These were the bulls we found at Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park. All four seemed like females (2 were gravid) and seemed to have a more consistent "look" than our local (Leader) bulls.
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1st bull we found while biking 2 campsites away from our own. Took me by surprise when I saw her shape sprawled along the middle of the road, soaking up the sun's rays at mid-day.
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This 2nd one almost went noticed as I was biking down the road. Only reason I noticed her was because of the rustling of the grass as she sprung into her defensive posture, obviously p-ed off at the brown guy in his bike, speeding past her.
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This muddy looking (probably in her pre-lay shed) gravid female was found next to a hole (we believe to be their dens) when it started getting cloudy. Coiled up nice and snug soaking up the warmth. Dunno what went wrong with her, but she didn't seem in good condition. She had an abscess at her cloaca (notice the reddish area at her cloacal region) and, though gravid, looked skinnier. She wasn't a very big bull either.
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2nd pic of "muddy" bull.
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This gravid female has to be one of the best looking bulls I've seen in the wild. It could also be that she just had her pre-lay shed and just looks so vibrant from it. We found her just after we were wondering why the 3 bulls we found were smaller than other bulls we've seen. This female showed us up.
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We measured her against Katt's height as we estimated her to me an inch or two shy from 5ft. A nice sized female.
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