Last week a small group of us from camp attended a very Montana-ish event. We went to a bison roundup at the National Bison Range that is just northeast of here. We got the start time wrong and arrived almost two hours early, which meant we were able to watch the sunrise over the Mission mountains. It was a chilly and cold morning, but I am glad we arrived early to get a good viewing spot of the bison for soon after arriving multiple school buses of children arrived and the place became chaotic.
Three years ago, they decided to no longer round up the bison with cowboys on horses, but instead to use jeeps to bring them in slower. When a small group of bison are brought into the gates they channel them until they have one buffalo. The buffalo is then ushered into a scale, where it is weighed and its chip checked for age. Then the buffalo is tagged and sent to get its medical check. From there, they are either set back out to the range or put a pen to be sold.
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| The sun coming over the Missions |
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| These mountains are amazingly beautiful! |
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| Early morning smiles... |
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| Watching elk on the range |
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| Everyone drinking coffee before the roundup |
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| Gabe's beard |
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| Look at this cowboy's mustache...this is one thing I enjoy about Montana! |
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| Watching the buffalo |
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| Here they come running around the corner |
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If you look closely, this tag tells that this is a 3 year old male
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| This guy wants out... |
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| and there he goes. |
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| Rounding up the buffalo with jeeps |
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| The penned buffalo waiting to be rounded up. |
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