Buffalo hunt

[newt]

Just got back from Zama Lake in north westernAlberta. Shot a buffalo that should dress out about 1200 pounds. Will send some pictures as soon as i downlode them. It is a tough hunt we were in two feet of snow but the weather was good. Coldest was minus 18.

 

[Suka]

So, uh, tenderloin at your place???

Congratulations, looking fwd to pics and story.

 

[Jwirecom109]

congrats the odds of getting a draw in alberta this year for them was less then 1%.

 

[caramel]

Here 5 Buffalos 1200+ pounds that went down fast...JP.

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[Dogleg]

Looking forward to seeing the pictures. Bison is on the list of things I want to do, if I can either find the right free range situation, or a cheap farm "hunt" for the meat.

We walked past the same herd every day in Alaska while on a grizzly hunt. They may have been free range but they may as well have been on Mars for all the good it did us.

 

[caramel]

I think it is better tasting than beef and a lot better for the heart... JP.

 

[wanteddeadoralive]

I think it is better tasting than beef and a lot better for the heart... JP.

Have not had the pleasure of eating "wild" bison, but we have a farm nearby and it's amazing, so I can only imagine what it must taste like. Lucky guy and congrats!

 

[newt]

It took me seven years to get drawn.

 

[martinbns]

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Need details, pics, weapon of choice, length of shot etc

 

[Jwirecom109]

It took me seven years to get drawn.

going on 5 years myself

 

[unstableryan]

Bison is my dream hunt. I'm a huge 45-70 fan but by the time I will be able to make a bison hunt I want to do it with a sharps style rifle of some sorts. My friends brother in law has a head mount from his bison.. Holy crap do those things have large heads.

 

[newt]

weopon of choice was 8mm-06 185 cored lokit bullets. Shot at about one hundred yards.

 

[unstableryan]

8mm-06 Sounds capable... My friend hunts with a 8mm-.308 norma mag. Hell of a rifle.

 

[1bighead]

Awesome. Got some pics ? Thats a lot of meat for a freezer. Now, was it wild ? Free range, on a ranch, or crown land ? Come on, you have to tell us the whole story..I'd love to get a Bison. I'm hunting for Hogs next month in Battleford Sask and I'm pumped just for that !

 

[newt]

It was a free range buffalo.

 

[Norton]

It took me seven years to get drawn.

going on 5 years myself

Northwestern Alberta is the only place you need a license to hunt bison, outside of WMU 536 and 539 they can be hunted year round without a license on unoccupied crown land.
Getting in to where they are is of course the problem though.

 

[Jwirecom109]

Northwestern Alberta is the only place you need a license to hunt bison, outside of WMU 536 and 539 they can be hunted year round without a license on unoccupied crown land.
Getting in to where they are is of course the problem though.

Yeah i have looked into it before, if they are out of the park they are lunch basically. But like your said the problem is getting there, and it takes alot of extra time to do a run like that.

 

[mbogo3]

Does the meat need to sent away for TB testing? Harold

 

[newt]

Fish and game officers at High Level take lung and blood samples. That is required when you get your tag.

 

[caramel]

Those were my Buffalo hunts late 80 to early 90, this is one of the most exciting hunt i made on a 5 years period, one Buffalo a year, i miss the taste and having my freezer full, i was working a few months a year in Wyoming on engeniring building projects, those were all taken free range horse back riding near Jackson in Grand Teton park, none of them weighted under half a tonne all were shot with my Savage 99 308 Win, they all went down with one shot and all needed a finishing shot behind the ear, distance were from 75 to 350 yards, all the painted heads are one of my grandson idea, i did not mind, they are great for Hallowen, best meat of all game i have taken... JP.[URL=http://s1081.photobucket.com/albums/j349/caramel57/?action=view&current=bison001.mp4][/URL]