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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
We have about 700 free range bison in the Wichita Mountains. Some idiot gets trampled every couple of years.
I did have a close encounter one night. A buddy of mine was camping in Doris campground on the refuge. There is a limit of vehicles at each campsite so I had walk about a half mile from the visitor parking area to his site. About midnight I started to walk back to my car. Then I heard some snorts. I stopped and looked around. I was in the middle of a herd that had bed down and they had given me warning. I eased on out.
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The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge founded in 1901 and is the oldest managed wildlife facility in the USA. It is 59,020 acres. They have a large very sturdy fence on large parts of it to keep in the not very friendly Elk and Buffalo. That is the area you don't want to go visit because the critters back there will kick your butt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_Mountains_Wildlife_Refuge
We were hiking in an area in the "safe" zone and came up on a herd of buffalo. We made sure to move slowly but we kept our eyes on them and eyed a large boulder to climb up on top of.