both i and my room mate harvested cows from the jackson herd last fall. a bull hunt is a lot easer than a cow hunt in that the big old bulls are off on there up on national forest land. the cows stay on the park and the refuge. but wonder onto forest land and it becomes a waiting game they will literly stand 5 ft from the boundry. to be legal they need all four feet on your side. if you have a cow tag the refuge is your best bet. if you have a bull shadow moutain and ditch creek will be an easy hunt. as far as i know the quota is going to be around 300 or more this year. last year was a tough year the herds would not come off the park and they did not meet the numbers they where looking for. i would not hire an outfitter there realy is no reason exept for removal from the feild. there is a guy that runs a you tag it we dragit buisness. we quorterd mine in the feild leaving the ribcage,backstraps,tenderloin and neck all in one peice.it was a lot of work to get out of the feild but great to hang and age . we did all the butchering our selfs lots of burger with the hand grinder. i used a marlin 1895 cowboy with open sites in 45-70 using the hornady leverevolution ammo worked great first shot threw the lungs broke the oposite shooulder and loged under the skin purfect expansion and great weight retention. she dint evan flinch second shot i put on the spine and she droped like a ton of bricks evan with the lung shot a 3rd to the neck was required. they are very tuff animals i would ether go for a lung shot whith large caliber or a flat shooting rifle behind the ear to the first vertibre its about a 4 inch circle and have seen buffalo drop to this shot. the hunt is what you make of it. i spent the morning folowing the herd with my dad and watched them from 100 yrds out for over aan hour picking out my cow. it was an awsome experiance after selecting the one i wanted and makeing the shot the whole herd surounded her. and we just had to wait after a wile a game and fish officer stoped. he then went and gave a group of hunters a ride into where we where the walked up to the herd that was gatherd around mine shot a cow at 25 yards. the officer then used fireworks to scare the herd away. just as we got done getting her in my truck the whole herd came back and went nuts around the gut pile. if you need any other info let me know it is a fun hunt and great meat.