Subject: "Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park"                                      First Monday in October       Each fall the wild west returns to Custer State Park during the annual        Buffalo Roundup.  Park staff, cowboys and cowgirls saddle up to move        the park's 1,500 bison to the buffalo corrals.                       Click here to see our photos of the Buffalo Roundup                   Getting a chance to watch the Roundup is a great opportunity!
The roundup serves several purposes. The first is to move the entire herd into a system of corrals along the Wildlife Loop Road. Once in the corrals, the animals are sorted by the park's resource personnel. Most are released back into the park, while others remain in the corrals until their November auction. Animals to be sold at the auction are tested for tuberculosis and brucellosis. All calves are branded and the female calves are vaccinated. The annual Buffalo Roundup is an important part of the park's resource management program. To control the size of the park's bison population, a portion of the herd is sold and the revenue received from this auction remains in the park and comprises a portion of the park's annual operating budget.                             Click here to see a suggested tour schedule                                    PS: If this page doesn't display fully, please click here                                              Contact us for more information at:                                                        Phone - 800-552-8857 com