buffalo or bow
08-10-2004, 08:21 AM
#11
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,555
RE: buffalo or bow
I'd take a free ranging North American Buffalo hunt if it were not guided. I believe there are only 3 or 4 free ranging herds left that can be hunted and as can be expected the tag is nearly impossible to obtain. But if this were the case I'd be game. I have not much need for a new bow as I got one this spring and bought the one I wanted.
08-10-2004, 05:17 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location:
Posts: 2,395
RE: buffalo or bow
The buffalo you are going to be killing are behind a fence. Do yourself a favor buy a new bow. I am sure the rancher will drive you out to the buffalo & tell you to shoot a certain one. Two friends of mine went to a ranch east of Missoula, Montana. They told me it was like shooting fish in a barrel. They said they wanted the meat & the "hunt" was only a few hundred bucks so thats what they did. They told me next time they want buffalo meat? They will call the rancher & have him deliver the buffalo to the packing plant. 11,000-acres or 1-acre? Does it really matter how big the ranch is if the animals you are shooting are not scared of you???
You could take your old bow with you & kill it with your bow? Thats how my friends killed theres. They said there "hunt" only took them a total of two hours. Two hours for two animals is pretty quick with two bows don't you think? The two hour "hunt" also included there drive time.
You could take your old bow with you & kill it with your bow? Thats how my friends killed theres. They said there "hunt" only took them a total of two hours. Two hours for two animals is pretty quick with two bows don't you think? The two hour "hunt" also included there drive time.
08-10-2004, 05:47 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: IL./Iowa Boarder
Posts: 1,621
RE: buffalo or bow
I took a buffalo last March on a working cattle ranch in Texas & it was quite an experience. Not a walk in the park for sure. I took mine the end of my 2nd day on a 4 day bowhunt. I have heard of many who say you just go out & take your pick-not the case where we hunted.
I took a est. 900# cow & the meat is delicious. My hunt cost $800 & the buthchering was $185 & I got a little over 300#s cut & wrapped.
The story was in spring Issue of National Bowhunter magazine. Oh, I took it with my new bow I purchased for last falls hunting.
I took a est. 900# cow & the meat is delicious. My hunt cost $800 & the buthchering was $185 & I got a little over 300#s cut & wrapped.
The story was in spring Issue of National Bowhunter magazine. Oh, I took it with my new bow I purchased for last falls hunting.
