Montana and Wyoming....

[traderdan]

My family and I spent the last week in and around Yellowstone. It is really nice to vacation in a place that totally accepting of open carry!

 

[GunSlinger]

I'm envious.

Beautiful area of the country for a family vacation. Looks like all of you had a great time.

 

[CTS]

Not sure if it's the angle but it looks like the person in black has both barrels pointed at the heads of the people next to him...good trigger discipline at least.

 

[jamil]

My family and I spent the last week in and around Yellowstone. It is really nice to vacation in a place that totally accepting of open carry! View attachment 47792

We were in Yellowstone weekend before last. Beautiful. But very touristy. Very crowded. Memorial Day weekend. WTF was I thinking? Lots of foreigners renting RVs they don't know how to drive. Don't get me wrong, I love to see foriegners get to come here and see our beautiful country, but I really wish they'd spend a bit more time familiarizing themselves with our traffic laws and customs.

 

[traderdan]

Not sure if it's the angle but it looks like the person in black has both barrels pointed at the heads of the people next to him...good trigger discipline at least.

You are not able to see the staggered line....no pistols were aimed at anyone. We are pretty fanatical about safety. We had a great time!

 

[traderdan]

We were in Yellowstone weekend before last. Beautiful. But very touristy. Very crowded. Memorial Day weekend. WTF was I thinking? Lots of foreigners renting RVs they don't know how to drive. Don't get me wrong, I love to see foriegners get to come here and see our beautiful country, but I really wish they'd spend a bit more time familiarizing themselves with our traffic laws and customs.

I watched an Asian lady walk right up to a cow elk in Mammoth Hot Springs...The elk was very nervous, and we thought we would see a good stomping, but then a park ranger showed up and shouted the tourist away.

 

[roscott]

I watched an Asian lady walk right up to a cow elk in Mammoth Hot Springs...The elk was very nervous, and we thought we would see a good stomping, but then a park ranger showed up and shouted the tourist away.

Do you draw and fire on the elk to protect the tourist, or just let her get the stomping she probably deserves??

 

[jamil]

Do you draw and fire on the elk to protect the tourist, or just let her get the stomping she probably deserves??

I don't know. Sounds like she must have thought she was at the petting zoo.

 

[Hawkeye]

Do you draw and fire on the elk to protect the tourist, or just let her get the stomping she probably deserves??

Probably the latter.

 

[traderdan]

My wife was hiding her eyes and asking me to leave...the boys had their cameras ready, hoping for a good Youtube video.

 

[AmmoManAaron]

Do you draw and fire on the elk to protect the tourist, or just let her get the stomping she probably deserves??

My wife was hiding her eyes and asking me to leave...the boys had their cameras ready, hoping for a good Youtube video.

Definitely the latter in both cases. Natural selection only works if you let it. Those that are capable of learning will learn from the video.

 

[CountryBoy19]

I watched an Asian lady walk right up to a cow elk in Mammoth Hot Springs...The elk was very nervous, and we thought we would see a good stomping, but then a park ranger showed up and shouted the tourist away.

There was a video that was going around FB a few weeks ago of a lady in Yellowstone that walked up to a cow elk. A gentleman next to the man running the video shouted at her (presumably he was a Ranger?) but it was too late. The frightened cow charged, the stupid cameraman didn't know how to operate a camera so he missed most of the action. But right near the end of the video he pans over in time to see the lady land several feet from where she was and the cow is acting like nothing happened. The lady stands up, and says, "Sorry, it's been a long time since I've been in the park. Sorry, it won't happen again." At which point one of the gentlemen near the camera says something like, "I'm sure it won't".

Haha

When we were there last year I watched an idiot young man (American, in his jacked up truck) try to walk right up to a nice 7X7 bull. Park Ranger got on him pretty hard. Unfortunately, because I was about 15 yards behind him and walking in the same direction I think the park ranger assumed we were together, we were both idiots, and we were both going to walk right up to it. He got on me pretty hard too even though I was clearly maintaining the minimum required distance.

 

[traderdan]

There was a video that was going around FB a few weeks ago of a lady in Yellowstone that walked up to a cow elk. A gentleman next to the man running the video shouted at her (presumably he was a Ranger?) but it was too late. The frightened cow charged, the stupid cameraman didn't know how to operate a camera so he missed most of the action. But right near the end of the video he pans over in time to see the lady land several feet from where she was and the cow is acting like nothing happened. The lady stands up, and says, "Sorry, it's been a long time since I've been in the park. Sorry, it won't happen again." At which point one of the gentlemen near the camera says something like, "I'm sure it won't".

Haha

When we were there last year I watched an idiot young man (American, in his jacked up truck) try to walk right up to a nice 7X7 bull. Park Ranger got on him pretty hard. Unfortunately, because I was about 15 yards behind him and walking in the same direction I think the park ranger assumed we were together, we were both idiots, and we were both going to walk right up to it. He got on me pretty hard too even though I was clearly maintaining the minimum required distance.

I would HATE to see a bull elk running at me ...!

 

[RickyG]