I have been thinking about a buffalo hunt for some time now. I do have one question.

What to do with all that meat? My family could never go through that much meat in year. Also we would have no place to store it. For those that have gone taken a bison.

What did you do with the meat?

Thanks in advance,

Pete

I donated about 400lbs. to a youth ranch. They got some fine meat, and I got a tax deduction.

George

In the same vein as George's reccomendation, here's a story on the very subject from today's paper:

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2003/03/12/news/bisonmeatbzbigs.txt

BA

Quail Wing,
I have the best Bison "hunt" in the world, it is truly a hunt not a shooting fest..The bulls are wild, smart and fun to hunt..It is a challaning hunt....You have to pay a little more for this. The lodge and food are 5 star...3 days and 4 nights..$2750.00 per hunter...

The meat can be donated in total or partially, and the ranch will take care of that for you. You can have the head and hide sent to your taxidermist or I will take care of that for you....

My Bison hunt was a true one but the meat was, unfortunately, not importable from Canada due to some legal issues. In my case, the meat went to members of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in The Yukon Territory and I was OK with that. I saw it as giving the local moose population a temporary governor's pardon.

I think you should keep all the meat if you can. Shoot the thing in the winter when the hides are best. To keep the processing costs down, butcher the quarters yourself in your snowy back yard (your neighbors will love the way this makes the snow all red and pretty ) and buy a big freezer. Big freezers are relatively cheap and, if you have the space, a worthwhile investment. In fact, if you butcher the thing yourself the savings will nearly pay for a proper freezer. Further, keeping all of the meat will give you and/or your wife practice at making one variety of meat into many different tasty dishes! Let's see . . . Bison Burgers, Bison Steaks, Bison Casserole, Bison Stir Fry, Bison Tacos, Bison Lasagne, Bison Pizza . . .

Seriously, if you have any questions feel free to email me.

Best Regards,

JohnTheGreek

[ 03-12-2003, 21:33: Message edited by: JohnTheGreek ]

Buffalo jerky. Lots of buffalo jerky!

mho,

I watched a documentary recently about some folks who lived in a very isolated cabin in the Alaskan Bush. TThis place was so remote that they had books flown in to school their children something like twice per year and the trek to town via snowmobile was sometimes life-threatening if the weather turned bad. Thier primary souce of protein was, not surprisingly, moose. When discussing her cooking, the wife quite literally rattled off a list of dishes similar to mine but substituting "Moose" for "Bison". It was quite funny. I'll bet chicken is a real treat for those folks.

Best Regards,

John