largo casey #19191 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 This is a new one on me.Whats the difference between a Bison & a Buffalo.Just saw this on Live PD. Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Shooter Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 In North America we have Bison. Buffalo are found in Asia and Africa. Bison have beards, Buffalo don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 YEP.. Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Bison are cooler than Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 The guy who named the American animal ”buffalo” , has never actually seen a buffalo but they sort of fit the description. The name stuck. if he had met the Sioux and they did not kill him but told him Tatanka, we might be calling them tatanka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 He may be a bison but he was shot on a buffalo ranch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 OOPS Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: The guy who named the American animal ”buffalo” , has never actually seen a buffalo but they sort of fit the description. The name stuck. if he had met the Sioux and they did not kill him but told him Tatanka, we might be calling them tatanka. Washte, washichu! Also, our native pronghorn antelope ain't no antelope, neither! Pronghorns is a species of its own, and no relation to African antelope! More like a prairie goat, but ain't no goat nuther! But, of course, there is the jackalope! Whatever you call Ol' Grandfather Pte, it don't pay to get too close. Seems like a girl jogger was tossed by a bull buff a day or so ago out Utah way. Broke her ankle when she landed and got a gash on her leg. Originally, the bull was a ways away from her. Had a bull ellick (ain't no elk neither...wapiti according to IIRC the Chipaway...go after a bunch of tourists up to Estes Park, Colorado the other day! Them things run loose right in town and in the park along the lake. Danged tourists git too close an' wonder why a bull elk gets feisty. Gettin' near the rut, I reckon! Dang pilgrims! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 When I was a boy, I watched on our TV "The Howdy Doody Show." The host was Buffalo Bob. Buffalo Bob had a brother by the name of Bison Bill. So see? I learned from the Howdy Doody Show that the buffalo and bison are brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Buffalo, Missouri is about 40 miles north of Springfield. The high school mascot is the bison,. So, the athletes are the Buffalo Bisons. I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence Cutter Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Buffalo, Missouri is about 40 miles north of Springfield. The high school mascot is the bison,. So, the athletes are the Buffalo Bisons. I hope this helps. Starting to sound like the government is involved ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Q: What happens when 2 single buffalo meet up, fall in love and run away to get married? A: they buffalope Q: Why did the buffalo cross the road? A: To prove to the possum that it could be done!Q: What did mama buffalo say when her youngest went off to college? A: "Bison!" Apologies. Been hangin' around the Cub Scouts too long.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Are they now gonna hafta be the BISON Range Riders. Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 I’m sure the animal doesn’t care! Especially when it’s on my fork!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 The term Bison is not new nor novel . Carl Linnaeus knew what it was when he named it in 1758 and so did the luminaries of the day yet the term Buffalo became the nom de plume used by the vast majority of people. Likewise, the term buffalo is firmly entrenched in American literature and lore until recently when its usage became intertwined in the race to revise nearly all US history. We've known what it was for hundreds of years for God's sake why have they seized the mantle of intellectual superiority and deemed it ignorant to call it buffalo? I don't get confused when you use it and assume you mean Bison bison unless you mention Cape or African buffalo to distinguish from perhaps water buffalo. I don't gripe about Prairie Dogs not really being dogs......I know that you are talking about a type of ground squirrel that lives in colonies and barks like a chihuahua in heat. I don't call Prairie Chickens grouse even though thats what they are, who knows what to call Mountain Lion or really cares except maybe to define a geographical region. I could go on on with other examples but you get my griff in that we are fooling ourselves by appearing to be informed by exclusively using the scientific term for an iconic animal we have long called buffalo. Hell, I was a scientist/biologist in a former life and have the sheepskins to back it up but I'm not on a mission to erase 250 plus years of history based on semantics. If I were giving a lecture on grassland ecology to international audiences of course the correct terminology is in order. However, within the confines of discourse here I'm not going look over my glasses and smirk as I correct you "Well, thats actually a Bison bison and not a buffalo you know!" Rant over.....I must go oil my bison firearms. P.S. The above diatribe is not directed toward anyone here in particular. Y'all know who they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 But, but, Y.S., I've never heard anybody call a "Bush Hog" a "Pig,"...by golly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Then there's the Beefalo or Cattalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Then there's the Beefalo or Cattalo Ray, thats clearly a Bisono! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Here's another pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 said: But, but, Y.S., I've never heard anybody call a "Bush Hog" a "Pig,"...by golly!! Bush hog, Brush Hog.....just a Stalk Shredder to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Here's another pic! That may be a Wisano! Either way no want no part of her with calf.....she's got the look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Mountain men back in the day called them "bufflers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 This argument has been going on for at least two hundred years. Yes, it's the bison tennial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Boooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Boooo YEAH!! And HISSSSSSS too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Call it whatever you want...To the indian it was food and clothing...And whatever else that was needed... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 I'm still chuckling over "bison tennial." 15" x 11" x 6.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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