Hutchison tours El Camino Real - March 22, 2005

Photo from the Bryan/College Station Eagle / Dave McDermand

Beverly Brown of the Lucky B Bison Ranch serves Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and daughter Bailey a chuck wagon breakfast as Debi Mushinski looks on during Hutchison’s stop in Bryan as part of her three-day El Camino Real tour.

The Lucky B Bison ranch hosted a chuckwagon breakfast of bison breakfast tacos and campfire coffee for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson and a group of about 150 from the Bryan/College Station area. The chuckwagon breakfast was the designated stop in the Brazos Valley as the senator traveled the El Camino Real trail from the Louisiana border to the Mexico border at Eagle Pass. The trip was in commemoration of the El Camino Real Trail as it was designated as a National Historic Trail. The early-morning breakfast stop was a big hit with all in attendance.

April 1, 2005: Ginney Ford and a group of 25 students and parents came out to spend lunch at the Lucky B Bison ranch and learn about the American Bison. The group admired the herd, had a lunch of bison burgers and hot dogs and played games.

Herd Additions

Spring and summer are the busiest seasons at Lucky B Bison. New bison babies are coming into the world, so there are little orange bundles of life everywhere these days. Proud mammas are looking on protectively as we drive through the herd carefully to see which ones are boys and which ones are girls. Meanwhile, we're praying for rain and getting ready for haying season.

In just a few weeks the mating season will begin, and this one will be even more exciting than last. Our herd bull, Rocky, is ready for romance!

Meat Sales

July is National Bison Month, and we'll be busy promoting our meat sales. We're delighted that Wings 'N More Restaurants in College Station and The Woodlands are serving our half-pound buffalo burger. The Wings 'N More locations are on University Drive and Deacon Drive in College Station, 16580 I-45 South, Conroe, Texas, in The Woodlands and sales are going very well.

We also supply bison meat to Brazos Natural Foods, 4303 S. Texas Avenue in Bryan. The meat business is booming!

Texas A&M University class field trip: Gerald Betty &"History Of Native Americans" students.