When we traveled the Dakotas in 2018 one of the highlights of the trip for me was seeing the buffalo up close. Custer State Park has a herd of about 1300 to 1500. Not as large as Yosemite, but accessible to tourists. Here is a short film of the Buffalo round up that occurs there each year. Listening to the conversation of the commentators I am amazed at the coordination. When the cowboy conversation comes up I wanted the commentators to hush, which they eventually did.
Recently PBS aired a special by Ken Burns on the American Buffalo. It was tremendous. I did not know the history of the military in trying to destroy the buffalo. They were hunted relentlessly and Americans in the eastern states wanted all sorts of things from the buffalo. The buffalo suffered and were butchered. The American Indians suffered tremendously. If you have not seen the special there is a link below. It is worth your time to watch.
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-buffalo/#watch
After watching both episodes by Burns I wanted to see the buffalo in Kentucky. Were you aware there is a small herd in Kentucky? The park is only about one hour from our house!
See https://www.nps.gov/places/big-bone-lick-state-historic-site.htm
Frankly I was amazed watching one trying to snag catalpa seed pods from under the fence (10 seconds of fast tongue) and drinking from a hole that filled with water .
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Last summer I drove from Virginia to Seattle, Washington and spent a couple of delightful days along the way at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, where I was able to see lots of buffalo and wild horses. I never realized how large the buffalo were until a herd of them surrounded my car, a small KIA Soul.
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There used to be a very small herd of buffalo here in Creston, Ohio. The butcher shop sold the meat of the ones they raised.
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