In the winter of 2018 I had my mother out to visit us in Colorado where we were living at the time. We drove her to the mountains as she had never seen the Rockies. On the way we encountered a mature, lone bull behind high fence on the side of the road. Out of curiosity we pulled over to get a closer look.

The moment he and I locked eyes I had an epiphany and it was as strong an internal voice as I’ve heard in quite some time. As luck would have it the National Bison Association Winter Conference was being held a week later in Denver, Colorado. I went not knowing what I was going to encounter but left that convention with a firm sense of conviction that this is what I was meant to do.

Spent the next couple of years spending time with fellow ranchers and learning everything I could about bison. The time passed slowly but eventually it was our time and it’s been a whirlwind of excitement, fear, joy, frustration and a lot more adjectives but we wouldn’t trade it for anything!