{"id":529,"date":"2013-10-27T02:12:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgebumann.com\/gb\/?p=529"},"modified":"2013-10-27T02:39:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T02:39:35","slug":"the-skull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgebumann.com\/gb\/the-skull\/","title":{"rendered":"THE skull from the ‘Great Mollie’s Pack Bison Hunt’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMGP8492b\"This is THE<\/em> skull! Exactly 619 days and 19 hours before this shot was taken, I and my “Wolves of Yellowstone Class” got to see this bison taken down by the Mollie’s wolf pack on one snowy February afternoon in 2012. On a recent hike with photographer friend Brad Orsted, we came upon this area of Lamar Valley where that\u00a0exact hunt took place – AND it is the same one that I filmed and placed on YouTube\u00a0(linked below)! As we walked into the area of the hunt,\u00a0that day\u00a0was the farthest thing from my mind, but when I looked around, my memory snapped to the fore. The dramatic scene that took place over a year and eight months ago, happened RIGHT HERE!<\/p>\n

“Brad,” I said, “I think that bison’s bones from the wolf hunt should be right ahead of us somewhere here.” Lo and behold, there was the skull – mere yards from the final resting spot of that bison when those 19 wolves seized her.<\/p>\n

When watching the film footage you will see the bison fleeing from the wolves and going up a trail on the background hills. Look closely and you will see, etched in the sod, those very same trails. In the film, I was watching from across the Valley at a distance of ~2 miles. One always come across bones and carcasses in Yellowstone and I always wonder “what was the story behind this one?” In this particular case, we know the exact cause of death, where, when, everything…<\/p>\n

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