Brewer first saw a steam cloud rising from running buffalo when he was chasing the herd during a roundup 20 years ago while riding a “green-broke” horse. “When you get in that close you can ...

He sells more than 300 buffalo every fall, and maintains a herd of about 600 on his 20,000-acre ranch. Patrick Springer / The Forum At the time, Brownotter had 30 to 40 head of buffalo on 2,000 acres.

He was standing near the St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bullhead, which he attends, and a herd of buffalo came thundering past him, running from east to west and stirring up a cloud of dust.

A running buffalo herd is a rare site in Washington. When Sockzehigh first started working with the herd, he said he would walk around with them, just to let them know he was there.

Each year in late September, a 1,300-strong buffalo herd shakes the grounds of South Dakota’s scenic Black Hills, charging towards thousands of eager spectators. The annual Custer State Park ...