Looking for a cow bison hunt in Colorado
 

Looking for a cow meat) bison hunt in Colorado - any ideas? Prefer rifle hunt but bow is not out of the question :s4:

It will be big bucks. They're all on private land.

Sorry, I don't know any outfitters offering it. Just warning you it won't be cheap.

there is a place in new mexico i know of not sure that would work for you but i would think it would be 2000 plus area

There used to be a guy down by Campo in the southeast corner of the state that did bison hunts. Not sure what his name was but you could probably do a google search. Also have no idea what his prices are. When I wanted bison I went to the Twin Pines Ranch in Wy.

Check Cabelas. They arrange many kinds of hunts and while I don't really approve of this way of their making money, it could be a service to some. A while back I received a "catalog" of hunts they offer to set up through approved outfitters. I'm sure I saw a few buffalo hunts offered at prices not out of line with other big game hunts.

Only one listed at Cabela's site is in SD.

http://www.cabelasoutdooradventures....ison-hunt.html

Funny...in that link the guy claims they're hard hunts, but the hunt is only 1 to 1 1/2 days long.

Bison are not and have never been a hard animal to hunt. How do you think they managed to shoot them by the millions? That being said, I've shot a few heifer cows for meat because you really can't beat a young bison for table fare. Since most bison are taken off big private ranches, the exceptions being the Henry Mountain hunt in UT, the public land hunt in AZ, the Custer State Park hunt in SD, the Yellowstone hunt in WY/MT and the Alaska hunt, it doesn't take too long to find them. And they aren't too difficult to kill. I use a 450 Marlin when I want a bison in the freezer and it tips them over nicely.

I think the last one I shot was about 7 years ago and I always got them in WY since the price was good. If my memory is correct I gave about $650 for a big heifer cow and she boned out right at 420 lbs of meat. Price bison meat in the store and you'll see what a bargain that was.

If someone wants to go to a private ranch, and shoot a bison. That's their business. I know how good the meat is too.

However, I have to draw the line about it being a hard hunt.

I do not think any hunt for bison an a ranch would qualify as a hard hunt. But I could be wrong.

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.

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!

Yep, when the bullet hits them you get a big puff of dust at the impact point.

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

The ranch I did my bison shooting on is the Twin Pines Ranch in WY. They raise bison for meat but it is a niche market so they can't flood it with meat. About every other year they reduced their herd and they did it by taking out the yearling heifers so they didn't produce too many calves. I got in on these and back then the cost was about $650 or so. They took you out, found the herd (this ranch is over 80,000 acres so sometimes it took some looking to find them) and showed you a heifer out of the herd and you popped it. They would field dress it and load it in the back of your truck with an "A" frame on an old wrecker. After that it was up to you to take care of the carcass.

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.

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.