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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• WHAT ARE THE BISON FED - OUR BISON ARE 100 % GRASS-FED, AS NATURE INTENDED. EVEN IN WINTER, BISON WILL DIG FOR GRASS. OUR PASTURES ARE MAINTAINED BY THE STAFF, RE- PLANTED AND ROTATED WITH BUFFALO GRASS.
• WHAT DOES BISON TASTE LIKE - BISON TASTES SOMEWHAT LIKE BEEF, EXCEPT MOST BEEF IS EITHER GRAIN-FED AND GRAIN-FINISHED.
• WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF BISON - BISON MEAT IS MUCH LOWER IN FAT THAN BEEF, AND LOWER IN CHOLESTEROL. HIGHER IN IRON AND PROTEIN, AND FEWER CALORIES.
• WHERE CAN I FIND RECIPES FOR BISON - CHECK OUR SECTION FOR RECIPES , AND ALSO THE NATIONAL BISON ASSOCIATION WEBSITE. (ON OUR LINKS PAGE)
• DO BISON REQUIRE ANTI-BIOTICS - IN SMALL DOSES TO ELIMINATE PESTS, BISON ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOVINE FAMILY (BEEF CATTLE) AND ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SAME DISEASES AS BEEF CATTLE. BUT KEEPING THEM APART WILL LIMIT THE CHANCES OF BISON BECOMING INFECTED.
• CAN I BUY BISON MEAT IN MY LOCAL GROCERY STORE - MORE AND MORE, LOCAL GROCERS ARE STARTING TO CARRY BISON MEAT AS A STAPLE. AS DEMAND RISES, BISON WILL BECOME AVAILIABLE ON A WIDESPREAD BASIS. BISON MEAT AND PRODUCTS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE ON OUR SITE AND ALSO IN OUR RANCH STORE.
• ARE BISON TAME-NO, BUT THEY ARE EASILY ASSIMILATED INTO LIFE ON A RANCH. AS WITH ALL WILD ANIMALS, THEY CAN BE DANGEROUS IF AGITATED. WARNING SIGNS OF THIS USUALLY INCLUDE RAISING THEIR TAILS STRAIGHT INTO THE AIR, PAWING AT THE GROUND WITH THEIR FRONT LEGS. THEY WILL CHARGE AT AN UNSUSPECTING MOMENT AND ANYONE SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK ON ONE. FEMALES ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR CALVES, AND WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEM.
• ARE BISON LUMBERING BEASTS LIKE THEIR COUSINS, CATTLE - BISON CAN RUN UP TO SPEEDS OF 35 MPH AND JUMP 6 FEET INTO THE AIR FROM A STANDSTILL.
• CAN FENCES CONTAIN BISON - BISON WILL STAY WITHIN CONFINES OF FENCES AS LONG AS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AMPLE FOOD AND WATER. OCCASIONALLY, THEY WILL BREAK THROUGH FENCING IF THEY SENSE DANGER OR BECOME AGITATED. THE ANIMALS ARE INBRED TO ROAM, AND MUST HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE TO GRAZE AND PLAY.
• ARE BISON ENDANGERED - IN THE WILD, YES. MAJOR WILD HERDS EXIST IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK AND CUSTER NATIONAL PARK (SOUTH DAKOTA). FROM HERDS THAT ONCE NUMBERED IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, THE POPULATION WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY EXTERMINATED BY THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY (WILD POPULATION NUMBERED AROUND 200 HEAD AT THAT TIME) BISON HAVE MADE A REMARKABLE COMEBACK SINCE THEN, ESPECIALLY WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVATE RANCHES, CARRYING THE CURRENT POPULATION (BOTH WILD AND RANCH) TO UPWARDS OF 100,000.