buffalo "hunt"

You city boys and your ideas about hunting! :D

You think an Indian would complain about how docile those plains buffalo are?

Hell, no. They'd just run the entire herd off a cliff! :D
 
has anybody done a buffalo "hunt"?
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Oh honey, the prices really went up in the last 4 years. But then I live fairly close to areas that have bison hunting. 4 years ago, I did a bison hunt in southern Montana for $650. It was supposed to be a cow hunt on an open range type ranch, but the cows had yet to come down from the mountains in Nov, so I got to shoot a 2year old bull for the same price. 1 shot at 82 yards from my Marlin 45-70 with a Winchester Partition Gold 300gr, a through and through, brought him cleanly down. They gutted and loaded it onto my Dodge Dakota, and I had him skinned and quartered at a processor in Bozeman for $100.. Then drove home to southern Wyoming, where friends helped me butcher and pack. 2 families and me ate well for a year. Plus a European mount skull and hair on hide made for a great experience.
 
There are free range woodland buffalo hunts in alberta. Google Alberta bison outfitters hunt. Ive done some research the last few days and it is a true hunt.
 
Doctor, I was just about to type the same thing. I got the book for X-mas, it was a great great read. A young man who is in love with hunting and the history of the buffalo wins a lottery to hunt a buffalo on Alaska's public land. He documents his research, preparation, and experience pursuing the buffalo. It is great as a scientific read and from the perspective of a hunter.
 
I went on a buffalo kill in Oct. 08 in Nebraska. It wasn't much of a hunt compared to whitetail but I knew that going in so no big surprise. I picked a meat hunt and shot a 1 1/2 old bull about 1000 lbs. The meat from that young bull is as good or better than any thing you can buy in the supper market and is better for you. I did it for the novelty and the meat, plus I got a nice skull and a 7 by 9 ft. hide out of the deal. 400 lbs. of meat takes a lot of the sting out of the $1500 it cost plus, now I'm the only kid on the block with a buffalo. They are tough critters so take enough gun and if you can shoot it about 2 inches below the ear for a kwick kill and you don't mess any meat up, those ribs are too tasty to waste.
 
My partner drew a Delta junction area bison tag a few years back this is the road accessible hunt here about half the land there is private and most landowners charge fees, but the other half is public land,and until late in the season at least a few will be there, later they tend to move onto military land, and though this to is public access can be difficult. I went with him as back up,on the hunt a hunter orientation is required and the tag is for bull or cow only so one be sure off the animals sex or risk fines and losing the animal, this would not seem to be a problem until you see a bison furred up for an Alaskan winter. While I have heard of people driving up to the herd picking the animal and shooting I don't believe this is the norm with these animals , and certainly not on our hunt.Trip one we went for orientation with our two 12 yr olds spent the rest of that day and the next scouting, had to leave for school & work. Part two back at Delta spent two more days scouting and chasing herds, set up and ambush the next day at first light saw the herd moving our way but they cut into the spruce about 1/4 mi away, so we had to make a quick move while the herd didn't do what we hoped they did present a shot that yielded a large fat cow. The rest of that day and the next were spent taking care of and moving meat through knee deep snow.Lots of fun and as much of a hunt as any. Alex
 
Oh honey, the prices really went up in the last 4 years. But then I live fairly close to areas that have bison hunting. 4 years ago, I did a bison hunt in southern Montana for $650. It was supposed to be a cow hunt on an open range type ranch, but the cows had yet to come down from the mountains in Nov, so I got to shoot a 2year old bull for the same price. 1 shot at 82 yards from my Marlin 45-70 with a Winchester Partition Gold 300gr, a through and through, brought him cleanly down. They gutted and loaded it onto my Dodge Dakota, and I had him skinned and quartered at a processor in Bozeman for $100.. Then drove home to southern Wyoming, where friends helped me butcher and pack. 2 families and me ate well for a year. Plus a European mount skull and hair on hide made for a great experience.
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This wouldn't be one of Uncle Ted's Buffs would it? He also offers a trophy bull hunt but it is pretty expensive.
 
Friend of mine, Jack Huntington hunts as much as he can, and, he's got a huge buffalo head on the wall. It's one of the most spectacular trophies you can get in the US, and, the meat is fantastic.

Here's a couple shots a shot of one of Jack's .500jrh taken buffalo:
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Here's one of Jacks buffalos. This maybe the head on the wall:
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Another:
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I can't think of anything that is more a part of American History then a bison.

Jack's phone number is:
530-268-6877
ring him up, and ask him what he'd suggest for a place to hunt.

Haven't done it, but, I might like one of those heads for a piece of history..

Here's a great link on the subject:
http://www.buffalobore.com/hunts/sorianello.htm
you might browse the below link, and find some information that's helpful

http://www.buffalobore.com/hunts/Default.htm
 
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