let’s go over the game plan
the best case scenario like we have a
majority of them there and we can move
them in but if you think there’s 60 plus
in there
you will put them all in here now I want
to move them all at once okay don’t want
anything this is a very ambitious it has
been done before on a much smaller scale
moving a couple animals here and there
but this is a much bigger group
so I’m gonna take off and head over see
if there’s any the foot of the mountain
if there is I’ll probably chase them up
here to the road and I’ll get these ones
moving over here and hopefully kind of
get them all together and moving up
moving animals in this type of terrain
it really requires a bird’s eye view the
helicopters here so they want to go here
when you can be that subtle with a
helicopter but it’s going to take
everything from outsmarting them to just
let the fun begin
oh they’re already pushing some
trying to move bison where you want them
to go is kind of frustrating and they’re
very stubborn and they’re barely moving
every time we get away from
it even worse than herding cats it’s
like hurting giant cats with horns that
can kill somebody in the process so it’s
certainly nothing that we can take
lightly
the helicopter is starting to just sort
of pressure them to come this way
Keller’s up in the helicopter he’s
basically behind them just trying to
gently move into the direction
we’re going to push them down the beach
this way sounds good Melissa and the
team are up at the Corral kind of
waiting and ready with the gates gate
crew okay’s ready I’m a little further
down and we’re just basically all in
radio contact to see are they moving
where we want I see some stragglers down
the other side
a couple babies
when you’re trying to move a massive
group of animals it’s important to have
a vet on hand to watch for any type of
injuries because a lot can go wrong so
you can see he’s got him in a really
nice group now
sand that comes all the way up and joins
this road behind us so it’s a natural
pathway they tend to take they’re just
going to slowly make their way up here
yeah they got a nice group of cow and
calves
and they all look good like there’s no
one with their tongue out heavy
breathing it’s just really nice and calm
it’s quite important when you’re moving
bison that you don’t push them
if they’re running for prolonged periods
of time they can get what’s called
capture myopathy
it’s when animals run too much combined
with stress they get into this lactic
acid buildup they get this awful like
almost cooking of the mussels and then
within a couple days they can start to
have muscle breakdown and then
are they how stressed are they and at a
certain point if it’s not going our way
we’ll have to follow it’s very important
that you’re doing this slowly and
they’re doing everything right
they think they’re in
they’re at the bottom of the hill coming
up everybody into place
the animals have now moved out of sight
they’re actually going to start coming
up this road any minute so we need to
get to the pen
if they catch any sight of me it could
turn them and we could have them go
right back where they came so it’s
really important that there’s nothing
that they can see they just feel like
they’re following their natural path to
escape from the helicopter that’s behind
them
coming like this mad heard of Bison
coming right for us
running
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