It's interesting that you would post this so recently after my wife and I were discussing buffalo "hunting". She said that our friend, who hunts a lot of different species, was going on a buffalo hunt. (Turns out she was mistaken, and that he was actually on a pheasant hunt, but that's beside the point.) I was wondering how much fun it could be to hunt buffalo, and how different it would be from hunting cattle. Sounds like the answers are not much, and not much.

However, our friends do report that they like buffalo meat a lot. If you're going to use the meat, want to dip your toes into the hunting world, and don't have friends locally that can help you get started with local game, then maybe a guided buffalo hunt is not such a bad idea. I'd rather see a guy take a buffalo that will get used than kill a bunch of squirrels that won't.

With that said, I agree that you're not going to get much of what I find enjoyable in hunting out of a guided buffalo hunt. If you don't have a great time on the buffalo hunt, don't let that discourage you from trying other hunts. I have spent a lot more time "hunting" when I had no tag, no license, and no firearm, but was just along for the ride with friends and it was those experiences that motivated me to want to pursue hunting for myself.

Good luck.