Seems to me he'll soon be all Nebraskans neighbor Ted

[efb]

It's not just Nebraska and Ted Turner. The mega wealthy Bass family from Ft. Worth are now probably the largest land owner in the Flint hills.
Where do you think this will end ?

[CattleArmy]

In dealing with being around a Turner ranch it has become blatently clear to me that it is the management of the said ranch as to how well you think of Turner and how good of neighbors they are. The first manager of Turner that I was exposed to was a great guy. Willing to lease out pasture the buffalo weren't using and to sell hay standing for neighbors to go put up. However, when he left the reason so many can't stand Turner (besides him buying up the land) moved in. Neighbors that had pastured cattle there (with the exception of one I believe) and hay standing deals were off. Seems they'd rather let the grass burn up then let a neighbor lease it or buy it standing. The manager also turned buffalo where there wasn't a fence around someone elses hay from last year and the poor guy was just down two weeks ago trying to rebale what was salviagble.

So I've seen first hand the two sides to the Turner deal and I guess my opinion is how well a neighbor gets along with the buffalo coming to roam is how human the manager is.

[Mike]

The locals in any area could buy this land if they seriously wanted it to stop.

All they would have to do is form a Co-op and buy shares of whatever denominations they could afford.

[CattleArmy]