Last week we woke up to 24 below zero one morning and then 23 below zero the next.

Deep Winter has arrived.

People always ask how the bison handle this weather.

The answer? They could absolutely care less; it might as well be 75 and sunny out there.

I’m serious.

They’ve been on this landscape for tens of thousands of years; they’re built for winter more than any other species I can think of in North America.

And with their winter coats and the landscape covered in snow — they just look more beautiful than ever in this weather.

I spend a lot of time with our bison, and multiple times last week I was out there with them and thought to myself, “Man, look at them — just absolutely gorgeous.”

So that’s the bison update.

As for the human animals on the ranch, we are good.

The only real issue right now is that we have a ton of snow on the ranch — which is ultimately wonderful, as snow in the winter means water in the summer — but it’s very difficult to drive around the ranch right now.

Fortunately, we have — without question — the greatest customers on the planet (unequivocal, unambiguous, 100% the truth), and I’ve reached out to all of our customers waiting for their bison order.

I explained that with field-harvesting, we are at the mercy of the weather. It would be way more efficient to load the bison onto a trailer and haul them to a slaughterhouse.

But we will never do that.

We believe so deeply in our field-harvest process -- for the bison, for the quality of the meat -- and we will never deviate from it.

But this time of year there are simply more variables for us to deal with when it comes to field-harvesting.

And the responses from our customers waiting for their bison meat?

“Stay warm.”

“Stay safe.”

“No worries at all. We will just wait to hear from you when you are ready.”

“I have total understanding of winter in Montana.”

“No worries on my end and I appreciate what you do for a living.”

I mean — how lucky are we to have such amazing customers? We are so, so damn grateful for our awesome customers.

Moving right along, I’d now like to update you on what Greta and Otto are studying in 2nd and 5th grade.

I’m kidding.