capturing the shot. A picture is worth a thousand words. Your series says it all.

Jerry B Loc: Dyckesville, Wisconsin

One ranger told us of a fool who put his daughter on top of a bison to take a photo. Nice sequence!

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Bison - 1, Touron - 0. Exactly the way it oughta be. Got a tale or two (but alas, no pix) about tourorists and Big Horn Sheep, sort of like yours, only juicier.

Photos don't always gotta be art. Sometimes they just gotta be taken. And I'm glad you did!

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

angler wrote:

Excellent captures Dave.

Somebody else almost got captured!

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Shellback wrote:

Is that Mrs Moron in the trees?

Yeah, there were a few there in the trees who thought it was quite funny.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Jerry B wrote:

One ranger told us of a fool who put his daughter on top of a bison to take a photo. Nice sequence!

I'll try to do a better job next time!

Unfortunately this is not all that uncommon. Tough to watch unfolding. It was so obvious the animal was getting riled up.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Cany143 wrote:

Bison - 1, Touron - 0. Exactly the way it oughta be. Got a tale or two (but alas, no pix) about tourorists and Big Horn Sheep, sort of like yours, only juicier.

Photos don't always gotta be art. Sometimes they just gotta be taken. And I'm glad you did!

Thank you for commenting. I've got a couple Big Horn tales as well! One spring my wife and I got forced to retreat from a trail when several new mothers converged to prevent us from entering an area that apparently had some newborn. Not good!

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

George in McKinney wrote:

Failure to engage brain before capturing the shot. A picture is worth a thousand words. Your series says it all.

Thank you! The touron must have caught some great close-ups, but I prefer the longer lenses!

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

tomad wrote:

Good sequence. I spoke to a park ranger up there and he told me that the most frequent injuries by animals in the park were by bison. Seems they are near sighted and don't know you are there until you get within their discomfort zone so they attack.

Yes, they are nearsighted and possess excellent smell and hearing. This one was huffing and puffing, snorting and raising his tail well before the charge. I'll bet he could smell something as the incident progressed.

TBerwick Loc: Houston, Texas

If there velociraptors in the park there would be idiots trying to let them.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

DaveO wrote:

This guy kept approaching a bison, even though warned by snorting and an upright tail. We were a safe distance off and not prepared to take photos. Poor quality, but you get the idea.

Thank goodness for a patch of trees.

Google the term "touron" if you're not sure what it is.

Nice shot Dave.