We began our seventh day bright and early. Wildlife is most active at dawn and dusk. Since we mostly struck out at dusk yesterday, we decided to see if we'd have more luck at dawn. We drove to the Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park again.
Deer were plentiful.
VERY plentiful.
Very, very plentiful!
Did I mention there were deer?
There were other animals, too. But these were not quite "wild".
Years ago visitors had the opportunity to rent burros and make a trek to the top of Harney Peak. The burro rental program went out of style, so the burros were simply released into the wild. Today they huddle in a pack around the south bend of the Wildlife Loop.
They were pretty tame. Ma was even bold enough to feed them a piece of apple from her hand.
We were still chasing rumors of a massive buffalo herd.
Well, we never saw the whole buffalo herd, but later that night we tried the Wildlife Loop one last time. We were lucky enough to see this big guy running down the side of the road.
We were still chasing rumors of a massive buffalo herd.
Well, we never saw the whole buffalo herd, but later that night we tried the Wildlife Loop one last time. We were lucky enough to see this big guy running down the side of the road.
