Actually, no. Bison are pretty easily confined by an electric fence, or 3-strand barb wire. I lived in Montana for 5 years and used to drive by ranches all the time with peacefully grazing buffalo behind such fences.
Someone said bison would push over a normal fence that would keep in cattle...
Actually, no. Bison are pretty easily confined by an electric fence, or 3-strand barb wire. I lived in Montana for 5 years and used to drive by ranches all the time with peacefully grazing buffalo behind such fences.”
A light fence will keep in a Buffalo that has enough to eat and enough room to roam.
Anything less than that, and you have to have something pretty stour.
I have seen buffalo and rodeo bulls go thru alot of stuff.
A ranchers about 50 miles south of here told me a story this spring about the first female yearling buffalo he bought. She was a little hard to load into the trailer to get home. Then she was put into a very strong steel pen with 6 foot rails, along with a strong steel feeder and strong steel water tank. The next morning, she was out of the pen- had jumped the 6 foot fence, and she had destroyed the water tank and the feeder. In less than 24 hours, she had destroyed over $1000 of equipment.
When I was at his ranch this spring, he had 17 buffs, including one bull. He said in order to get one into the trailer when sold, he used a front end loader to herd them, and had the trailer staged with the doors open.
One buff was limping, and I asked how they could inspect the leg and treat the cow. He said he has to herd them into the custom made chute and to be very quick about shutting the back of the chute. Then he said- “Oh, and I have the welding guy on standby before I even start to herd one into the chute”. That comment got my attention real good. He kept me and a friend entertained for over an hour telling us stories about dealing with buffalo.