We were the only car there and so we didn't stop, but slowly drove by. In the meadow where we ususally see the most buffalo and they are on the road, there were just a few. Most of the buffalo were farther away from the road, but there were several within good viewing and photoing distance. In one herd were several that had big bellies, indicating that they were pregnant. We came across several small herds of Pronghorn Antelope. Right near the entrance was a herd of 4-5 Bighorn Sheep lying by the road. Everytime has been good, but this is probably the best. This is my 4th or 5th time driving the Wildlife Loop. We felt fortunate to have seen one in the wild, thanks to the safe wildlife drive. Upon seeing the displayed taxidermy wolverine I exclaimed to my assisting Cabellas staff, "that's the animal we saw 2 days ago driving in Custer Wildlife I didn't know what it was until I saw a stuffed one at Cabellas shopping two days later. It studied us at length one of the times it glared towards our car from about 100 yards away. Its face and ears were bear like, as it turned its head towards us. But before it disappeared among the low branches, it had turned several times to look toward our stopped car.Īt first I thought it was a small bear, but its body was longer, it had a dark long fluffy tail, and shorter legs. It was sniffing around the meadow grasses on the way into the pine woods about 10 feet away. My husband and I saw a wolverine towards the end of our drive. September 9 we took a drive on the wildlife loop from 5:20 PM until 7:30 PM. Loved it and we can’t wait to return to this beautiful place someday. Our last day we did an early morning drive-through and lucked out by seeing over 1,000 bison in 7 herds (5 on the Wildlife Loop and 2 others nearby). The second day we were prepared and brought carrots for the burros, now we were the ones walking out to meet them, they would tolerate brief petting before ambling off to the next hillside. The road is scenic, curvy, and fun to drive. Blue skies and rolling hills seemed to go on forever, providing picture postcard views in every direction. We also saw pronghorn antelope, deer, and prairie dogs. Within 10 short minutes we were enveloped in a “bison jam” and further down the road we saw the burros on a hillside with people walking out to meet them. At the entrance gate we purchased a week long pass for $20, a friendly ranger told us where there were recent sightings of bison and wild burros, and we were off. Each park has different things going for it, but we agreed that the Wildlife Loop Road in Custer State Park is by far the best. We drove here directly from Jackson Hole, WY after two mediocre days in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
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