You really have to see these SOB’s up close to understand that they’re a force of nature, like a tornado, hurricane or earthquake. Sure, you can kill them like animals, but absent a heavy rifle, you cannot believe how strong and bloody single-minded these things can be. And in a herd... they’re not to be dissuaded by gunfire.
Panels that hold even the biggest cattle in are like tissue paper to bison. I’ve seen them literally walk through panels and gates. Not run, not crash. Just put their heads down, push, snap the welds, pry open the horizontal pipe on the gates and push their way through. Why? Well, the grass was greener and all that. You’re out a C-note for a Powder River panel, the the bison is contentedly grazing away on the scrub grass on the outside of the fence. And when he wants back in? Don’t bother fixing anything. He’ll just push his way back in.
There was a bison outfit up near the Horseshoe Ranch in northern Eureka County, NV. They got tired of chasing after the bison when they’d break out, so they built some corrals out of 4” gas well casing (about 3/8” wall thickness steel pipe) sunk about 12’ into the ground, then they welded highway guard rail to those uprights - up to about 7’ high.
It kept them in.
Most of the time.
Neat critters. You couldn’t pay me enough to try raising them behind a fence.
There was a bison outfit up near the Horseshoe Ranch in northern Eureka County, NV. They got tired of chasing after the bison when they’d break out, so they built some corrals out of 4” gas well casing (about 3/8” wall thickness steel pipe) sunk about 12’ into the ground, then they welded highway guard rail to those uprights - up to about 7’ high.
It kept them in.
Most of the time.
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Sounds about right. To a bison, a “buffalo fence” is only a mild suggestion, not an obstacle; what really keeps them in is keeping them happy & contented on their side of it.
Thanks for the info. Yeah they are monsters. A real throw back. They look more like a train and those horns mean business. I can’t imagine them coming in a house. Amazing critters.