When the Buffalo Fought the Bull 

I'm a farmer, used to raise cattle. A local guy raised bison and tried to get me into it, I'm good. :D I raise hogs, now. Hogs can injure you, cattle can kill you, bison could...send you into an orbital trajectory.

The Buffalo said Im not taking this "BULLSH!T"

Buffalo "use their horns only when necessary to fend off bears and mating rivals" and elderly female tourists who get too close trying to pet them.😊❤❤

But Ferdinand just wanted to sit and smell the flowers and wanted nothing to do with Pierre 😂

Bulls pivot on their back legs... Buffalo pivot on their front legs. Deadly difference!

My husband and I had the privilege to babysit a neighbor's " american bison ". His name was " Stanley ". We would visit Stanley daily and feed him and texas longhorns from the back of a small flatbed truck. We found Stanley a pleasant fellow ( uncut ) and was graceful as he ran behind the truck with a bale of hay in the back. We were surprised by Stanley's easy SMOOTH speed easily keeping up with the truck with hay in the back. Sadly Stanley passed from natural causes. Miss him.

idk if the buffalo knew he was supposed to win at first and was just on defense and then was like hey this jerk is trying to kill me lol

Awesome story and narration! I never heard of Scotty Phillips, but thank God he helped save the American Bison!

That pile of bones is just horrifying

We used to raise buffalo and beefalo for the meat market when I was a kid. We were constantly having to go chase the out of the road at all hours of the day and night because they just walked right through barbed wire and elecric fences like they were not even there. Most of the time they were relatively docile but when it was breeding season the bulls got mean as and a cow with a calf was a psychopath. I once saw an angry cow with a new calf break through a cinder block wall because she wanted out of the calving pen.

We can also thank Mrs Charles Goodnight for convincing him to rescue a small herd of buffalo. Which is where the Texas herd of Buffalo also came from

When I was young and living on our farm I witnessed a confrontation when our big Brown Swiss bull had it out with the neighbors Charolais bull. Our bull, Roy, had enough of the neighbors bull baying at him and chasing one of his cows in heat. Roy was across the road behind 4 strands of barbed wire. I could not believe it when Roy went over the wire, crossed the road, and jumped a cattle-guard. He continued charging and the other bull charged as well. I had no idea they were going to head butt, I thought they would just holler at each other and maybe push each other around, as I'd seen done before. Boy was I wrong. They hit like 2 locomotives and the fat and muscle on both bulls rippled like a wave from their head back to their tail and back towards their head. Then they backed up and and did it again. I got scared they were going to kill each other. But the Charolais went down on his front knees after the second hit and Roy stood there pawing the ground, ready to go again. The Charolais got up and headed for home. I don't think he ever crossed over and chased Roy's gals again. I saw Roy take on several bulls that strayed onto our place, usually over cows in heat. But the funniest was when the other neighbors' big white stallion took him on. It used to harass the cattle, biting them and giving a little kick sometimes. When he met Roy, Roy turned to look at him and got a hoof between the eyes. Then Roy turned 90% and rammed Sugarfoot (the horse) in the side and down he went. Roy was just about to run him into the ground, but the horse jumped up and fled. I remember several other encounters Roy had and he never lost. As big and powerful as he was, he was just about the gentlest bull I ever saw. We used to ride him and he just trotted around, never trying to dump us.

As an Aboriginal Native every time i see that picture of the Mountain of Bison skulls my heart aches for them and my Ancestors..and yes there was Only skulls in that picture no other bones giving an Idea to how prolific the near extinction and Destruction of this Magnificent Animal was back then..

Been watching your whole library of videos with my fiancé recently . We love your presentations and hope you keep making more again !

This story gets brought up almost anytime someone talks about bison here in SD. Phillips was one of the people responsible for saving the bison from extinction. You did a great job telling the story and I subscribed.

Refreshing to hear a human voice reading. Thank you.

What a cool story, I will definitely share this one. Not editing out the minor mistakes, to me, made it feel human, like a friend sitting there reading me the story.

Bring back the buffalo nickel

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I grew up in Texas and I grew up hearing about my Dad , a farm boy who as a young man joined the Texas Guard Service. He and his fellow Guardsmen went across the border to Mexico to watch the bullfights. He told me that he and his buds were cheating for the bulls and the crowd didn't appreciate that. Being a farm boy that raised cattle he didn't like seeing the Matador slowly bleed out the bull with pikes as he run by until he was so blood-lost that he didn't have any more fight in him and then walk up to him like a big shot and drive his sword into him when he didn't have any fight left. So they cheered when the bull would get the Matador ;⁠)

I'm from South Dakota (where Pierre was from) and I remember my dad telling me this story with pride. My dad was fond of buffalo and native american culture even though we were descendants of finnish immigrants.

I rarely watch a thirty minute video, but i loved this one. Great job, Sir! 🙋

Thanks to humans bison no longer range up and down to the Mississippi's river and much more locations

Everybody’s saying, Americans cheered for the buffalo when the buffalo are native to this continent, and Europeans brought cows/bulls/cattle. I love Buffalo and I love cattle and I know they can roam together without problem. Where’d the problem come from, human interaction as always.

One fight with a buffalo had the bulls suffering PTSD.😂

Very-well told! Not a fan of bull fighting; but a great story... Good Job. Carry on.😊

Sometimes you have to listen to a fourth grade reading level in order to find out about something you're interested in on youtube. 😢

Anyone who knows anything about bison instantly knew before watching this video that an America buffalo can easily overpower any bull.

I once fought a buffalo and when I fell out of bed I woke up.

Great story! First one I've seen on your channel. I very much appreciate the personal narration. Even with the odd stumble of the tongue, it is 1000% better than those robot voiced we hear so often on RU-vid. So new sub for sure!

I remember growing up in Orangevale, CA (Suburb of Sactown) and in the early 90's when driving up Hwy50 in Folsom near Prairie City Rd along the hwy there must have been about 50-100 Buffalo. In the late 90's we just stopped seeing them. It was always cool seeing that herd of Buffalo growing up

Unfortunately, all the promoters proved is that some people will do anything for a buck, proving they were nothing but cruel, heartless, greedy scumbags. Besides, that your presentation was great!

Those bulls got taught a hard lesson in physics.

Why haven't I heard of this yet. Incredible! Thanks

What disgusting cruelty we enjoy watching.

That is not a buffalo, it is a Bison! Buffalo never lived in the Western Hemisphere. Buffalo and Bison are two distinct animals, similar to calling a Zebra a horse which it is not. Buffalo live in South Africa better known as Cape Buffalo. Also, the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. A quick search will clearly explain in great detail the differences between Bison and Buffalo; two distinct animals.

Pierre had three bulls staying as far away from him as possible… Pierre sat down in the middle of the ring and took a nap! Lmao sounds like an American 🇺🇸… hilarious 😂😂

My dads boss bought 5 buffalo for his farm and had telephone poles cut and buried and a heavy chain link fence attached to them to keep them corraled and the biggest buffalo Mr Nickle walked over to the fence put his head down and hooked his horn into the links and basically picked his head up and pulled the poles out of the ground and flicked the fence onto his back and walked into the next field and started grazing

The official bison herd of Texas is kept at Cap Rock Canyon State Park. Highly recommended.

I live in Buffalo so this story is pretty cool to hear. Thank you.

Pierre means ROCK ! How fitting , them poor fighting bulls must have thought they were fighting a big Boulder with four legs and a set of horns...🦬😄🤣

6000.00 in 1907 = 195,000 today

What's the most deadliest and dangerous animal on the planet ??? Look in the mirror 🪞 !

I demand an animated version of this story...these are the tales that need to be immortalized

Ok....I'm calling BS. This narrative says that hunters for the RR would kill 100,000 buffalo per day. BS. It also stated that these hunters used high powered rifles that could drop a buffalo from 1000 yards away. That comment is true but there were not a handful of hunters on the plains who could make that shot without luck, beyond skill, oozing from their ears. Shots up to and usually not more than 500 yards were the norm. And, Im familiar enough with American Western History to understand that there were exceptions but they weren't common.

Is brutal tu utilize animals in order to epitomize and release long hold grudges amongst humans. Something similar happens in South America where an Andean Condor is captured, tied to the back of a bull while blindfolded. This terrorizes the huge vulpture into biting its oponent's neck causing it to bleed to death. Then the Condor is released back into the wild. This atrocity is calle "Yahuar Fiesta"(feast of blood).😢 That's STUPID and I hate it!

Good video. Next time do a practice run through to get out grammar mistakes. Then make your final version and while making it if you have any as everyone does. Stop the recorder and start where the sentence ended with no mistake. Or where there was a pause without a mistake. Also, try to keep the tone of your voice constantly building to the climax of the bison killing 3 bulls. Keep at it! Listen to others with a lot of subscribers and their constant changing of voice tones. Some good ones are "Dark Skies" , "Project Farm", "Task & Purpose". I hope this helps.

My only complaint about your story is your repeated pronunciation of Fort Pierre. In South Dakota the name is pronounced Peer. My Brother in Law is a singer/song writer in Custer SD. He wrote a song about Scotty Philips entitled "The Man who saved the Buffalo" Custer State park is home to one of the largest buffalo herds in the world and can be traced to Scotty Philips herd. Each year Custer State park has a round up of the herd which allows a heathly population and several other herds across America have started from them. All thanks to Scotty Phillips.

Killing all those buffaloes was disgusting act by the settlers of the time, know wonder the Indians hated them.

It wasn’t the hunters itself, it was the Federal Government under General Sherman set on destroying the Plains Indians as you alluded to. Millions were left to rot on the plains piled high to the sky.

The narrative of the bull and buffalo fight was compelling 🤣

These "Mexicans" are as European as the "Americans" all these "Mexican" presidents return to Europe after their term

Human cruelty on full display.

The Sioux were not native to that land.

i remember back in the 60s and 70s when there were very few bison left on earth. it's good to know they made a comeback and the importance of protecting our environment as we all play our part on this planet.

I’m a US citizen living in Madrid, Spain. Very interesting story and I wish I would’ve heard more about Pierre what happened while in Spain thank you

Cruelty of animals for entertainment? It's sickening.

**( A DueL Between A °Cape-BuffaLo • {AND} • An °American-Bison WouLd ProbabLy Make For A More•Fair & Much•Better Fight ! )** 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

A friend of mine has a herd of 70-80 bison. They are awesome creatures, I'm not getting any closer than a 100 yards of em! When those bulls start standing up, it's time to stop!

Once again, your thorough research paints a lifelike narrative of a 20th century spectacle. Thanks for the new video! Keep it up

I will disagree with your comment that Buffalo are calm or peaceful. They have poor vision. But, they are aggressive. And shooting at 1,000 yards was only in the movies.

Yes! Where have you been sir? I miss your new content. I am currently in college for a degree in US history for secondary education. I plan on incorporating your video chronological order into my lesson plans in the future. Thanks for everything! Hope you are doing well!!!

Custer discovered gold??? uh, no. But my grandmother in the Black Hills got a little Frenchman in her.

Thanks for the history lesson. But I'm left sickened and sad from it. 😞

While I deplore aninal cruelty, and would never condone this being done, I can't deny a certain curiosity as to who would win this fight.

LOVE Buffalo at TEDS BAR & GRILL !!!

Dances With Wolves was filmed on the Scotty Phillips ranch south of Ft. Pierre.

The mexican crowd was the real beast , not the animals.

The skull cracks echoed for blocks and the bulls blood covered the arena? OK that''s a lot of blood Mr booboobenwah! 🤣

My friend's cousin has a ranch and his Buffalo are so laid back and friendly! I was petting the big creatures and they seemed to enjoy the interaction with humans! I kinda understand why it took Pierre a bit to react to the threat! I will say this they are so huge up front around the shoulders and neck I understand how they got the best of the bulls! It's kinda like a bull dozer vs a front end loader! The bulldozer being the Buffalo is just built to hold its ground and push around anything in it's way especially if it is a threat! Great story! Peace ✌️ ☮️

I suppose there’s a purpose for this post. To me, it’s about humans doing any/everything for money. $$$$$

So, they tried to bring back animal fights back then just like the days of Rome?.

Though the terms are often used interchangeably, buffalo and bison are distinct animals. Old World “true” buffalo (Cape buffalo and water buffalo) are native to Africa and Asia. Bison are found in North America and Europe. Both bison and buffalo are in the bovidae family, but the two are not closely related.

just my opinion, but human sickness goes for this kind of 'entertainment' . I don't care if the culture calls it 'a sport'. That's Their excuse.

Animal Cruelty is repulsive in all cases.

lol they thought they were getting some slick deal with that Bison, but it was just your average run of the mill bull bison. I'm surprised anyone ever thought a spanish bull stood a chance with one. They're way bigger, have way better defense/durability, and they can even make sharper turns. There's really no advantage for the spanish bull there, everything they can do the bison can do better. There really aren't many things that can fuck with a bull bison tbh, they're essentially a living tank.

You forgot the fact that the US Army shot Bison wholesale to starve native Indians also.

it is always interesting to hear about the sick crap our ancestor's did to animals and themselves then and it still continues today.

Interesting upload and it's also refreshing to hear a human voice (warts and all) instead of the now popular and soulless AI rubbish..! Well done!

Better than AI voice .... BUT,...maybe there needs to be some editing and some sectional re-takes instead of trying to stumble over it in one shot. It was kinda hard to keep listening to at several points.

Disgusting. What man has subjected animals to through the ages is appalling to me.

Hmm correction on ur history .. most Scotsman and Irishman never returned to thier homeland .. they did not have the money . Most joined the army or ranch or went on the land rush on the oklahoma territory.. none if any returned due to the cost of ship travel and risk . Most knew this upon the trip . They had one way tickets . FYI

I'm finding the "one take" narration extremely refreshing. Keep it right up. 👍

One of the most sinful things to do is to kill an animal not for a meal but as a trophy instead , that is what drove me away from hunting .

Cruel poor examples of humans

Dude, great story and presentation. My only suggestion would be to just slow down ur speech pattern just a bit. This will build more anticipation, lessen the few small speaking errors, and add more of an off the cuff, storyteller kinda feel to it. Don't take my simple suggestion as criticism. I am by NO MEANS badmouthing ur video. U do an amazing job! This is the first video from ur channel that I have watched. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and def will check out the rest of ur collection. I am a huge history buff/nerd, and can get lost in this type of content for days. Nice video!

my family and i a 15 year old boy in 1987 were vacationing Mexico's capitol D.F my dad thought it would be a good idea to have the whole family visit the Plaza de Toros. "the plaza of bulls" what horror we all saw. poor bulls and one unlucky matador though his life was not taken. i saw at least 3 bull fights that Sunday afternoon before we left for a scheduled 8 fights. i have always cheered for the bulls always!

American bison were and are the toughest animals alive . ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Long live America

Interesting story, but it would hand been more listenable to have you do more summarizing and interpretation/ research of your own and less word for word reading, which sometimes got disjointed and a bit rough.

As a kid in the 80's I lived on land with a heard of North American Bison in Washington State. So many times we 10 year old boys had to run our asses off so we didn't get trampled, oftentimes hiding in old logging equipment like a skider or yarder until the bison moved on. It was quite exciting yet scary. This was often a weekly or even daily event🤘they roamed the forest and the open fields. The males would even charge are porch or cars when in competition for females. And beyond them there was bears, mean Canada geese and Sasquatch/Skookum/Sabe

I grew up on the west bank of the Clark's Fork in Deer Lodge, Mt. Across the river, the Mayor kept His rodeo stock (Brahma's ) that made for fun at times they would chase Us up to the east bank then stop, they never would enter the river. Then the Mayor bought a handful of buffalos one being a big Canadian Woodland bull. They - would cross the river and things got really interesting especially when they would thunder past our houses, etc. 🤠💬> Yup❕ G~G.

Animals are smarter than we give them credit for.

Hell my Spanish ancestors would fight bulls against grizzly bears in early Spanish California when grizzly bears were a plenty! Read it in a Mexican history book that was in Spanish.

We all know from childhood that Mexican bulls just like to sit in the shade all day, smelling the beautiful aroma of fresh flowers!😂👍🇬🇧

"Buffalo are rarely aggressive"???? That's the most ignorant statement I've heard on this channel.

People can be so sick

thank you for not using ai for the voice-over, but your snr (signal-to-noise ratio) is weak. work on it.

Custer did not discover gold.

Bison are beautiful. I hope that Pierre was able to live out the rest of his life in Spain peacefully. It was such a shame that Pierre was tortured/used as a money maker for such a callous, greedy, opportunist. Rest In Peace Pierre. 😑😔❤🕊

Wow! What a great story! Yet, I'm not sure I approve pitting animal against animal on purpose for entertainment. It is definitely brutal and unneccessary. Just like the gladiators in Ceasars Palace... Just not into it... Yet, gimme bison and/or beef to BBQ so I can eat, humanely, I'm all for it! Interesting history though.

It`s not quite fair to blame "hunters" for the near-extinction of the bison. It was a deliberate policy to deprive the Plains Indians of their livelihood. Train passengers were allowed to shoot bison from the windows and the carcasses were left to rot. Bison were shot just for their tongues, or for their hides. The waste was horrific, as was the carnage. Willi B. in Canada.