I was the third angler from the right. We had been fishing at that riffle for several hours, when two groups of bison crossed the road behind us, descended the hill and broke bad into a dead run for the river. I pointed out the danger to our guide, she replied oh s**t, I then dropped my fly rod, took several steps toward the second group, drew my bear spray, and they flared away, crossed the river upstream and they joined the larger herd. I am from Kentucky, I have been around bison (tatonka) before in the Park. I have delt with them in the Lamar Valley before, and on Slough Creek. I have a healthy respect for these 1800 pound animals. In no way were we ,or anyone you see in the film trying to get close to them before they were trying to run us down. We were just fishing, in one of the best rivers in the Park. In no way doing something dumb. After the dust settled , my guide, Emily said, Neil you saved us, I have never seen anyone run at the bison before. My friend Dean, the guy on the extreme right, said ......Will you please stop scaring the fish. It was one of our best days fishing, I ate a bison at the Yellowstone Lodge restaurant later that evening.
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