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Hey there Obama supporters. Nice to see that y'all won't mind when the Obomination wins, since you are stridently supporting his share the wealth of the wealthy in this thread. Y'all seem to think that the bison guy has every right to send his Bison to roam loose because of open range laws. He may have had the legality of it, but the law doesn't make it right only legal. first, the open range laws were writtten in the 1800's when cattle were what the applied to. At that time every rancher in his right mind considered Bison to be dangerous nusances to be killed on sight (and they did) no one has answered my point about someone raising wolves or mauntain lions and letting them run free, and oh BTW if you don't want them on your property it's YOUR responsibility to keep them out. Both wolves and mountin lions are considered less dangerous than Bison.

Buffalo are considered livestock in Colorado.
Mountain lions and wolves are not considered livestock.
Current Colorado law is "fence out".
If Hawn were not a city slicker "carpetbagger" from Texas,
he would have had his attorney check the law books
before killing someone else's livestock.
In 19th century Park county, Hawn would have been hung !

The bison I see here in Pennsylvania (yes, farmers do raise them here) are for sure livestock. (They are a good lean meat) If they destroy your corn crop or other property, the guy who owns them should pay up for not keeping them fenced in. But you don't have the right to shoot them for trespassing on your land under any circumstances as far as I know.

I'm no expert, but I don't think there is anything much different between dealing with them and dealing with the average beef steer. They both can be nasty critters at times from what I know of them.