Looking for a cow bison hunt in Colorado
#12
A hunt for Bison anywhere would not be a hard hunt once you locate the herd. They are stupid, you can be stupid if you are big. I have sen 3 killed and in each case the herd cows will surround the shot animal and when it falls try to prod it back up again, you must chase them away so they don't damage the dead animal. The hardest part of hunting buffalo is picking out the one you want to take after you find the herd. In the days when the west had millions of buffalo, the hunters would sit on hill sides over looking the herd and just shoot one right after the other, their proclivity to protect injured her mates made them stand there and get killed. You don't kill millions of animals in a few years if they are hard to hunt.
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
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This is true. It is a "shoot" not a hunt. The hardest part about it is getting it loaded into the truck and then skinning it. The hair has lots of sand and grit in it and it will dull a knife pretty quick. Not to mention the things are pretty big and hard to handle. But the meat sure is tasty!
#15
Flags, did you do these hunts for ranchers you knew or just something you paid for? I did a little researching online and some places are $$$$$ and some aren't too bad. But for the cheaper ones, for the meat you get out of it, it's not a bad deal. Although not exactly hunting, it would be fun to do with a sharps rifle or something similar probably.
-Jake
-Jake
#16
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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Flags, did you do these hunts for ranchers you knew or just something you paid for? I did a little researching online and some places are $$$$$ and some aren't too bad. But for the cheaper ones, for the meat you get out of it, it's not a bad deal. Although not exactly hunting, it would be fun to do with a sharps rifle or something similar probably.
-Jake
-Jake
My family used to go there and shoot a couple of bison about every 3rd year for meat. I shot 4 or 5, my brother shot 1 or 2 and my late father shot a couple. But I haven't done it in about 6 years so I don't know what the going rate is today. This is a good way to get some prime bison meat and you also get the hide and head but make no mistake about it, it isn't a hunt. This is a shoot. I considered it little more than grocery shopping with a rifle.
#17
I shot a bison at Twin Pines a few years ago, they charged me $1,200 for a small bull (great eating!!), which is much cheaper than you will find anywhere else. I know there prices have gone up since, and to shoot one anywhere else is ridiculously priced. They have a waiting list, and getting in isn't easy. It was a shoot, not a hunt (not high fence, but cattle guards at all the gates). I combined it with a public land DIY antelope hunt while I was there.