I would have been inclined to shoot a few of the bison. (I wouldn’t have left them there to rot, though....I love bison meat. I eat at Ted’s Montana Grill every chance I get.)
“Fence Out” is an antiquated concept that is past its time. I’m surprised that Colorado hasn’t changed to “fence in” status.
In an arrest warrant, investigators say the bulk of the bison — 14 of them — were killed on land owned by Catherine Pimm.
Eight were killed on Bureau of Land Management property, four on U.S. Forest Service property, three on property of Robert Lemm and three on Hawn’s ranch.
Well, I happen to live just across the state line from Colorado. My property is in a Fence In state. Our law says that we have to contain our livestock within our property and be responsible for damage that they do if they get out. But that is not the law in Colorado.
We had a neighbor who was bound and determined to put his bulls next to a pasture where I was keeping a bunch of heifers. He didnt have to, he just did it to be ornery. Well they rode the fence and when the heifers came into heat they broke the fence and headed for the heifers who were too young to breed. We called him, he laughed. I hollered at a couple of the boys, they saddled up, roped the offending bull, castrated him right there and then ran him home and fixed the fence. The neighbor was sorely pi$$ed over that but he never said anything. Soon after that he moved the bulls to another pasture. That is the way it works.