Where can you hunt free range buffalo?
is the Wyoming draw worth it. Any thing in the in the Dakotas I know u can put in for the draw in Utah too.
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks
W.

The Henry mountain in Utah are the only one that I am aware of. That most certainly doesn't not mean that there aren't others. It is a once in a life time hunt and a tough one at that.

Contact Wade Lemon in Holden, UT if you are interested. He does those hunts.

Put in for a wyo cow tag and you will likely get drawn. Success depends on the year, but this year they are shooting the crap out of them. Bull tags are still tough to draw, but it is much easier to shoot one vs a cow. It's a fun hunt with good scenery.

You can buy a hunt on the Ute Reservation in Utah. I believe those are free range.

Custer Park in South dakota offers a hunt. Boone and Crockett accepts them for entries. So they must meet the definition of free range. Might be a bit on the tame side though.

SD Bison

ANy ideas on the chances at the custer park hunt. Its 5000 to put in, so I wonder how many people do it. (it does get refunded if you dont draw_
THanks,
W.

I forget the odds. They used to list them but they don't anymore. I know numerous people claimed to draw a non trophy permit in two or three years.

The Custer State Park trophy bull hunt has become very popular in recent years with a long list of hunters with preference points. It took me 3 years to draw finally in 2008. I think now a days you can still count on 3-4 years of putting in before you draw. Custer state park is huge really and you will have to do a lot of searching for the big bulls. It was amazing the holes and canyons we found them in all by themselves, miles from any large herd. The non-trophy hunts used to have left over openings, my dad went on one of these hunts in 2006. He tried to see if there were openings for this year because we would like to fill the freezer up again, but Chad Kremer said that those hunts are very popular now too and there is a long waiting list.
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You have the option of British Columbia north of Fort St John. I hunted with Sikanni River Outfitters , Mike and Dixie Hammet. Great hunt. I got lucky and got a good bull the first day but since I had driven up and did not have to be to my hunt in Alberta for 10 days I stayed in camp. I got to tag along with another hunter in camp and then the resident hunt started so I was in on a few hunts there too. We saw some great country. even had bison as high on the mountain as some Stone sheep we were watching.

there is too a free range bison in Yukon where an outfitter is offering top notch ops ...

Alaska has free range Bison on drawing permit.
The draw is difficult but the hunts are usually great, tough, but rewarding.
The most popular is the Delta range, which is on the road system 100 miles east of Fairbanks. The conditions are usually tough, cold and windy but if you get one, you can usally get a vehicle into it for recovery. Some are remote and you need a plane for support or you can usally snow machine in, but you will be cold camping. Again this are great hunts, but not for everyone.
AH

Arizona has some

Alaska as stated above has 3 or 4 herds

Wyoming has Elk Refuge hunts, you will only get called to kill one if you have a small number. But you have to be very flexable.

Utah has the Antelope Island and the Henry Mountains.

Fort Peck indian reservation in Montana has some hunts that are "free range"

South Dakota Custer park as stated before.

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Originally posted by medved:
there is too a free range bison in Yukon where an outfitter is offering top notch ops ...

+1 on the Yukon option. Tim Mervyn of www.yukonsheep.com offer a fabulous hunt. I have taken three Wood Bison with him now and obviously consider it one of the best hunts to be had in North America. Yes, it is pricey, but it is worth every single red cent.

Unless you want to hunt a cow (which is completely and totally acceptable as far as I am concerned!) you will wait forever to draw in Utah, Alaska, Wyoming or Montana. You can also hunt with the Crow tribe in Montana or the Ute tribe in Utah. HOWEVER, I know (first hand) of at least one guy who threw down his big deposit and the hunt never happened. Caveat Emptor! You also might look at Custer State Park as mentioned above. It is indeed a good hunt (I've done it) but let's face it... as big as Custer is (71000 acres) it is really a "semi-wild" herd given that it can be 100% successful within 3 days. Sure, those bulls are B&C eligible, but it's not a true wilderness hunt IMHO. No offence to others on this thread as I have hunted there too and enjoyed myself. Further, for the $5000 a Custer bull costs you are about halfway to a really kick ass experience in either the Yukon or the above mentioned BC hunt. Used to be, there was also a herd in the NWT run by Jerome Knap. I think that hunt is now being run by the local tribe, however so you might be a bit more cautious. It is also important to recall that the Yukon and NWT hunts are for Wood Bison (plains bison in BC) that are not currently importable to the US. Hope this all helps.