Carnage2011
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Bison are harder to contain than cattle, no question. Turner does have good fences and for the most part does a decent job. I had to knock on the Snowcrest Ranch door 3 times in 5 days this January because their bison had broke out and were grazing the Robb-Ledford WMA. That 6 strand, smooth wire is all fine and dandy until they decide it’s time for them to leave.False; no expensive tactics. A good effective fencing system (albeit fences in certain areas are higher than standard) and natural rotation of herds to various very large areas keep the bison on good feed and content critters.
It seems the false narrative is of bison herds stampeding across the prairie, trampling everything in their way. The containment, pasturing, and behavior is really no different from cattle. After all, they both are bovine. Do you hear of neighbors of cattle ranches wringing their hands and worrying about angus or Hereford bulls being a scourge of the prairie?
The bison paranoia is a farce.
On a side note, I watched a mule deer doe touch her nose to a hot fence of Turners a couple years ago. I can tell you that she is a fan of Turner grass, but not Turner fences...