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"Tatanka"
"Tatanka"
annig


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Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Location: Badlands, SD
Galleries: Animals, History
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2008

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 on the side of the road, heading down to Rosebud.

they are such ugly yet amazing animals. The fur on a number of them looked rather mangy. They seem either rather timid and run away, or very disinterested and cool like this big guy.
I am at the Lakota Sioux reservation in Rosebud S Dakota... the Sioux were hunters and relied on buffalo for food, clothes, shelter, and other things. Because they followed the roaming buffalo, the Sioux lived in tipis which could be packed up and moved quickly. A tipi was a tent made of tall wooden poles and covered with tough buffalo hides. The Sioux ate mostly buffalo -- boiled, broiled, dried, and sometimes raw. After a buffalo hunt, the Sioux ate fresh buffalo. In the winter, when buffalo were hard to hunt, the Sioux ate dried buffalo meat, called pemmican. A buffalo hunt was very serious and carefully planned. Scouts would find the buffalo, and the tribe would move as close to the buffalo herd as possible. On the day of the hunt, hunters would mount their horses, the chief would give a signal, and the men would charge. The buffalo ran fast, and the hunters shot only three arrows before the stop-shooting signal was given. The Sioux only killed as many buffalo as the tribe could use. The women followed the hunters with their pack horses. The men and women would skin the buffalo, cut up the meat, and load it on the horses. Then they all rode back to the camp for fun and feasting.

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 05/15/2008 02:14:32 PM
great composition
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 05/14/2008 12:50:34 AM
My first thought about this in the thumbnail view was "postage stamp" for some reason. It's n excellent portrait of a fine animal. The grass in the foreground contrasted with the dark fur is very good.
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 05/12/2008 06:24:55 PM
Great catch. Very interesting explanation of the Sioux.
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 05/10/2008 07:43:59 AM
OMG .. how amazing seeing such a majestic animal on the side of the road .. majestic yet relaxed .. !!.. fantastic photograph ..
now i've read your blurb .. RAW BUFFALO .. you'd have to be keen ..
the fun and feasting sounds great ..
i'm just closing down my computer after an excellent dinner for greg's birthday of fun and feasting .. !!
i'm doin well on the comments now babe !!!..:)
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 05/09/2008 11:19:49 PM
WOW 5this is s strong impact image, thats knocks my socks off.....
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 05/08/2008 10:44:09 PM
He is ugly but you captured him beautifully. Thanks for sharing.
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 05/08/2008 07:50:50 PM
I heard they were very egotistical animals. That's how they got such big heads. :P
This is really good. An awesome image of a magnificent beast at rest. Well done.
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 05/08/2008 05:53:31 PM
Great find.
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 05/08/2008 05:33:44 PM
Awesome, Anni !!!
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 05/08/2008 04:31:08 PM
This is quite a model you've got! Great image and thank you for the background info. Such a great capture!
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 05/08/2008 11:27:07 AM
Beautiful capture, it looks as if he was posing for you!
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 05/08/2008 10:12:12 AM
My parents took me out west as a kid, and I'll never forget first seeing one of these giants. I'll also never forget the man who set his child on one to get a picture. Nothing happend, but can you say MAJOR lack of good judgement!!

Very nice photo! Thanks for sharing.
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 05/08/2008 09:36:52 AM
Awesome big Fellow.. Hope u stayed in the car for this one.. Love this image.. Magnificent!!!

Story is fascinating... Thanks for posting....
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 05/08/2008 08:19:36 AM
Wonderfully done! It does have an old west feel to the processing.
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 05/08/2008 07:25:08 AM
are you sure its not a biason? biggest buff i've ever seen, i hope you had a zoom.
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 05/08/2008 04:59:56 AM
Great shot and thanks for the narrative as well
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 05/08/2008 01:05:47 AM
They are amazing animals... and you captured this one very well!
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 05/08/2008 12:14:29 AM
WOW - he looks straight out of the Old West!!!!!
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 05/07/2008 11:52:37 PM
Wow! How awesome to see one so up close and personal! And thanks for the description. I didn't know all that, and its so interesting.

This is great! I love how you have brought out the textures and roughness of his fur.

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 05/07/2008 10:34:03 PM
What a HUGE animal can't believe you live near such beasts - AWESOME!
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 05/07/2008 09:46:45 PM
Wonderful back story, thanks for adding all that! Looks like this guy may have seen a tiny bit of strife :)
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 05/07/2008 09:44:36 PM
Great shot Anni Gal.
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