That’s not what I said. The flavor is like beef, but it’s easily distinguishable by virtue of the flavor being stronger.
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
[Aussie accent] Yew cahn’t wash yer fice in a buffalo! [/Aa]
A. Bison is very tasty. If I have some around the house for burgers, I definitely add fat - either beef fat or hot Italian sausage.
B. Catalina bison have the roam of the island. Several times in my youth we were awakened by bison strolling through our campsite at night. They seem even bigger in the dark.
C. Registered as privately owned agricultural livestock in a fenced-restricted area, it has been commonly reported that the bison were imported in 1924 for the silent film version of Zane Grey’s Western tale, The Vanishing American. However, the 1925 version of The Vanishing American does not contain any bison and shows no terrain that resembles Catalina, according to Jim Watson, columnist for The Catalina Islander newspaper. In an October 6, 1938 article in The Catalina Islander , he attributes the bison’s arrival to the filming of The Thundering Herd , a silent film released in 1925. A September 1938 article in Nation’s Business said the herd then numbered about 30 animals and was left behind with Wrigley’s permission after a Lasky Western filmed on the island in 1925. Contemporaneous reports in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times state that The Thundering Herd used a collection of Yellowstone National Park animals herded together for the movie. Other shooting locations were the Sierra Nevada mountains and Calabasas. Per Wiki.
D. The current herd is on birth control.
I really like bison burgers. I usually like my burgers a bit in the rare side anyway (a bit, I’m not a maniac) which is perfect for them. I grab some ground bison at the grocery store every once in a while to make burgers.
I’m also the only one in my family who dares to eat them so more for me!!!
Bisons sure are stupid motherfuckers, though, ain’t they?
Smarter than the idiots who get close enough to get gored.
You make a good point.
They may be stupid, but they have a really bad attitude. So we have that to look forward to.
A bunch of them got a free trip to Catalina; I should be so dumb.
Listen, I only know what I read in the news.
ETA: Thanks @Johnny_L.A
Ironically, the first (and perhaps only) time I had a bison burger was at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival some 20+ years ago, and the person who happened to sit next to me at the diner counter was Ted’s son, Rhett.
Housebroken, as the bison’s own idea?
Don’t know about the humans; but the bison’s got plenty of brains.
Years ago — about the time bison started to be raised commercially in Montana — I spent a weekend with a friend whose father was a rancher. He said he was contemplating cross-breeding some of his cattle with bison (using artificial insemination), partly because bison have better survival skills: cattle in blizzard conditions will allow themselves to be pushed along with the wind until they come up against an obstacle, at which point they’ll stop and freeze; bison, on the other hand, will face the storm, hunker down, and wait it out.
Of course, this is one man’s opinion. And anecdote, as we all know, ≠ data.
I don’t have anything against bisons. I actually think they’re pretty cool. Was trying to keep with the theme of the thread, per its title.
If we have any bison posters, though, I do apologize. 
shall refrain from gay bison and queer beef jokes
Nope, despite their hulking appearance, they’re actually intelligent. Also way faster on their feet and more agile than you’d expect. Do not try to pet the fluffy cows.
I thought they go both ways, it’s in the name.
…Okay I guess I’m now the stupid MFer in this thread.
I had a bison burger when I was in Avalon (i.e. on Catalina Island) once, and it was very tasty. Maybe that’s how they thin the herd?