Wild Bison in Florida

RaymondPhotos

While photographing alligators and wading birds this morning, I came upon this wonderful surprise. These wild American Bison were seen at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park Florida from about 20 ft.

1.


2.


3.


4.


5.


Thanks for looking.

Bud1880

Pretty neat Steven. I read somewhere that they had almost become extinct at one time with only a couple hundred left. Glad they saved them for us to see. (And eat I guess. )

Bud

RaymondPhotos

Bud1880 wrote:

Pretty neat Steven. I read somewhere that they had almost become extinct at one time with only a couple hundred left. Glad they saved them for us to see. (And eat I guess. )

Bud

American Bison were reintroduced to the prairie from Oklahoma in the mid 1970s. The Florida Park Service did this because it is part of their mission to restore Florida’s natural resources to pre-European settler conditions. Bison were found in Florida until the early 1800s.