If you have never been up close and personal with an adult buffalo let me tell you something about them, they’re big, like as tall as you are at their shoulder and can easily weigh 2000 lbs. big. That’s like a tall Yugo. When you see films of them they are always running along looking clumsy and they certainly don’t look like they are able to jump over anything. It looks like they would have trouble lifting their front foot off the ground. So if you’re like me you immediately make the assumption that Buffalo Can’t Jump.

Well I’m here to bust that theory. While they don’t have the finesse and grace of a gazelle they can get the job done when they want to. These two bulls were calmly grazing on this side of the fence when they noticed some of their buddies were grazing on that side of the fence. The grass must be greener I guess because one of the bulls calmly walked up to the fence and just jumped over it. No prep, no stretching, no backing up and taking a run at it, just take a step and hit it.

Like a nimble young calf he clears the top pole with ease

and lands on the other side like he means it.

His companion was somewhat reluctant to take the leap and took his time studying the situation.

Finally he couldn’t stand it anymore and committed. Right from the beginning he did not demonstrate the confidence that the first bull did.

It appeared that he started his leap a little too soon

and there was this kind of awkward shuffling forward on his back legs and then his front parts were over the fence but the whole thing looked like he should have walked over and opened the gate.

Yep, two front feet down, one back foot down

but the last foot got hung up and he wound up fouling out by breaking the top rail. The top rain was easily six inches in diameter and he splintered it, breaking it in two, no problem.
Before you start giving him a 6.5 or 5.8 or something just think about a 2000lb animal that is built like a small truck running endlessly at a full gallop trying to act like a mule deer. I’m giving them both a 10.