Outdoor and nature news from all over.
When I say, “Mess with the bull and you’ll get the horns,” I mean it, especially when we’re talking about a bull bison. These things are enormous, bad-tempered, and since a healthy adult has no natural enemies, they will mess you up bad without a moment’s pause for thought.
That’s what a guy from (of course) New Jersey has found out.
A man sustained minor injuries after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park Tuesday morning.
It happened around 9:45 a.m. in the Upper Geyser Basin at Old Faithful, according to a news release from park officials.
Officials say the bison charged the man, a 30-year-old from Randolph, New Jersey, after a large group approached it too closely. Though his injuries were minor, the news release says he was treated and taken to a nearby hospital.
Authorities are still investigating the situation.
This is the second reported incident of a person injured by a bison in 2025. The first occurred on May 7.
Paging Dr. Darwin, Dr. Charles Darwin. Doctor Charles Darwin, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Honestly, how dumb can you get? This guy’s lucky he wasn’t tramped into little Jersey gobs.
“Bison will defend their space when threatened and have injured more 
people in Yellowstone than any other animal. They are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans,” park officials say in a news release.
Officials are reminding people to stay more than 25 yards away from all large animals – bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, and coyotes. Stay at least 100 yards away from bears, wolves, and cougars.
“If wildlife approach you, move away to always maintain these safe viewing distances,” the news release says. “The safety of these animals – and humans – depends on everyone using good judgment and following 
these simple rules.”
A bull bison can grow almost seven feet in height at the shoulders. They can weigh up to a ton and a half. They are the largest land animal in North America, and you’d better belive they damn well know it. A mature, healthy adult bull stands supreme; not even a grizzly will mess with it.
Seriously, people, stay away from bison. Stay away from all big, hairy critters. Next to a bull bison or a full-grown bull moose, the most badass human that ever lived is small change. Watch them from a distance. That’s why we have binoculars.
Before I get into this, check out the latest chapter of The Crider Chronicles – Forest over at Glibertarians.
Now then; I wrote this up as a VIP (paywalled) piece at RedState, but it pisses me off enough that I wanted to give you all a thumbnail here as well – these big, ugly, “renewable” energy windmills are killing eagles, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service won’t tell us now many.
We should note that bald eagles, our national symbol, are not the only birds affected. The equally magnificent golden eagle is also prone to injury by these ugly monsters, although golden eagles are more likely to inhabit mountainous areas where there are fewer windmills. Big soaring hawks, especially of the genus Buteo, like red-tailed hawks, are also at risk.
And FWS refuses to give us the numbers.
Why? Why is this a secret? Why would FWS hide this from the public? Why are the numbers of our national symbol being killed in the name of climate change being hidden?
The only possible reason I can think of is that the numbers of eagles and other birds killed by these contraptions is shockingly high, higher than any of us may have suspected. We should note as well that, were you to come across one of these dead eagles and pluck a feather from the carcass, you would be subject to criminal charges and a hefty fine – but the builders of these windmills are in no way held responsible for these eagle and other raptor deaths.
As noted, this is being done in the name of climate change, and now our national symbol, the bald eagle, which was an endangered species not so very long ago, is threatened by the very environmental activists who were (rightly) concerned about its existence. It’s a great irony—not that it matters to the raptors being killed by these big, ugly contraptions.
The Imperial City, under the Biden(‘s handlers) Administration, is planning another unconstitutional intrusion into state sovereignty and private property rights, called the 30×30 plan.
Liberty Matters News Service: Fifteen Governors signed a joint letter noticing President Biden that section 216 of the Climate Crisis Executive Order (14008), to conserve 30 percent of America’s lands by 2030, “infringes on the sovereignty of the states and rights of the citizens.”
Led by Nebraska’s Pete Rickets, who was the first Governor to oppose 30 x 30, the letter was signed by the Governors of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.
Representing both federal land and private land states, the Governors have united to defend State sovereignty and private property rights. They are heroes in this battle to push back the radical environmental agenda.
It is well worth your time to read the strong stand they have taken on our behalf, and make sure you thank them for doing so.
A few tidbits from that letter, with my comments:
On January 27, 2021, your Administration issued Executive Order 14008 (“Order”), “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad” (86 Fed. Reg. 7,619). Included at Section 216 of the Order, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and other senior officials, was directed to develop a program to conserve at least 30 percent of the lands and waters in the United States by 2030.
The undersigned are not aware of any constitutional or statutory authority for the President, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or any other federal agency to set aside and permanently conserve 30 percent of all land and water in the United 
States, and no authority is referenced in Executive Order 14008.
This is hardly new for the Biden(‘s handlers) Administration, and to be fair, it’s nothing new for the last several Presidential administrations. As far as the guy in the chair in the Imperial Mansion is concerned, the Constitution hasn’t existed for some time.
It’s also important to note that there is no statutory authority, either – not that the Constitution wouldn’t override that in any case – or even in the President’s own executive order.
The Order directs the Department of Interior to submit a report to the National Climate Task Force within 90 days, “recommending steps that the United States should take, working with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, agricultural and forest landowners, fishermen, and other key stakeholders, to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30 
percent of our lands and waters by 2030.”
I’m not a Governor of one of the states affected, of course, but if I were, I think my reply to the Imperial City would end with the words “…and the horse you rode in on.”
Congress determines land use policies for the federal lands, while states have sole regulatory authority to govern other lands within our states. Nowhere in the laws of our nation is the authority delegated by Congress to the President or executive agencies to unilaterally change the policies governing land use in America. Section 216 of the Order appears to be a clear overreach of executive authority, which infringes on the sovereignty of the states and rights of the citizens. We cannot and will not allow this to happen.
This is of particular concern here in the Great Land, since our state has – by quite a wide margin – more Imperially-owned and controlled land than any other state.
Just another day, just another Imperial power grab, and the really outrageous thing about all this is that it’s purely arbitrary and based on several faulty premises.
The letter concludes:
We encourage your Administration to focus on better management of the lands the federal government already controls and to be more proactive in working with states. States are not simply additional stakeholders to consult in your policy development; states are essential partners and the leaders in developing innovative policies that already appropriately conserve lands, waters, and wildlife for the American people.
To the undersigned, I can only say, “Don’t hold your breath.” The Imperial City, of late, does what it wants, the Constitution and the states be damned. They are under pressure from base elements in their party, primarily “environmental activists” who generally live in big cities and have very little experience with the actual environment.
It seems like lately, it’s another day, another outrage from Washington.
Before I get into this, check out the latest chapter of License to Kill over at Glibertarians!
Now: I don’t know what to make of this, but apparently a feud between two Wyoming ranch families has led to cows having, among other things, penises bleached into their skins. Yes, really.
Two criminal complaints filed last month in the Sundance Circuit Court allege that Patrick Sean Carroll, who is 66 this year, and his son Tucker Kye Carroll, who is 34 this year, funneled 189 heifers and six bulls into a chute and bleach-dyed them to get a neighbor’s attention after three years of having the cattle cross onto their land.
Some of the heifers had penis shapes bleached onto their bodies, according to an evidentiary affidavit written by Crook County Sheriff’s Deputy Alex Jessen.
Here’s a bit of the history leading up to this:
Habeck has leased the ranch neighboring Carroll’s since 2014. But over the past three years, the number of cows that get through the fence onto Carroll’s property has increased to the point that hundreds cross over at any given time, Carroll said, according to the affidavit.
Carroll grew frustrated. When he would call Habeck to let him know, Habeck would be “laid back like it’s not a big deal,” says the document.
“It sometimes takes Philip (Habeck) a few days to move his cows back,” the affidavit relates from the interview.
Thus, bleach penises.
I guess this is one of those cases where the penis mightier than the sword (hah) but this is a part of the country that has a history of people actually grabbing guns and shooting it out over rangeland, so maybe bleached penises – if a bit immature – aren’t all that unreasonable.
Good fences, as they say, make for good neighbors, and this is a case where the opposite is true. Hopefully now that some public light is shining on this, the two families can solve this problem without gunplay.
I can’t come up with anything that’s funnier than the actual headline, so here it is:
Nudists spot plenty of great tits as they strip off for sponsored bird walk
Yes, there actually is a bird called the Great Tit. In fact tits are a widespread, large family of small passerine birds that are found all over; we have some pretty nice tits right around here, as both our Black-Capped and Boreal Chickadees are tits.
Back to the story:
Naked walkers went in search of great big birds in a nature stroll to remember.
Nudists took part in the charity walk to spot great tits and other British beauties to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation.
Nature lovers stripped off for the charity march in late July at the RSPB Rainham Marshes, a former MOD firing range now turned into a reserve for wildlife to flourish.
The British Naturism group say the event, attended by 39 of their members, was a “great success”.
Speaking on their website, they said: “The reserve is a former MOD firing range which has now been taken over by the RSPB.
“On the southern perimeter is the Thames and walkers viewed a huge cruise ship pass by, heading to the sea, as they walked round the flat marshland amongst the pools and viewing hides.
If you’re at work, I don’t recommend lingering on the accompanying photos.
I imagine some people might get a bit exercised about folks wandering about in the all-together looking at tits, but I can’t see much issue in it. They apparently had it arranged in advance, and seem to be trying to stay abreast of any local objections to the practice. And I’m sure the outing will provide some great mammaries for all participants, long into the future.
Maybe on their next outing, they could go look for Boobies.