Buffalo

[starmac]

I did not even realize California had any wild free range buffalo.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/19...ia-island.html

[MUSTANG]

But.... it's not so good to be a Goat on Catalina Island:

http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/19/local/me-55528

[RedneckRob]

Supposedly we use to have them down here in MS. Wish we still did.
After seeing some full grow ones, up close and almost to personal, I decided that the White Buffalo was just a normal size male, only white.

[brassrat]

[starmac]

I wonder if they are salvaging the goat meat, or just leaving them lay?

I would not think the buffalo are native on the island either, but maybe so.

[foesgth]

The buffalo were left behind by a movie crew making a western. Most of the island is in a preserve so they have places to roam.

[MUSTANG]

The buffalo were left behind by a movie crew making a western. Most of the island is in a preserve so they have places to roam.

But No Goats - They eat the native Vegetation (Do Bison eat Non-Native Vegetation?) No there is no salvaging and keeping the meat - left to waste as is the case in Most of the "Biologist/Eco-Freak" endeavors. If there is a need to reduce or cull a herd; at least they could use the meat to feed the Poor oh, that's right - it would be demeaning to have the poor eat that meat; they need Prime Rib to keep their spirits up.

[MaryB]

Bison yummy! Love bison meat!

[country gent]

goats and sheep graze vegetation so close that it kills it. Not sure about buffalo.

[starmac]

I reckon buffalo are a preferred non native species. lol

[Rick N Bama]

Supposedly we use to have them down here in MS. Wish we still did.
After seeing some full grow ones, up close and almost to personal, I decided that the White Buffalo was just a normal size male, only white.

We had them here in N. Alabama as well. I think they killed the vegetation by their wallowing in it.

[MUSTANG]

The American Bison ranged into Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia back in the 1600's (although no where near the numbers of the Great Plains). Have a friend who actually pulled a Bison Skull/Horns from a spring in Florida while SCUBA diving years ago.

[Sled]

Yes Bison and Buffalo are often identified incorrectly. While often domesticated in their native region, Buffalo in this case would have to have been planted. Bison however are widely hunted in North America. Often raised game for harvest. My experience with bison is they are recluse when they can avoid humans. Tried hunting those critters in Alaska a few years back on Kodak island. Musk ox we’re easier to find

[starmac]

There are several different species of bison, but as far as I know, buffalo and bison are the same animal.

It depends on where you draw to hunt bison in Alaska, delta area the success ratio is very high. If bison are on Kodiac, I would think they were transplanted there.

[abunaitoo]

No four leg buffalo or bison. Have many two leg one's walking around.
Never had bison or buffalo.
Is it like cow????

[Hannibal]

But.... it's not so good to be a Goat on Catalina Island:

http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/19/local/me-55528

If it's the same Catalina Island, as a US Navy SAR team member, we chased pigs down with helicopters until they panicked and went into a panic attack. We'd jump out the crew door and slit their throats. Made for a **** fine BBQ.

Nothing official about any of this.

To quote William Munny, "I've killed just about everything that walks or crawls at one time or another."

And I sleep just fine.

[MaryB]

Bison hooves cut the ground and their manure fertilizes... how the great plains were formed! In some environments they can be beneficial by spreading native grasses.

[starmac]

Hmph, I always thought Paul Bunyun and Babe formed the great plains.

[abunaitoo]

So what does buffalo taste like?????
Since we don't have any to eat here. I've never had any.
From the picture, it looks very lean.

[waksupi]

So what does buffalo taste like?????
Since we don't have any to eat here. I've never had any.
From the picture, it looks very lean.

It tastes like - buffalo! One of the only meats I know that is better eating right from the carcass still warm, than hung and cooled.