Yellowstone Bison

[Musket Man]

The first step to managing Yellowstone would be to get rid of the non native wolves that were introduces there that have killed most of the elk and moose.

 

[packmule]

Yep...reducing predation is always toward the top of management goals. I wouldn't shoot them though, they should be trapped and dropped off in D.C.

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Ummmm,

They have been doing the hazing/slaughter deal with the tribes for decades. I am not super upset about it.

As far as how real the brucellosis threat is, it is hard to say. The "no-slaughter" side says, "There has never been a case of brucellosis being passed from bison to cattle! Let them roam!" while the ranching side says, "There has never been a case of brucellosis being passed from bison to cattle! Our hazing/slaughter program is a success!"

One thing is for sure, bison are pretty resistant to wolf predation!

 

[Musket Man]

I wouldn't shoot them though, they should be trapped and dropped off in D.C.

Cant take the risk of them getting loose before they get there! need to put a good bounty on them and get out of the way like they did years ago

 

[packmule]

That would likely be the best option....or do them like we do hogs here and chase them down with a helicopter and shoot them.




What are fence laws up there that makes it hard to separate bison from cattle?

 

[Musket Man]

What are fence laws up there that makes it hard to separate bison from cattle?

Most Buffalo dont care for fences much. I expect its some of the problem the ranchers have with them.

 

[packmule]

That's would be my issue with them, have to go to pipe fences to be effective or put a lot of heat on them.

 

[Musket Man]

barbwire dont mean much to a buffalo. Anything else costs tomuch (for a rancher anyways). We used to train cutting horses with buffalo, even those arent quite domesticated yet. lol

 

[packmule]

They pay attention when they get lot up like a Christmas tree.


Here's a story about a rancher tired of them down here.


http://m.gosanangelo.com/news/2010/jan/29/51-buffalo-killed-after-they-strayed/

 

[Musket Man]

51 is alot of buffalo to kill. It sounds messed up but I imagine there is another side to it too.

 

[packmule]

Yeah, they kept tearing down the fence and getting on the neighbor's fields and messing up their fences.

 

[Musket Man]

I figured it wasnt the first time it happened.

 

[packmule]

Oh no, the other side of the story was that it was a regular deal and it was the best way to send a msg.


When we're in Jackson I see that the ranchers have dropped down a few of the top poles on their fences to keep them from laying them over.

 

[Musket Man]

That should get the point across!

 

[ivorytip]

ive seen buffalo several times outside of the park in with cattle in the island park and surounding area. as far as fences go, those big beasty animals can jump over your typical western cattle fence. i watched one by one as 3 big bulls walked up to the fence, bumped thier heads, lifted head up and jumped over the fence. there is no reason that we dont know 100% sure that buffalo can or cannot pass on bruc.... to cattle. we have beefalo farms all over the place. lets get a bruc buff in with a cow and test it out and see the results. id love to be able to hunt buffalo, but also know that if they were free ranging it would hugley impact the feed for our cattleman and nobody needs that.

 

[Musket Man]

One of these years Im gonna buy a buffalo for the freezer!

 

[packmule]

They're pretty tasty.

 

[Musket Man]

We used to have some we trained cutting horse with and we butchered a couple. They were really good!

Shot the first one in the head just a bit low with my 22 mag. That buffalo just shook its head and blood started coming out its eyes. 2nd shot got it done!