A month later, I was traveling through North Carolina and I saw a “herd of large and furry animals” alongside the highway. After further research, I discovered these were bison and, that over 200 years ago, they were native to the Carolinas. 6 months later, after a lot of research and hard work setting up the infrastructure to keep bison, the first 18 animals arrived on the ranch. In the Spring of 2016, our first calves were born, and our herd is now over 40 bison strong. Four years after I started working on and realizing my dream, I was able to combine my interest in farming and America’s national mammal. Bison are very spiritual animals and they are a matriarchal society run by females (cows), just like elephant herds. They are very protective of each other and this unity is the reason they have survived for 10,000’s of years.