Buffalo hunt....

[Big Dad]

Have any of you ever been Buffalo hunting? If so could you provide any details/particulars of your experience? I'd really like to harvest one within the next year.

Thanks in advance.

[mikejr]

nah never got one....but had a great buffalo burger at cabelas....LOL....i am thinking you are going to need a fairly large caliber....300 mag or 7MM at least to drop one.

Where the heck do you hunt them at?

[Big Dad]

I got a .338 no problems there. I'm thinking ND or SD.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

Sorry my request was in order to get some helpful information from experienced Buffalo hunters on the forum...not felchers!

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

Sorry my request was in order to get some helpful information from experienced Buffalo hunters on the forum...not felchers!

OK ROBBER Of THE CRADLE...

I have HUNTED and photographed Cape Buffelo in the wild...

my advise, don't get to close to the head when they are standing up...

OH ! study up on the bone structure of the head in case your heart/lung shot is not sucessful...that knowledge could save your life. (very thick skulls, deflection of the bullet very possible)

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

OK ROBBER Of THE CRADLE...

I have HUNTED and photographed Cape Buffelo in the wild...

my advise, don't get to close to the head when they are standing up...

OH ! study up on the bone structure of the head in case your heart/lung shot is not sucessful...that knowledge could save your life. (very thick skulls, deflection of the bullet very possible)

I've got friends that have taken Buffalo in Alaska...my mailman. There it's a matter of acquiring a farmer's permission to hunt his barley field...if you get drawn for a tag. I'm in tune with what to do when faced with a shot. I like stalking when I hunt...as close as possible. I'd really like to do SD, ND, or MT but would like info from any others that have hunted these specific areas i.e. experience, guide, outfitter, etc. It might be more appropriate to find a hunting forum.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

Have any of you ever been Buffalo hunting? If so could you provide any details/particulars of your experience? I'd really like to harvest one within the next year.

Thanks in advance.

Yeah, but I was drunk. They're real easy to "take down" and super easy to get to a quiet place to do your work. You know, skinning it and all.

I didn't eat any of it. After awhile it started to smell and I think it still had some urine in it's bladder because when I reached between it's legs it leaked a ton of pee.

That was all I needed to see/feel, so I just left it on the table for the next guy. I guess I should have warned him the meat was rotten.

[Agriv8r]

only when the bar is about to close and there is nothing better still there.....

[bparker]

To think the indians killed them in masses on horeback with spears, bows and arrows...

/saltue

Originally Posted by mikejr

i am thinking you are going to need a fairly large caliber....300 mag or 7MM at least to drop one.

Where the heck do you hunt them at?

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by KenP

Yeah, but I was drunk. They're real easy to "take down" and super easy to get to a quiet place to do your work. You know, skinning it and all.

I didn't eat any of it. After awhile it started to smell and I think it still had some urine in it's bladder because when I reached between it's legs it leaked a ton of pee.

That was all I needed to see/feel, so I just left it on the table for the next guy. I guess I should have warned him the meat was rotten.

That sounded like something from "Deliverance 2: The Crisco Chronicles"

[ssgharkness020147]

Originally Posted by Agriv8r

only when the bar is about to close and there is nothing better still there.....

[Big Dad]

I can see this thread is going absolutely nowhere....

Originally Posted by mikejr

had a great buffalo burger at cabelas la la la

I'll take this advice and check on the Cabelas forum....

Thanks

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

I can see this thread is going absolutely nowhere....

I'll take this advice and check on the Cabelas forum....

Thanks

North American Buffelo are not wild in the same context of WILD ANIMALS...instead of killing one while it just stands there why don't you go Bow Hunting for a Grizzly or Polar Bear, you know show your balls on something thrilling..

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

North American Buffelo are not wild in the same context of WILD ANIMALS...instead of killing one while it just stands there why don't you go Bow Hunting for a Grizzly or Polar Bear, you know show your balls on something thrilling..

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

North American Buffelo are not wild in the same context of WILD ANIMALS...instead of killing one while it just stands there why don't you go Bow Hunting for a Grizzly or Polar Bear, you know show your balls on something thrilling..

You mean one of these? They don't taste that great and only make a decent rug if they are taken in spring. I believe the last moose I shot, I called in to about 25 feet. It was more dangerous after the head shot than any bear I've ever encountered. While I'd love to harvest a Polar bear -- I've actually been about 200 yards away from one, they are illegal to harvest. You know something, hunting and harvesting animals isn't about balls. Well maybe down in Florida? It's about food. Plain and simple.

[Big Dad]

That first picture was attached to this:

[Big Dad]

Either way, I wouldnt hunt a brownie for food.

Now black bear, well that's a different story, it makes great breakfast sausage and jerky. Especially if it's been eating blueberries!

One more thing -- it's Buffalo or Bison.

[Agriv8r]

thats a big bear....

[Big Dad]

RYD bear hunting is definately not about balls and, as a matter of fact...the last brownie I ran into was when I took my youngest daughter up the Little Su "Susitna" with me fishing for silvers. We pulled over to a sand bar and a sow was in the brush. She came out and looked at us then went back in and quickly disappeared before we could get the camera out. We did manage to get this shot of her print though. And the silver fishing was great.

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by Agriv8r

thats a big bear....

Yeah it is...too bad it wasn't mine. Although the young Mrs. and I have an agreement about animal skins in the house. Antlers are cool and as long as I don't bring animal skins into the house, she...well...you know how women are!