Thanks to friend of the Black Hills Facebook Page, Sandy Boots, for allowing us to share this rare footage of an honest-to-goodness stampede! Custer State Park is home to one of the largest free-roaming bison herds in the United States. This rowdy bunch was filmed running along HWY 87 in Custer State Park. They were headed from the Blue Bell Lodge and campground area toward the intersection of Wildlife Loop Road. Enjoy!
The large, flashy wildlife usually gets all of the attention here in the Black Hills. The...
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Joe Rainboth is a resident of Spearfish, S.D. He grew up in the tall-corn state of Iowa, where he developed an early interest in all things outdoors. After high school he moved to Vermillion, S.D., where he earned his bachelor’s degree in public relations and advertising.
During his college years, two things caught his attention: the beauty of western South Dakota’s Black Hills and a girl from those Black Hills. After graduating from college, Joe traveled across the country as a recruiter for the University of South Dakota. He saw the sights from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas and everywhere in between, but it was the Black Hills (and the girl) that kept drawing him back.
He and wife moved back to the Black Hills in 2008. He's an avid hiker, mountain biker and road cyclist whose future plans include trying to fit a pair of kayaks into the spare bedroom. Email this author | All posts by Joe Rainboth