Matt Skoglund

So wherever the herd is, the rest of the ranch is being rested.

Um, or when we, when we started, we, we had, we had some calves dropping in the fall, but now, um, we, they've, they've now they, uh, we've gotten to a point just naturally where, uh, yes, that our, our herd acts the exact same as Yellowstone.

So they, they, the rut, they breed from mid July through the end of August.

Okay.

And then they calve mid April through the end of May.

Um,

They shed their winter coats in the spring, grow their winter coats back in the fall.

And then the, um, and then, uh, you know, uh, so a bison herd, it's a matriarchal society.

So you've got a lead cow that calls the shots and there's a whole pecking order there and the bulls fall in line.

But once they're like three, four or five, they leave the herd and the kind of like, I'm my own man now.

Okay.

And, and so.

Um, we saw that on our place where, uh, you know, the, the herd would be here and then like the breeding bulls would be like 400 yards over here.

Okay.

And then you'll, I think you'll find this interesting.

So when we started, we had breeding bulls cause that's how you do it.

And the breeding, the breeding bulls are the ones that cause problems, not from a safety standpoint.

Like they're, they're like, I mean, I've never had an issue with one of our bulls, but because they, they have this, you know, I'm my own man mentality.

Everything's going great.

And then one morning you wake up and they're like, I'm, I'm walking to the crazy mountains today and nothing's going to stop me.