Antelope Island Photowalk Recap
By Scott Smith, host of the Photowalk at Antelope Island. Originally posted on his blog.
We had about 40 photographers show up for Saturday's Photowalking Utah event held at Antelope Island in Syracuse Utah. The main group arrived around 10am, we took our group photo first then everyone hung out at the pens. Some ventured off to Gar Ranch afterwards spending most of the day on the Island.
The rangers were giving the 700+ bison their health checks in a three day marathon. They would use old Ford Bronco's to round them up into pens in small groups. The rangers would then feed the bison down a long corridor and eventually to the pen where veterinarians and volunteers were there to assist tagging, drawing blood, giving pregnancy tests, and logging information into the computer via a micro chip that was implanted in their neck.
The larger bison were held in place with a nose ring so they wouldn't move around in the pen. When the rangers would released the gate the bison would rear up and come running out of the shoot.
The event reminded me of my youth when we would gather our cows in pens and give them their health checks. These guys were a bit more sophisticated but the smell of the dirt and working with animals is what brought back some fun memories.
One of the things I really like about the Photowalking Utah events is meeting new people and talking about photography. I'm always amazed what a camera will do to spark up a conversation with a total stranger.
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1 comments:
I'm not much into writing, but I do post pictures and write a little bit about them. Here is my blog entry for the buffalo round-up:
http://blog.dterryphotography.com/2008/11/buffalo-roundup-and-more.html
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