Posted on 01/11/2020 5:25:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
Definitely a yak. Good pack animal.
OK,so I don't know my yak from a hole in the ground.
By now it’s a dead thread, but for those still looking, the link will provide all the buffalo excitement one could want with a trip to Custer State Park in South Dakota for the annual buffalo roundup and arts festival thrown in as a bonus. Rain and cold temps this year, but usually sunny and warm.
I started to respond right at the beginning, but fell asleep. Great nap.
https://gfp.sd.gov/buffalo-roundup/
I like my steaks rare. Is bison good rare?
Yep. About 6-7 years ago I had to give myself injections of B12. I was very low even with a diet high in beef and eggs.
My body doesn’t absorb most vitamins and minerals from supplements and sometimes not that great from food.
At this time I am probably even worse than I was then because I have only bought ground beef 1-2 times in over a year.
This week I did a search for the highest amount of B vitamins and wrote out my food budget. Looks like eggs are going to be mostly what I will be eating for the next 4-5 months at least. Good thing they can last a few weeks because I will have to buy enough in March to make it past the price increase for Easter in April.
Good thing I like them and know how to cook them in several ways.
Had bison once. I liked it. Cooked in butter and more butter on top and even more butter and cream in the mushroom sauce on the side.
Can you find good eggs at a local farmers market?
piasa and I were obviously joking
Before 1884 there were 30-60 million Bison in North America. That was whittled down to only 325 by 1884. In 1870 it was estimated that 2 million Bison were killed in one year. Toda,y there are approximately 500,00 to 1 million, conservatively, Bison in North America. Compare that to the numbers of Beef Cattle in North America in 2015 to be at over 89 million head in herds, with the average being around 93 million since 2000.
There is a movement underway to increase the Bison herds of North America. Bison are not domesticated animals to have on the farm and can be very dangerous to raise. The history of the Bison is a fascinating story of how they almost went extinct due to early settlers hunting them. The swath of The Great American Bison Belt goes further north, south and further east than one would expect them. There are two types of Bison and they have distinguishable features from each other but most relate Bison with the Plains Bison and not the Wooded Bison. Even on the farm, Bison are migratory and must be with others.
Due to the danger of raising Bison, their lower numbers, the amount of land to raise Bison and let them roam at this time their meat will not be near beef cattle prices. One the advantages over beef cattle on the farm is that Bison does not need the amount of infrastructure, in the form of buildings, that beef cattle do. Some like to call the Bison herd the set it and almost forget it of the farm.
Is it any wonder why Beef is so much cheaper?
we have had beefalo here in our area.
Don’t see much of it any more.
You have any dealings with the Western Mob?
there are under the tongue lozenges
Adds a whole new dimension to BS.
You can treat bison meat exactly like lean beef. - Personally, I find it a bit TOO LEAN for BBQ, unless marinated overnight or cooked with some beef/pork fat and/or butter.
For grilled burgers I mix it 3-1 with (cheap, bought on sale) freshly-ground beef.
Yours, TMN78247
to avoid over-cooking bison: “steaks and roasts should reach a minimum temperature of 145ºF”
are they kidding? for beef to be rare/medium rare, individual steaks should be about 127-129; roasts cooked to 121 and allowed to continue cooking outside the oven via thermal momentum ...
No. Lots of locals hate the hogs. Some reluctant to have people from outside area on their property. Most don’t lease or guide hunting.
Hogs are very mobile. Not uncommon to see 50 moving in a group. We have a watering hole for them. Right now we only have 2 mares in the pasture where the springs are. I planted a new variety of wheat this year that I suspect will cause a problem with them. They invaded my seed plot for it last year.
It was a small plot but have 125 acres in it this year. Fiancee and I have already talked about the need for hunting them. (at night) They have already demonstrated that they like what we are growing.
We are farmers, not ranchers. But we do have some pasture land. Normally have a small cow calf operation. I plan to restock it later this year. Right now working on home a the farm. Plan to move back there in April.
The buffalo ranches I’m familiar with use tall pipe fences. Thet also have signs on the fences to keep away due to danger. Buffalo can be a bit rowdy.
Also, here in the west, all beef is pasture raised whether on grass or hay. They aren’t grained during their growth phase. They are grained for 90 days at the feedlot to fatten them up just prior to butchering. Furthermore, American meat can not receive antibiotics within 90 days of butchering. They aren’t given antibiotics in the pasture but they do receive vaccines at certain points in their lives.
I know these things first hand because I’ve spent a LOT of time on various cattle ranches and have directly participated in many of the necessary activities required in raising cattle.
The united States has some very strict laws regarding the care, raising, and transport of large animals. Other countries...not so much. We do import a lot of beef while we export a lot of beef. American beef is the best in the world and commands a high price in overseas markets.
Doesn’t sound much like a good beef alternative to me.
“there are under the tongue lozenges”
I didn’t know that. Seems like that ought to work.
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