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I have killed 2 bison. Both were meat hunts.

The first was at the Flying D ranch near Bozeman, MT. This was a harvest, not really a hunt.

The second was at the Sandhills ranch near Gordon, NE. This was more of a hunt. The "fenced in corral" was 12,000 acres and they don't call the area "Sandhills" for nothing! It took half a day of looking to find a herd of bison and then we had to sneak up and over a ridge to get within 100 yards. One shot from my .45-70 1874 Sharps was all it took.

The cost was $750 each and, in my mind, well worth it. These were both yearling cows and the meat was tender and delicious. A bison of this size will yield about 1 1/2 times as much meat as an average elk. I also had the robe tanned and use one of them as a bed blanket.

I did a meat hunt in Feb. 2007 (actually 2 years ago EXACTLY....to the day) near Kerrville, TX. Actually more of a hunt than I expected, but still not a tremendous challenge.

You can find the full report with pictures here:

Texas Bison Hunt Report

I have done both and will very likely do the meat hunt again since I am about out of the half of buffalo that I kept from a hunt in North Dakota.

My meat bull - I walked to within 80 yds of a herd of 100 or so and shot this one through the ear with an iron sighted double rifle. You will need a pickup truck to get one of these home. The cost of the hunt is more than offset by the value of the meat.



The trophy hunt was more fun. That one was in NW Nebraska with the great Alaskan guide Phil Shoemaker and his friends. Phil shot one on the second day with an iron sighted 458 Lott while it was on a dead run.

The only reason I would not likely do another trophy hunt is that I have already mounted my trophy bull and don't have room for another. They take up a lot of room:



A bison hunt gives you the opportunity to connect with our American history and it also is a great excuse to bring out the big bores without traveling across the pond.

By the way, any farmer that has these animals would tell you there is no such thing as a fenced hunt for bison. They walk right through fences whenever they want to.

Great trophy room, Palmer!

Wild bison In wyo, north of Jackson on national forest.

trophy/meat hunt
By no means a walk in the park. I could have taken a bull off the elk ref near Jackson But I wanted to try for a good bull.

I cut the meat myself and it took 4 full days I did have him skinned and cooled at a local locker. He hog dressed at 940 lbs It got a little over 400 lbs of meat.

Here's my MT bull from Jan of last yr..

You can read the full report of my hunt here...
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=502104297#502104297

And here is a bull my good buddy shot a month later..