2016 CONSIGNORS
777 Ranch
Mimi Hillenbrand, Owner; Moritz Espy, Manager • PO Box 8303, Rapid City, SD 57709 • (605) 430-7471
Our vision and goal for the 777 Ranch bison herd is to preserve and maintain the integrity of bison as a species. We let this vision guide us
in our selection of our herd by letting nature take its course, as much as possible, and letting bison be bison. Our herd is run as a single herd to
maximize and promote strong family groups. Our management is based on the Holistic Management Principles setup by Allen Savory. We use a
planned grazing strategy which allows us to know where, when, and what the animals graze from conception to when we sell our animals. We are
strictly a grass-fed operation. We do not feed our herd supplemental feed in the winter. We could achieve better gains on our yearlings if we ran
them ahead of the herd on the freshest grass, but we believe that the lessons learned in the family unit are more important and that that the gains
made while competing against mature animals are valuable life lessons.
Blue Valley Ranch
Josh Richert, Herd Manager • PO Box 1224, Kremmling, CO 80459 • (970) 724-3768 •
Blue Valley Ranch is located near Kremmling in Middle Park, Colorado. Our herd, established in 1996, grazes a 10,000 acre pasture from May
through October at an elevation of 7,600 to 9,000 feet. Our health program consists of 7 way and injectable wormer in the fall.
Cammack Buffalo Ranch
John, Melanie, Lane & Mike Cammack
16800 Old Stoneville Road, Stoneville, SD • (605) 985-5289 •
The Cammack Buffalo Ranch is operating in the 5th generation and is located in Stoneville South Dakota. John manages the ranch with his
Uncle Lane. His Dad, Mike, lives in Alaska acting as the not-so-silent partner. John and Melanie’s 4 kids work alongside as they learn how to take
over in the future. We bought our first 30 buffalo in 1999 and have slowly built our herd to 350 cows. Doing so by buying the top genetics that we
can find that fit our program. One of the great cow herds that we purchased was the Colorado Bison Company’s complete herd dispersal. We
have purchased bulls from around the country searching out top performance animals to continue to build a strong and functional herd. We love to
improve our herd as we go through a strict culling program while allowing the buffalo to do their thing on the rolling western South Dakota prairie.
We have our own performance tests we do on the ranch to help with the culling process. We also run 300 head of beef cows so we remember
how great the buffalo are. Please see are web site for more information
or email John at bowhunter4life@gold-
enwest.net.
Cold Creek Buffalo Company
Boyd & Allison Meyer • PO Box 82, Windsor, CO 80550 • (970) 396-2249
Custer State Park
Chad Kremer, Herd Manager
13329 US Hwy. 16A, Custer, SD 57730 • (605) 255-4515 •
Custer State Park has been producing quality buffalo since 1914. We have the longest running annual buffalo production in the world since 1966.
Our buffalo are given standard vaccinations as calves, after that they are naturally raised without any vaccinations unless needed. Foundation of
the Custer State Park herd is from the Scotty Phillip/Fred Dupree herd with genetic additions including the Wind Cave National Park herd. Custer
State Park has been and continues to be, the foundation source for numerous private herds over the last 50 years! Animals are naturally range
raised, supplemental mineral. Our Young Gun entries earned 3rd place in 2009 and 2011.
Double Diamond Buffalo Ranch
Jay & Kathleen Melius
16082 SD Hwy. 45, Faulkton, SD 57438 • (605) 216-5791 •
Double Diamond is a second generation ranch located in north eastern South Dakota. We have a small cow-calf operation that runs approxi-
mately 60 head. At weaning, we preg check and treat with Ivomec. We have purchased bulls from the BHBC and the Young Guns class. Females
come from various ranches and we keep replacements from our herd. Herd is pastured from May to November and then a winter ration of prairie
hay/grass-alfalfa mix hay with the occasional scoop of ear corn to keep them coming to the tractor or pickup. We have won several awards at the
BHBC.
Falcon Ridge Buffalo Ranch
Bob Penn • 13891 Falcon Place, Sturgis, SD 57785 • (605) 347-6762
Holcomb Buffalo Ranch
Zane Holcomb • 10738 Holcomb Place, Buffalo, SD 57720 • (605) 375-3478
Herd bulls are all from Slim Buttes Buffalo Ranch. Cows are all purchased from DTBA member ranches.
