meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Bill Whittle Network

Save the Cowboys! (And also the Ribeyes!)

Bill Whittle Network

Bill Whittle Network

News

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

There’s a rootin’-tootin, Old West, land-grazin’ conflagration going on out on them dusty plains. Bison are somehow involved.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Save the Cowboys. Yeah, that's what I said. I'm Scott Ott with Bill Whittle and Stephen Green,

0:05.9

and this episode of Right Angles brought to you by the members at Bill Whittle.com.

0:09.9

And gentlemen, there is actually a campaign to save the Cowboys right now,

0:14.1

but you're hardly going to believe what we're saving the Cowboys from,

0:17.8

and Stephen Green were saving the Cowboys from the Buffalo. There's in

0:23.6

Montana. Are we talking football or are we talking now? No, no, we're not. So in

0:30.3

Montana there's a group called American Prairie or Prairies that has been by American

0:35.5

Prairie that is apparently a pretty big nonprofit organization,

0:39.7

something like $207 million in assets in 2024. They brought in like $43 million in contributions.

0:46.4

The heir to the Mars candy fortune is one of their supporters. And they have been for 20 years

0:52.9

buying up land and buying land leases from the federal government

0:58.0

in order to provide grazing land for hundreds of bison.

1:04.0

So I think they're heard currently as about 900, which they own.

1:09.0

If you can own the bison, who can, you know, you can't own it.

1:13.4

But anyway, so what's happening right now is that the Trump administration, Steve, has said,

1:20.0

you know what? Farmers need the grazing land for livestock that people eat, and we don't have to continue leasing,

1:30.5

grazing land to these buffalo herd people who are trying to create this giant multi-million

1:35.5

acre preserve for them.

1:37.4

So Steve, this is kind of an awkward situation, because, number one, I mean, who doesn't

1:42.3

love a good buffalo?

1:44.6

But number two, who doesn't love a good buffalo? But number two, who doesn't love a good steak?

1:49.2

So I find myself in an awkward position to say, yes, I think the Trump administration is right

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bill Whittle Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bill Whittle Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.