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[Billy]

Ok, We went to the black hills. Great riding 3400 miles. Now for the dumb question. Has anyone been on the road with the whole herd of buffalo around them .  If sao what did you do? We got stuck in traffic and the herd surronded us with now where to go butpass the carrs and weave our way thru. One cow did charge my wife but she was quick enugh to get out of the way. Glas we made it out. Something for anyone new to buffalo to be very careful of. Thanks Billy

[krypto2011]

In 2006 we rode through Custer state park. We witnessed a car ahead of us get in between what appeared to be a mamma and a baby buffalo,  with the baby on one side of the road and the mamma on the opposite. Baby had crossed the road and mamma stopped. The car continued and then stopped so the occupants could take some pictures. well immediately mamma became very agitated and began to make some noises and actions that would make one think that things were gonna get bad. The car drove forward and out from behind us, and what seemed to come from nowhere, was a park employee driving a full size extra cab chevy. The ranger came up behind the mamma and pushed her across the road with the truck. He didn't even hesitate. We were in quite a large group of bikes, and were literally 15 feet from this whole thing. I can only imagine what would have happened if the ranger had not reacted the way he did, or if he wasn't in the right place at the right time. I never once again got myself that close to a buffalo again, nor will I!!!!  That ranger quite likely saved our life!!!

[1abastarsmda]

The animal commonly called buffalo in the U.S. is actually bison. Buffalo and bison have different physical characteristics, habitats, life span and temperament. Buffaloes are found in Africa and south Asia while bison roam in North and South America.  So now you have all learned something today.  Anyway, I rode through the bison herds in Custer State Park in July.  Before I went, I watch a bunch of videos on YouTube and the one in particular that I remember was a bison head-butting a bike from the side.  The bike was just slammed to the ground.  It was incredible.  Luckily, it threw the biker quite a distance from the bike, or he would have been crushed by the force.  I was pretty scared of riding through there after seeing that video.  I was happy that my trip through the park was quite uneventful and we were able to stop and watch the bison herd cross without bothering anybody.  I thought the burros down the road a bit was really cool.  There were 20-some of them just hanging out along the road begging for food.  We stopped, along with many others, to feed them and pet them.  They are very smart and if you don't have food in your hand, they will walk away to look for someone else.  But the coolest thing was when we walked into the Full Throttle Saloon.  My friend's girlfriend was posing for a picture with a burro standing inside just below the stuffed bison they had in there.  Until I told her that I think he's alive, she thought that he was stuffed too...until he moved his leg.  It turns out that he was just in there standing in front of a big fan trying to cool off in 100+ temps.