Excited about upcoming trip!
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:31 am
Hello all! My wife and I are making our way to Yellowstone the first week of September and we couldn't be more excited! It will be her first visit and my second, but I still consider myself very much inexperienced as my first trip was cut short.
We are on a mission to see a large variety of wildlife. I was wondering how folks tend to get their info on when/where animals have been spotted or have been frequenting. Is it mostly just talking with people as you travel around the park? I have heard that some folks carry radios and track sightings that way. I also remember seeing one or two sign in logs in the park where people wrote down what they saw and where. Are these the best methods?
We will obviously run into wildlife as we drive through the park, but I would like to have some sort of idea where I am headed, instead of just hopping in the car and driving, haha! For instance, if I want to try to find some badgers, are there certain areas that are more likely to have badgers around? I would hate to drive in the opposite direction of the subject I am wanting to find!
We are winging the trip, for the most part. But knowing popular areas for different species of wildlife would go a long way! I wish I could access the plethora of information that was on the previous forum! I was all over that forum in 2012 prior to my first visit, and I have slept a bit since then, haha!
Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated! Particular species we are really hoping to see: wolves, moose, badger, otter, porcupine, wild horses, harlequin ducks, marten, bald eagle and great horned owl.
Thank you!
We are on a mission to see a large variety of wildlife. I was wondering how folks tend to get their info on when/where animals have been spotted or have been frequenting. Is it mostly just talking with people as you travel around the park? I have heard that some folks carry radios and track sightings that way. I also remember seeing one or two sign in logs in the park where people wrote down what they saw and where. Are these the best methods?
We will obviously run into wildlife as we drive through the park, but I would like to have some sort of idea where I am headed, instead of just hopping in the car and driving, haha! For instance, if I want to try to find some badgers, are there certain areas that are more likely to have badgers around? I would hate to drive in the opposite direction of the subject I am wanting to find!
We are winging the trip, for the most part. But knowing popular areas for different species of wildlife would go a long way! I wish I could access the plethora of information that was on the previous forum! I was all over that forum in 2012 prior to my first visit, and I have slept a bit since then, haha!
Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated! Particular species we are really hoping to see: wolves, moose, badger, otter, porcupine, wild horses, harlequin ducks, marten, bald eagle and great horned owl.
Thank you!