We set our pasture on FIRE...watch how the bison react!

[@kearnsey64]

Here in New England, when there were still farms around, every early spring, the farmers lit up the fields. Now if you've ever been here, you know there are stone walls everywhere. These were not property bounds, although some walls are, the walls were fire breaks for when they burned the fields. So they could safely burn many acres under control. A very important chore for good crops. Also burned a lot of ticks!

[@cjcj6945]

Thank you for this information! I found it very interesting, didn't realize that's what the stone walls were for in your country!👍

[@nadinelataille7462]

I also live in New England, Western MA. Finally someone who agrees not every stonewall was a property line. We control burned our fields ever year. My dad taught me young.

[@tinalufkin1003]

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[@sandrabeck8788]

The drone pictures are awesome! As a child, I remember a neighbor doing his burn and it got out of control over a swampy area.He did some fancy tractor driving to save some telephone poles!

[@herdingcats3850]

I'm Chickasaw, too. Born in Enid, lived on my grandad's 2,000+ acre ranch west of Duncan, now living in Arkansas. Took agriculture in high school and learned pasture practice. Fire was/is used to rid pastures/plains of thatch which inhibits renewed growth. God bless your labors.

[@cjcj6945]

The natural ways are always the best way!!! Thank you for doing this, & sharing it with all of us!👍

[@lovinawright128]

Crazy how Dunbar walks right up to the fire. Hope it all works out the way you want it. God bless you Bison heard! and your family.

[@dbaileyanorchardistsdaught5041]

Former FFA District VP here. I agree 100% that FFA should be in every school. So many skills to learn and use throughout the remainder of your life from time spent the FFA program. Serving 4 years in FFA, 3 as an officer, I use several of the skills I learned through FFA daily today. Debate team, soil judging, animal science, record keeping and so much more. The best part of this amazing program is that anyone can be in FFA! From a city kid to country bumpkin you will have fun while learn lifelong skills! Yes! Put FFA IN EVERY SCHOOL! P.S. My project... Sheep! Romney-Colombian cross for fiber. 🐑 God Bless!

[@trueblue533]

I always find it fascinating how the green grass not only comes back it comes back very vibrent and lush. That was interesting how the o e had to come check it out! God bless!

[@JohnP538]

Yeah, it's going to really pop after a couple of rains.

[@chuckstockford2338]

true blue533 I burned the three feet high crab grass a week ago. I’ll have to cut it next week.

[@Yora21]

The new grass gets space, it gets nutrients from the ash, and it gets sunlight. Ideal conditions for growing.

[@atamanatlas3098]

Slash and burn environmental land management has been a huge part of many cultures. Especially so here in Australia with the Indigenous nations. There are some plants and trees here that will NOT germinate unless a fire has gone over them.

[@gabrielg.2401]

Exactly. Country thrives under the right amount of fire.

[@pnwRC.]

I remember as a child growing up on a farm. Grandma had 160 acres that was hay fields & beef ranching. Every year we'd burn a portion of the fields.

[@rshoemaker7368]

Good video! You are doing a great job taking care of the land on behalf of your bison herd and nature in general.

[@missyretzlaff758]

Our people believed that burning purified the grounds making the Bison return more plentiful. You have some beautiful animals!

[@Rumkitty2000]

Yup. It returns Nitrogen to the soil and often there are grass and other plant seeds that need the heat from a fire to open their pods. The Native Americans lived here for thousands of years before Eyropeans came and were stewards of the land. They already knew the things that Scientists and Agronomists finally started learned late in the last century . The language is different but the intent, the process is the same. Had we only understood and taken the time to listen, we would have learned a lot sooner.

[@starrcallaway4108]

@@Rumkitty2000 Well said!

[@gabrielg.2401]

Your people understood ecology far better than most of us today. Local indigenous knowledge really needs to be at the forefront of any environmental endeavor in this country for obvious reasons. I live in California and am very much aware of the extent to which tribes managed the landscape historically for animals and plant communities to increase their abundance for food and cultural uses. The Spanish when they first arrived did not really acknowledge that the ancient oak groves, wildflower meadows, and grasslands were the product of centuries of human interference, not least fire management. The book Tending the Wild by M. Kat Anderson is a great resource and was a big milestone for me personally. I think the sheer scale of indigenous land stewardship is far beyond what most people can imagine as most natural environments are now very different from what they were say 500 years ago during the precolonial period. That period is essentially what we should all be working towards when trying to heal and revitalize ecosystems as many plants have gone extinct and are threatened due to this incredible lack of understanding. Natural history is everything.

[@gabrielg.2401]

@@Rumkitty2000 Precisely!

[@twstf8905]

Omg this channel is SO addictive lol these animals are absolutely AMAZING! 👍🐃 Mag-friggin'-nificent

[@Automedon2]

The bulls are so beautiful. Kind of gives me goosebumps then I see them. You can see why they are our national animal.The drone footage is awesome, BTW

[@btrent9244]

Great video and channel with an educational spin. Thanks for taking us along.

[@georgianelson5038]

Love your attitude with the fire. Thanks for info about why burning is good for the eco system.

[@carolstombaugh3553]

I've been off line for about a week and half, and I can say sure is good to have your channel come up on my notifications, cause this was one of your best videos yet, the music and drone was very cool, the bison didn't even care about the fire, thanks for sharing Dusty, hoping Marisa and Brooks are doing great, sorry if I spelled your wife's name wrong, have a great day all of you!! :)

[@CrossTimbersBison]

You got it right! Thank you!

[@crupert23225]

That's what I call Tierra del Fuego! Gives the bison that smoked flavor!

[@paulbarr3981]

This was your best.....Great info and explanations.

[@peggysuchan4919]

Loved your video. Can appreciate your controlled burning after the recent wildfires out here in California. Cant say enough about CONTROLLED BURNS. Sure could have saved alot of homes if this was practiced like it used to be in the past. Great to see your videos. Maybe you can wake some people up out here about fire. This is the way it should be!

[@CrossTimbersBison]

You are right! Thank you!

[@ichetuknee]

You have two options with dead wood. brush, leaves and grass: 1. Natural rapid method - fire 2. Narural slow method - termites or fungus Prohibiting both leads to locking up of minerals and accumulation of fuel for a more intense and damaging fire, which sterilizes the soil.

[@Rumkitty2000]

Fire is a natural part of the Forests and the Prairies. It's important in so many ways.

[@samTollefson]

Burning also knocks down the parasites giving the grasses a head start.

[@Rumkitty2000]

Yup. I don't know if he's going to reseed it with a variety of grasses,sunce Bidiversity is important for healthy soil, or just wait and see what Mother Nature brings up.

[@ivofurtado8032]

People have forgotten the ways our country was as born by the lessons our native people thought us .like this video good job god bless

[@dorothylewis1207]

You were having way too much fun! Love it!

[@margaretjoseph4972]

Those bison's reaction to the burn is the best advertisement for the benefit of burning as the right way to do what you're doing!

[@AutoCrete]

I'm a huge fan of spring burning done responsibly. It does wonders for hay crops. If you look at forests that got burnt just ten years previous the recovery is remarkable. Mother nature knows what she is doing, most humans don't get it.

[@jaceycartwright184]

Back burning is the way to go. One of the reasons we had such bad bushfires here in Australia was because the Greenies whinged that the backburning killed off our Flora & that cattle were killing the Flora with thier methane, so cattle were banned from certain areas & all backburning was banned by the local councils. So between the arsonists (mainly) & the hot weather up she all went in flames. The Greens party & thier supporters all hid in thier closets & not a word was heard from them during the fires. I blame them for all the deaths & losses of property we had because of them stopping the backburning & the natural eco system from the cattle.

[@GOLDSMITHEXILE]

Its what happens when retards deviants criminals and degenerates operate government policies....Normal forest management should also include ploughed areas (fire breaks) to make the eventuality of bush fire more manageable by slowing or preventing their spread. OH but that might crush afew pansies..... In the Uk the loony green environment agency is too influential....a lot of woodland is lazily managed. Instead of careful coppicing and thinning, to get sustainable amounts of firewood and reduce underwood, they get subsidies to fell trees, leave them where they are, and create "eco friendly environments" for newts toads and pansies. So you end up with heaps of dead and useless brash piles. Same with flooding here....at one time farmers kept ditches and drains clear, and rivers were routinely dredged to remove silt. But now OH NO thats wrong we mustnt do that (ignoring generations of common sense wisdom) we cant dredge the rivers any more because it destroys the habitat of wading birds and newts and pansies. When it rains and the waters rise its far harder for it to drain away.....so now we are expected to cope with annual flooding, as a price to pay to protect afew toads newts and pansies

[@ebonyholmes7736]

GOLDSMITHEXILE 2016 do u know what a retard is it’s a disabled person which is me

[@stevet5379]

@@GOLDSMITHEXILE The loonies are running the insane asylum. What did we expect by allowing these leftist freaks into our governments. They will destroy whatever they touch. Mark my words!

[@stevet5379]

@@ebonyholmes7736 I really don't believe that he was disparaging those with disabilities. I don't like that word either (my youngest brother has cerebral palsy) but in this case that word is applied correctly and by no means represents a disability. It fully represents blatant stupidity!

[@ebonyholmes7736]

Steve T yes but I have a disability and that offends mr

[@vmorganbogart]

So happy to see you burning those cockle burrs. I hated seeing them in the bisons’ hair. It just looked really uncomfortable for them. Great job on the burn. Show us a video in the next few weeks of how much the grass has grown. Enjoy this time with Marisa & Brooke. Stay in & stay safe from this “thing”. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️😁🙏

[@cathyvanasse4886]

Flint Hills of Kansas do this also. My husband and I go to the Tall Grass Prairie National Preserve in Strong City, KS.....they also have Bison in the preserve. :) My Bison farmer friend has two burro's and they eat the burdocks and keep the coyote away....they HATE coyote but love the Bison.

[@lesisbest11]

Right with ya! i love burnin grass and watching the newborn grow!

[@jill_fisher]

Good for you! Using nature to help support nature.

[@chrisunderwood2524]

So true in what you are doing..we also burned our fields...and in the summer we would put out big smudge pots of wet hay. .and let them burn...but the hay was very wet..which made for a lot of smoke...and our cattle and horses stayed in between the smoke so the flies and bugs could not get to them while they grazed..

[@oletasepulvado7800]

I remember my Dad burning the hay pastures to help bring the grass back greener. Love watching your videos. Can't wait to see the baby bison running on both places.

[@thephenom724]

I personally love videos with controlled burnings. Something purifying about fire: purging the old to make way for the new. From the ashes raises the phoenix.

[@Rumkitty2000]

Yup. That's why we have Ash Wednesday as Christians. It symbolizes so much. We think of death as always being bad, but it is part of life too. Sometimes something has to die in order to make way for new life. A ton of symbolism in religious rites reflecting what happens in nature.

[@helencollins4462]

Great video. Very instructive.

[@robhendricks5347]

3:06. There is something calming and peaceful hearing the sound of a fire.

[@janethartwig774]

Rob Hendricks Living in California near the wildfires, the sound of a fire is neither calming or peaceful just terrifying.

[@SaintMolotov]

I'm enjoying your videos and learning about Bison. Thank you.

[@ellenbrooks9508]

I’m a firm believer in burning! Since our town in west Texas put up a burn ban we can’t burn our grass and we have all kinds of new weeds!

[@critter9a]

Im just east of Abilene we are still under a burn ban even though it's been raining

[@Rumkitty2000]

Grrr. Too often the people in charge don't know what they are doing. They think they are protecting the town and ghe land, when in reality they are endangering it even more!

[@audreyabdo7719]

I just love watching the bison especially the little ones. I see when you got some new babies getting ready to be born soon, and I look forward to that. I think the Bison are wonderful. Because they’re bovine, and are ruminants they have four chambered stomachs as well. This does give this big animal to eat about seven times more than other ruminants like the goat. I’ve had bison once and I was small and thought it was a Bull.

[@gabrielg.2401]

Awesome work. It doesn't get better than bison and fire to revitalize the landscape!

[@HS-tj1ms]

Thanks for teaching us more about fire that are for a good use on the farm you have. Love the " fire cool " bison you have. No big deal....🙂

[@marciaborg77]

Thanks for sharing

[@mainemagic2351]

Saw first hand a controlled burn in Florida north of Cocoa Beach. They did the burn @Jan 15 and by mid Feb the green grass was showing up. Best way to enrich the soil. They time it during the wet season so critters can find water holes to hang in and the birds there help to regenerate the grass as well.

[@cherieripple8329]

Dusty you’re too funny I love your videos I enjoy your videos very much I get a good laugh and a smile out of it thank you for sharing

[@roberthertzberg4421]

Thanks for sharing Dusty. I was wondering why you would burn the fields, so thanks for explaining. I think you enjoyed burning those weeds you hate a bit to much. Take care!

[@bonniedunkin1297]

We have popular trees that grow like weeds. Cockleburs are a pain. Literally. Getting them stuck in the clothes..OMG..one ittybitty little bur hard to fine stuck in the clothes..irritating. Thank you for sharing your life with us. And Congratulations on the little one😇💝

[@matthewjohnson3910]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@wolfz1951]

Hi Dusty and family! Just wanted to let you know that I received my Cross Timbers Bison t-shirt yesterday. I will be wearing it tomorrow. Thanks so much... Dianna from Illinois

[@w.w.oklahoma6010]

God Bless You & Your Family, The Beautiful State Of Oklahoma, Roaming Bisons and the USA!!! w.w./Sapulpa

[@katherineallen9060]

Love that video with the controlled 🔥 great music!!!😃😄😁😀

[@juju3911]

This was fascinating, so freaked out the Bison were within feet of the fire and they kept on grazing. Thanks for this.

[@jessicaoppegard6578]

Every spring here in Minnesota my Tribe burns all of our fields and ditches! It’s so cool to ride around and watch!

[@mi.sheila7456]

Thanks Dusty I hadn't seen this in years, my uncle was a farmer and burnt the field next to our home every year.

[@marianfrances4959]

Love it! Hello from Alberta! 😉🇨🇦

[@jeffstai2713]

Love the video man. You really looked comfortable in front of the camera. Keep up the good work

[@georgespruce6028]

Dusty love your Bison but your choise of music is ideal. My kind of sound. KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEO,s

[@kimbrandom2789]

I'm really surprised that the bison didn't respond to the fire! As for the rest, super reasonable interesting! Thanks!

[@susanoswalt1169]

Grass will come back better and thicker. Great job. My husband has a burn barrel. Lol don't know many men that don't like burning.

[@bradknowles3100]

Thanks for some of history. I subscribed,Bravo !

[@Waiting_777]

Made my day seeing cocklebur burned. Those seeds last seven years. Extremely invasive.

[@cherylgray5824]

Great video

[@akoilady9097]

I was amazed how chill the bison were!

[@bradpolmateer4965]

It's awesome how a burn will turn a moldy brown mat into a lush green pasture

[@vanhag1]

I used to burn around my chain link fence line and our garden area in the fall, but our city quit allowing it. Always helped the veggies and got rid of the big weeds we couldn’t get rid of.

[@SmokyMountainBlessed]

Nice to see the Bison are not afraid of your controlled burns

[@bobsmith1814]

I was a firefighter before I became a nurse. Springtime was grassfire season. I suggested that we allow the fire 🔥 to burn. They save the multiple runs to extinguish the grassfires along the railroad tracks

[@ivofurtado8032]

Beautiful majestic animals good job

[@Mtthyman]

So I live in Illinois and my high school had a “mini” prairie on the property and this was my favorite part every year.

[@leann4925]

Gosh I sure hope you were able to get all the cockleburs as I felt so bad for the Bison. I do understand why you are doing what your doing. Lush green grass will grow and the Bison will be happy campers. Enjoyed and thanks. Prayers y'all stay healthy.

[@STORMARAGING]

Bison run so beautiful

[@CharlotteDere-b7d]

I’ve been watching your videos and I get the feeling that you are passionate about whatever you love and in the case of cockleburs I think you love to hate them. Looks like you were really enjoying getting your revenge and lighting up the cocklebur plants. 😂

[@master6676]

Get those ticks gone too!!

[@CrossTimbersBison]

Amen!!

[@mariedelozier2530]

All men is firebugs at heart!

[@katrinachristian306]

Great information !!!! My Dad loved burning (cows had to vacate to another pasture) Bison ...smarter evidently.

[@karolynnolson3359]

Good information that i did not know about.

[@marjoriehill8865]

Cool video

[@FREEDOMREDBIRD]

Good job! It needed it!

[@judysetran9198]

Like a kid in a candy store...you as always are very knowledgeable about what you are doing.. thank you for the video.

[@lynneperg6853]

Burning is a tool. The Native Americans knew that and it's taken us far too long to understand and adapt to it.

[@Rumkitty2000]

I said the same thing, only you put it more succinctly. 😁💗

[@CharlotteDere-b7d]

After your next Spring burn you should set up the camera to show on speed play how the grass all grows back nice and green. That would be really cool to see to see it go from black to green.

[@roostinarc]

I love the close up incinerating of the cocklebur plant lol!

[@bobocaterpillar3697]

the bison are so calm! i thought they would have freaked out! they don't seem to care!

[@sharonnowlin2297]

Love watching your videos. Just subscribed! Daniel sent me!!!

[@mikebonge7206]

great job

[@jmatsko25]

I grew up on a farm and every spring we burnt the fields, the Bush and the barnyard and even some areas around the house. Then in a couple of days you would see all this green grass starting up. Loved it.

[@cherrydowns7745]

Love burning, especially cockleburrs!!!

[@mpaxton8991]

I love Dunbar!

[@gwenmoody8323]

You had way to much fun...Love and Hugs from Sapulpa, Oklahoma

[@plf1of6]

I am so glad you did this burn video. Hope you get rid of all of the invasion plants that your land has. I love the bison and am thankful that you share your knowledge and your experiences of them with us, through your videos. Burn on Brother, wish I were there helping you. Thank you!!!

[@iseektruth7435]

Great video with an excellent array of camera shots. Awesome music too!! And finally, you may be a pyromaniac!!🔥🔥JK

[@cet765]

Yes to controlled burning! We should have it in so many areas to prevent the wildfires that go so uncontrolled and result in loss of life needlessly. Some people just don't understand or maybe they have a alterior motive. Thank you for sharing. Do you have to notify local authorities when you have a presribed burn? Thank you.

[@CrossTimbersBison]

Yes I did notify them. Thank you for watching!

[@brendawhite6540]

I think they know you wouldn't harm them. They trust you👍hi to the wife and baby❤️

[@Mendingheartshomestead]

Man, those drone shots are killer! This would be so fun, I’m glad you enjoyed your work for the day!

[@evankelsay8959]

Nice vid keep it up. Bison are one of my favorite animals.

[@InLawsAttic]

I am surprised the bison aren’t freaked out. So glad you are doing this!! I can relate on a tiny scale. There are these dang weeds that have tiny spurs/ball like spikes and the weed is soft in the spring but it hardens up and hurts if you step on it barefoot...and I raise long hair chihuahuas- hair problem big time! And oh brother if one gets stuck in a paw! So here I am, going around hand weeding that particular burr weed all over our yard just this week! I’d love to burn it, but, alas, we live in a lot in a suburb across from a “nature field” that just grows these nasty things by the billions, across from us, and my chis’ want to go for their walk and don’t understand why we had to quit going there until next winter. . LOL. Great vid!

[@Mr40tt]

I have a question about burning and allowing the fire to burn around the fence line. I used to burn, and found that it messed up the galvinize on the fencing and removed the paint on my steel fence posts. Or, it would sometime burn the wood posts. Is that an issue for you?

[@cypressblue8877]

Can you dig that type of plant out. PB were done where I used to live, look after the land in case of a lightening strike. What a difference when it grows back in a few days to a week. Wow talking about babies very young lol. Stay safe. Take care of you all. Thanks for sharing eh :))

[@nancymiller4557]

Many times I have commented on this practice to help California! They wouldn’t have so much property damage if they burned the undergrowth like you do!

[@earlyriser8998]

loved the video a year late. But you areexactly right on your reasons to burn.

[@christinenanaguy1143]

Holy cow Batman! You and Daniel look like real youngins in that firefighter picture!

[@45Deere9500]

Cockleburs have to live too, man! You just go along, lighting them up with flame! ;-)

[@joycejohnson7640]

I love your channel but, the music is too loud. Have to keep adjusting the volume.