This is our 6th day in Yellowstone. We go out exploring every day. So far no Bear Jams but seems like you can't drive down the road with out encountering the Buffalo wanting to cross the road. May visitation in Yellowstone is up 15 percent over May of 2015. Can't wait to see the numbers for June. This is the most we have seen this early in June. Lots of time there is no available parking at the attractions. Tour buses every where.This is a Buffalo Jam crossing the Nez Perce and road.

Looks like they own the place. Actually, I think they do. :)

Last year we got held up for 45 minutes in one Bison jam. The other were less. I'm glad we were in a motorhome with out own bathroom. Matt

Custer State Park is the other place that has a lot of issues with the buffalo jams. It's both exciting and terrifying to be in the middle of a herd like that.

Buffalo Jams:I must have got the wrong idea?Or maybe these guys who were known to jam quite well? Recognize anyone?Neil Young, Steven Stills, Richie Furay. Later Jim Messina joined.

Looks like they own the place. Actually, I think they do. They sure do!

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2gypsies1
Explorer III
Jun 15, 2016
Looks like they own the place. Actually, I think they do. :)
Matt_Colie
Explorer II
Jun 16, 2016
Last year we got held up for 45 minutes in one Bison jam. The other were less. I'm glad we were in a motorhome with out own bathroom.

Matt
Crowe
Explorer
Jun 16, 2016
Custer State Park is the other place that has a lot of issues with the buffalo jams. It's both exciting and terrifying to be in the middle of a herd like that.
dewey02
Explorer II
Jun 16, 2016
Buffalo Jams:

I must have got the wrong idea?

Or maybe these guys who were known to jam quite well? Recognize anyone?
Neil Young, Steven Stills, Richie Furay. Later Jim Messina joined.
kknowlton
Explorer II
Jun 16, 2016
Looks like they own the place. Actually, I think they do.

They sure do!
ORbiker
Explorer
Jun 16, 2016
Custer SP. They wouldn't move for 15 or 20 minutes. I moved to the head of the line on my Harley Bagger. The little one moved to the edge of the road and the bigger ones moved to the edges of the road facing away from the middle. I shot through the one lane gap and cracked the throttle and they all move away so the the herd of cars could go through.I had a super load air horn for back-up, plus speed.
Mr__Camper
Explorer
Jun 16, 2016
Maybe it's me but I still don't see a problem. I have a photo from 17 years ago and we were first in line behind a bison for almost 2 hours before he stepped off the road and plopped down in the grass. Just then a ranger in a jeep pulled up next to us and asked how long we were leading the parade. I told him and he laughed and drove in front of us to keep an eye on the traffic behind us. Great trip.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Jun 16, 2016
One time when we were in Yellowstone, the park rangers were on horses moving a big herd from one side of the highway to the other. It was a neat experience watching them round them up. Many times they walked right by our window. They are definitely HUGE.
Crowe
Explorer
Jun 16, 2016
I shot through the one lane gap and cracked the throttle and they all move away so the the herd of cars could go through.I had a super load air horn for back-up, plus speed.

Careful-that could be construed as harassing the wildlife.
jalichty
Explorer
Jun 16, 2016
ORbiker, where did you have to be in such a hurry that you didn't have the time to enjoy what the Parks have to offer? There should be a special place for people who drive as fast as they can to get through a Park so they can say they've "seen" the Park. "Seeing" a Park is not the same as experiencing it. We were in Yellowstone about 2 1/2 years ago in October and ran into three Bison jams in one afternoon. No one was in a hurry to get anywhere and, as far as I can tell, everyone enjoyed seeing a magnificent animal pretty close up.