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New bison ranchers needed
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01/20/11, 11:31 AM
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Do youre realize what type of fencing you need for those critters??
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01/20/11, 11:35 AM
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We were watching something on the TV news this AM and DH said, that's what we need to get ready to do ... raise mammoths!
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/we...114202474.html
 People, if you think bison are hard to herd and corral, just wait until you start herding mammoths!
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01/20/11, 11:44 AM
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Do youre realize what type of fencing you need for those critters??
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I wouldn't know, since I have no desire to raise them.
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01/20/11, 11:53 AM
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I've known some people in Montana that raise bison and I've seen their fences. I've also heard my vet talk about what kind of corral fences you need after he was halfway through a herd with brucellosis testing and they decided to leave, thorough 2 x 6 planks and RR tie posts.
I'm looking at the pictures of mammoths and thinking ... what??????
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01/20/11, 11:56 AM
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We have a bison ranch just north of us and we've visited it during an open house days. The ranch staff told us that they have great fences, but no fence will hold a bison that wants to get out. The staff work hard at keeping the bison herd happy so they want to stay inside and the fences keep people from bugging the bison.
The staff designed and had built a special chute to hold an animal for its yearly vaccination and physically inspection. The chute was made of massive pieces of steel, but after being abused by the bison for a couple of years it looked a lot like a dented can.
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01/20/11, 11:57 AM
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Do youre realize what type of fencing you need for those critters??
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Add in how strong and flighty they are! They are not for your average farmer.
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01/20/11, 12:01 PM
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S'pose that's where that song Don't Fence Me In comes from? 
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01/20/11, 12:02 PM
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There is a Bison farm in my county, he has 6' wood posts that are 4" thick strung with four strands of hot wire. I have some pics somewhere, will post if I can find them.
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01/20/11, 12:09 PM
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NO NO NO, cats are the hardest thing to herd......  :smiley-laughing013:  Take care, Reb
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01/20/11, 12:19 PM
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NO NO NO, cats are the hardest thing to herd...... :smiley-laughing013: Take care, Reb |
As hard as nailing jell-o to a wall for sure.
My Mom eats Bison instead of beef and pays a nice premium. The premium is not only from a smaller herd / high demand, but bison take longer to raise and have more expensive demands.
With this "shortage" in bison comes the opportunists. It will only be a matter of time before they are full of hormones to meet the demands of a hungry world.
My Mom's supplier is naturally produced, but they are on a fine line with profit margin.
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01/20/11, 12:24 PM
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There is a bison ranch right down the road from me..I pass it every day. Amazingly, his fencing is just wood posts with 3 wires...not even hot. I used to stop and tell him when one of the babies would roll out under the wire and couldn't get back in.
My kids were late to school once years ago because he was moving the bison from one pasture to another on the county road. They've been pretty docile though I've heard thru the grapevine that someone's horse was gored years ago by one of them. The rancher keeps and old horse and a mule in pasture with them now.
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01/20/11, 12:27 PM
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We have several Yak farms in the area as well and Yak meat is sold in the local grocery stores. I haven't tried it yet.
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01/20/11, 12:33 PM
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I work from time to time on a Buffalo Ranch, and recently participated in a " round -up".....Whoa Nellie!!
Started out in a truck and then had to go to a cutting horse. They will double dog dare you! And make you BELIEVE it.
Big steel fences.
Been toying around with raising them....but, having second thoughts. They are not a docile as they look out grazing.
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01/20/11, 12:37 PM
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There are several herds in this general area. Haven't ever noticed unusual fencing, It is rather strange to see bison milling around a barn lot instead of cattle though. There are frequently ads for both the meat and bison locally.
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01/20/11, 12:48 PM
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I'm simply reminded of the many tourist photographers that are injured by not respecting the bison and THEIR space.
Quite a long time ago now, but my brother was allowed to drop a bison with his black powder rifle during a herd thinning. Neat photo was taken with him kneeled down beside its head while cradling his rifle.
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Someone decided to raise Buffalo not far from us. Bought 2 cows with bull calves, and bred. Had pretty crummy barbed wire fences. Things were fine for a little while-till after the cows calved. They went right through the fence and were all over the mountain. About 6 weeks later, they had to shoot the bulls, they did manage to catch the cows and sell them. Buffalo are not for inexpericenced people.
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Yup, people near Salem raise bison adjacent to a major highway. Just regular field fencing, and I haven't heard of any escapees or problems. This is yuppie territory. I know of camels, zebras, llamas and alpaca, rheas, ostriches and emus (us!) and interesting looking cattle with horns and hair to the ground, yaks, water buffalo - anything anyone can imagine! My (grumpy, nasty, old, argumentative) neighbor complains and objects to my American Guinea Hogs. I really want to find that mastodon, just to annoy him! Or a hippo! I have year-round irrigation creeks, a hippo would be great!
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01/20/11, 01:54 PM
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A couple of years ago a young woman was killed by a buffalo in one of those tourist trap petting zoos north of here. She worked there and I would assume knew the animal. The buffalo stood over her and wouldn't let anyone near it until the sheriff shot it. By then it was too late.
One of my co-workers worked around them in ND. She said they were amazingly fast and could jump higher than you would believe.
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01/20/11, 02:17 PM
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I know someone that went to the auction every week...this particular week, they had a bison bull. Well it seemed like a great idea to buy him, stick him in with his beef cows & make some beefallo.
He unloaded it to his chute and he just kept on going - the whole way across the county!! They finally got his coralled & and then dispatched him. End of beefallo experiment.
Of course they had a bit to drink before the auction, so it sounded like a REALLY great idea. 
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