Last night we hiked part of Blacktail Trail It was a great hike. We saw an elk with huge rack watching us as we were returning. At Lava Creek we saw two male elk that were running and jumping. We thought maybe they were trying to get away from some bees because every time they got near a certain tree they would jump all over the place. They even started fighting with each other but as soon as they got away from the tree they were calm. As we got near Mammoth we saw a bison in the middle of the road, it looked like he was lying down. We soon realized that he was trying to crawl to the side of the road and that he couldn't stand up. He tried but he would fall down. He had been hit by a car and I guess his back legs were broken. There was another bison that stayed right with him to comfort him. The other one kept kissing him. It was sooooooo sad. I asked one of the Rangers about it today and he said they had to put him down. Thank goodness they did that.

Elk trying to get away from something

Chasing each other through the creek

What's going on here?