{"id":14877,"date":"2014-05-03T05:16:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T11:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14877"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:27:02","slug":"an-american-bison-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/03\/an-american-bison-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"An American Bison Bull"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AnAn American Bison bull scratching an itch – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 200mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There are some images that I like just because\u00a0I find them\u00a0funny and this American Bison<\/span><\/a> bull photo taken on Antelope Island State Park\u00a0is one of those. I was photographing the bull two days ago when he started to scratch himself with his left hind hoof.<\/p>\n

A few captions floated around in my mind as I looked at this image on my monitor such as “Open mouth, insert hoof” and “What did I step in?”. I’m sure you can think of more.<\/p>\n

Being outside in nature is healing and it can also bring laughter too. I can’t tell you how many times I have been photographing and laughing at the same time.<\/p>\n

Have a wonderful day.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Bison photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are some images that I like just because I find them funny and this American Bison bull photo taken on Antelope Island State Park is one of those.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[443,511,26],"tags":[4463,745,4350,4314,3981,90,519,4035,102,4032],"class_list":["post-14877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bison","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-utah","tag-american-bison","tag-bison-bison","tag-buffalo","tag-bull","tag-davis-county","tag-humor-2","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-scratching-mia-mcpherson-0125.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3RX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18507,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/01\/10\/bison-bull-in-a-morning-fog\/","url_meta":{"origin":14877,"position":0},"title":"Bison Bull In A Morning Fog","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Every once in a while though the winter sun would penetrate through the fog and it was during one of those moments that I photographed this frost-covered bison bull as it rested in the grasses.","rel":"","context":"In "American Bison"","block_context":{"text":"American Bison","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/wildlife\/bison\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"American Bison bull in a morning fog on Antelope Island State Park, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-fog-mia-mcpherson-3706.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-fog-mia-mcpherson-3706.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-fog-mia-mcpherson-3706.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-fog-mia-mcpherson-3706.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6240,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/02\/bison-bull-with-the-great-salt-lake-in-the-background\/","url_meta":{"origin":14877,"position":1},"title":"Bison Bull With The Great Salt Lake In The Background","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I photographed this Bison bull feeding peacefully yesterday out on Antelope Island State Park with the Great Salt Lake in the background.","rel":"","context":"In "American Bison"","block_context":{"text":"American Bison","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/wildlife\/bison\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bison bull in the fall, Antelope Island State Park, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-mia-mcpherson-8557.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-mia-mcpherson-8557.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-mia-mcpherson-8557.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/american-bison-bull-mia-mcpherson-8557.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10089,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/03\/a-ticked-off-bison-bull\/","url_meta":{"origin":14877,"position":2},"title":"Ticked Off Bison Bull","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Yep, the bison is ticked off because I didn't give him the honor he was due. 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