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Matt Skoglund

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The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Oh, and then obviously the Clovis experiment.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Um, but it's basically just, instead of you just reverse the process.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

So instead of shipping them to slaughter, like yesterday, I just drive out to wherever they are that day.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And it's a headshot with a copper bullet from like 12 yards.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And it's instant, like as ethical and humane as it gets, the meat's amazing.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And so when I read, literally when I read about field harvest in that book, it was an instant light bulb moment.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

I was like, I didn't know this existed.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

This is the way to do it.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And I know there are people that are going to resonate with this because I just kept meeting people that were like, I've seen food, Inc.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

I've read Michael Pollan.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

I'm done with me.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And I don't hunt, but if my neighbor kills an elk and gives me 30 pounds of elk, I'm like, oh my God, it's like the greatest thing ever.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

I'm like, oh, so you're not done with meat.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

You're done with like the factory farming hell that you see in documentaries, which I totally get.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Um, so, so Dan O'Brien's book is what sent us on this path.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Yeah.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And then my next step was like, okay, I know absolutely nothing.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

So I literally went to Google and typed in bison ranching consultant.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And then there's amazing guy, Roland Cruz, who lives in Bozeman and is just a general, um, like regenerative ranching consultant, works a bunch with cattle ranchers, a bunch with bison people.