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Matt Skoglund

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

It's time intensive, labor intensive for you.

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

Yeah.

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

And so I was like, why would we wean?

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

So we don't wean at all.

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

We just, we let mom take care of that.

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

Um, and we're not selling live animals.

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

We run it as one herd.

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

So yeah, so we don't, we don't wean at all.

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

We just let mom do it.

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

Um, occasionally, but, but very rare.

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

So typically, um,

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

It's like, if I'm driving out there in August, like in August, I know I'm going to field harvest a two-year-old bull.

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

And it's the first two-year-old bull that provides me with the perfect shot.

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

And the perfect shot is, um, uh.

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

bull is doing what yeah yeah no just totally uh so i just drive out and and and so the perfect shot is a bull that's like standing kind of on an angle like broadside looking at me 10 to 15 yards away uh head up and then i aim an inch above the eyes and it's just i mean when i pull the trigger it's lights out like people always say they're like oh man you know i love your ranch because you know the bison only have one bad day and i'm like oh no no i'm like no bad day

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

I'm like, they're literally standing there like yesterday, this bull, he's standing there, grass in his mouth next to his buddy, looking at me.

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

They know me, they know the truck just kind of like, you know, chewing his, chewing his grass.

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

And then it's just instant outer space.

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

Um, and, uh, so yeah, so, but, and then if I have a group of two-year-old bulls, I'll look them over and see like, who's the most developed and pick him out.

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

But it's funny.