This is for one American Bison on a large private low fence ranch in northwest South Dakota.

We think he is between five and seven years old.


It is spot and stalk in rolling Prairie and sagebrush flats.

Two day rifle or three day archery with guides lodging and meals included as well as transportation once you arrive.

The closest town would be Buffalo South Dakota.

You receive the whole animal and we take it to the taxidermist and processor or we can butcher him on the ranch here and you can take the meat to your butcher in coolers.

The hunting would take place between now and February, 2015.

Original price is $4500 plus tax but I am offering him for $4000 +5.5% South Dakota sales tax.

He has absolutely no fear of anything and goes where he wants when he wants. He has quit the herd so we will be targeting him and him alone.

This is not a hunt in a little enclosure where you just drive up and shoot him out of the vehicle. We actually hunt them.

Feel free with any questions.

Routier Outfitting
Randy Routier
701 US Highway 85
Buffalo, SD 57720

Home Number 605-375-3489
CELL Number 605-580-0601

Website www.huntsd.net
E-Mail huntsd@sdplains.com

This is one that we just shot a couple weeks ago. Feel free to contact the hunter to quiz him about how it went.Brad Wannemacher 614-404-9233

Randy is this hunt still available

As of now yes.

Randy sorry for the delay. Can I call you in the morning. If hunt is available would like to talk. Thanks in advance.

You can sure call me anytime.

Sold.
Much appreciated And Happy Thanksgiving

Randy sent your deposit .thanks
Ray Holdridge Odessa Texas 433-553-6170

Ray, what rifle do you plan to use?

not really sure. any suggestions would be appreciated. leaning towards a 375 h&h .thanks in advance

Much appreciated Ray. The cartridge/rifle you mentioned should be just right.

I shot one many years ago on the Deseret Land and Livestock Company's ranch in Northeastern Utah. The ranch is 27 miles long and 9 miles wide and consists of over 220,000 acres. There were a few incorrigible buffalo still roaming the ranch that they wanted shot. They had sold the rest of their herd to Ted Turner. I used my 54 caliber Thompson Center black powder rifle. It was a lot of fun hunting buffalo! Enjoy!

Thank you I can't wait. I have a 300 weatherby I'm also thinking about using.

you're going to have a great time with these people - wish i was with you - good luck

I would buy a Sharps rifle for such a hunt.

No question.

Yes, indeed. An 1874 Sharps would be just the right rifle. Good luck!

Off topic a bit but none the less--are any bison hunts available where the hunter can't or is unable to take all the meat (such as I from Alaska) and the bison priced accordingly? i.e. can the outfitter sell the meat?
Cal

Cal (and others)
One thing people don't think of often in this case or with venison is a nice bona fide tax deduction.
A bison yields a LOT of high quality/high value meat.
A mature bull might yield say 650lbs of meat.
Fair market value might be say $7 per pound
650 x $7 = a charitable donation of perhaps $4,550 and at the highest tax bracket that is $1,750 you could "save/deduct"
If one were to take a business associate on such a high quality adventure (like the thousands of rounds of golf every year that are expensed) one could both deduct all or part of the cost of said hunt AND the meat on the backside to a high quality food bank or others in need of some of the finest meat one could eat!
Just Sayin ......

I suspect sometimes the Hunter would be able to sell it to the processor.

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Originally posted by cal pappas:
Off topic a bit but none the less--are any bison hunts available where the hunter can't or is unable to take all the meat (such as I from Alaska) and the bison priced accordingly? i.e. can the outfitter sell the meat?
Cal

Someone would be crazy not to keep that meat! Best meat there is!

I've contacted a couple of outfits about this type of hunt (one where the meat is kept and sold by the outfitter/ranch) and was told more than once that there has been a recent change that makes it illegal to sell the hunted meat. The ranches claim that they have no choice but to charge the hunter for the entire value of the carcass, since they can't recoup the value any other way. Apparently, a bison slaughtered in the abbatoir is perfectly safe to eat, but one shot on the prairie a few miles away, and probably handled and processed by the exact same group of people, is dangerously unsafe as table fare.

And here I was thinking that the Canadian government had cornered the market on excessive, intrusive and repressive legislation. There ought to be a law...!

As an aside: would the 7-year-old bull targeted by this hunt make good eating, or is it too old for anything other than burgers and sausage?

Again.....one can most certainly donate the meat. Most of these organizations gladly accept "game meat " donations done properly and you would get the same or greater value not counting the positive event of feeding people vs trying to get $1,000 of selling it.
The value is far greater this way both financially and morally

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Originally posted by Poyntman:
Cal (and others)
One thing people don't think of often in this case or with venison is a nice bona fide tax deduction.
A bison yields a LOT of high quality/high value meat.
A mature bull might yield say 650lbs of meat.
Fair market value might be say $7 per pound
650 x $7 = a charitable donation of perhaps $4,550 and at the highest tax bracket that is $1,750 you could "save/deduct"
If one were to take a business associate on such a high quality adventure (like the thousands of rounds of golf every year that are expensed) one could both deduct all or part of the cost of said hunt AND the meat on the backside to a high quality food bank or others in need of some of the finest meat one could eat!
Just Sayin ......

I think you need to be careful with this one...it used to be you could donate taxidermy to a museum and take a deduction for the entire trip. Congress wrote a stipulation that specifically prevents that. I would read that law before attempting to donate the meat and taking a deduction.

You can definitely donate the meat to a qualified 501c3 (qualified not for profit charity as any reputable food bank or organizations such as Hunters for the Hungry etc)
The IRS value would be what is deemed as the "Fair Market Value" of the item, which for Bison Meat in particular the value would be quite high and one could easily substantiate that value with many on line websites.

I received it. Merry Christmas

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Originally posted by jstrip1:
Randy sent your deposit .thanks
Ray Holdridge Odessa Texas 433-553-6170

It is all in the cooking and meat care. We have been doing these hunts for years and all I hear about is how good the meat is. Research on how to cook it and even the roasts and steaks on these guys can be good. They are just grass fed so the meat is very very lean and can be tricky to cook. It gets dry and tough very easily when overcooked. That is just my experience anyway.


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As an aside: would the 7-year-old bull targeted by this hunt make good eating, or is it too old for anything other than burgers and sausage?[/QUOTE]

The eating will be great...strips, Ribeye's..you name it. The tenderloins and straps will be huge and fantastic....make sure you get the hump roast. I shot an 11-12 year old years ago and it was great.

Thanks for the info randy. Hope yall have a merry Christmas

Best eating wild game in North America. I've been thinking about shooting another one, just for the freezer. But with 2 big bull elk in the last two years, I haven't been able to empty it out enough.

I love Bison!

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Originally posted by DLS:
Best eating wild game in North America. I've been thinking about shooting another one, just for the freezer. But with 2 big bull elk in the last two years, I haven't been able to empty it out enough.

I love Bison!

Big freezer.