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I made it back from Montana heavy some Bison meat and some great memories. The place we hunted has over 50,000 acres (64 square miles) of land with free range wild Bison on it. We worked our way through some fog and found the animals we were after. I had a cow tag, so I picked out the biggest one I could find and let her have it. She went down quickly and the work began. Here are some pics.






The hunting area was free range and very large with wild animals on it. The owner aslo raised animals for slaughter in a seperate area of about 100ac and keep them like cattle. The rancher was donating some meat to the anti-wolf collition and asked if I could take a "meat" animal for him because he was impressed with the effiency of the bow kill. Hell yes I can!! :D




Here is a pic of the "meat pin" as he called it wich was about 100 acres.





Part of the heard he raises for slaughter not the wild herd you can hunt.



That will do it!!




It was a great trip. Those bison are fun to hunt and I am looking forward to doing it again. I got complete pass throughs on my shots. Thanks for the equipment advice.

Andrew

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Awesome pics Andy I'm sure that had to be a hunt of a life time congratulations

john

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Thanks for sharing. Is that third bison the pen one? Did you get to keep the cape of the pen bison? How were the accomodations? How about a description of the hunt?

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Those are some awsome pics brother. And you have quite a story behind them too. I appreciate how informative your photos were.

I must definately say that my favorite pic is the heart photo. Nice shot!!!!
Congtrats:):):):):)

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Absolutely thank you for sharing, awesome pics as well. Very much appreciated.

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Good shot. I'm curious how you stalked up on them with no cover, looks like eastern montana flat land. How far of a shot did you take and if you don't mind me asking, what did something like that cost? Did you have to process it yourself? Again, nice job. ;)

Bobby

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The owner of the reserve gave me an idea of where to start looking and my cousin and I set out from there. After about a three mile hike we spotted the animals about 100 yards from the river wich has about 3' cut banks. We snuck down the river using the cut bank for cover and positioned ourselves between the river and the bison. They came in tword me and gave me a shot. The animals happened to be positioned near the edge of the property(that is why I got the only house for 20 mi in my pic dammit). The first shot was at 25yards broad side. The arrow zipped right through and took out a rib on the far side. She took a few steps with the herd, but didn't know what hit her. I had a clear second shot, so I put it through the lungs at just under 40 yards. Again the arrow went clean through and she didn't even react. Right after the second shot she sat down coughed and rolled on her side dead. The second animal I shot (the pen raised one) was quratering away from me. Again the arrow passed through. She didn't go anywhere, just stood there for about 20seconds and then layed down. I didn't have a clear second shot, but the first one did just fine. I believe a well placed shot through the chest will do the trick, but if you can put two in on any animal than even better.

To recover the animal I borrowed his tractor with a front bucket and some chain. We hoisted it up and brought it back to where he processes his animals for slaughter. It is a great setup. Here is a pic of the site, my uncle (5'10") and the owner helping me skin her out.




The price was extremely reasonable. $800 for a cow and you get all the meat, hide and head. You can use his facilities to skin your animal which is the best choice. He told me of a "trophy" hunt he allows. You can kill one of the massive bulls in the heard and he will give you a half a cow for meat for the same price. The big bulls are old and he said are only good for making 1500lb of hamburger, so he offers the half a cow for meat and donates the bull meat to the indian tribe. If you want names shoot me an email. As far as other accomidations, there wern't any. We stayed in a hotel about an hour and a half away. I gave the hides to my uncle who is going to make a wall covering out of them. My skull I am going to make a European mount out of it for the office. The meat cow had a busted up horn, so he gave my cousin a smaller skull he had in his shop. As much fun as we had I am making plans for next year.

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Andrew,

Awesome story, and excellent pics. Sounds like fun.

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That is quite the animal...I wanna hunt them one time.

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Great Story - sounds like a LOT of fun!!!

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wow that is just awesome! GREAT pic and GREAT story thanks for sharing that!

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Congrats!! Thanks for the great pics and all the wonderful information on your hunt. I had a few questions after reading the first post, but your second one answered them all;)

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Very cool and CHEAP hunt. I'd love to go! Some damn fine shootin' too on your part

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wow that's awesome!!! where exactly were you, like what state??? sounds like that would be fun.

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THANKS FOR SHARING, GREAT HUNT, CONGRATS!!

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I guess the heart is edible but what about the liver?:eek: What do they do with all the guts from those, I'm sure it adds up quite a bit over a year, ormaybe they sell it to the, "Slim Jim factory"? ;)

Bobby

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Hey awesome story and great pictures.

It sounds like you hunt was fairly easy. Them being by the river and being able to use the cut banks. Now, had they not been along the river, what kind of a hunt would it have been? That looks like very open country to put a stalk on, or do they not have very good eyesight? Do they use trails and such or what was your strategy going to be had you not been fortunate enough to find them in such an accesible spot? This hunt is very interesting to me, but I am thinking the quickness of your hunt may be the exception, or no?

Good work, and would love to get names and other info from you.

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Congrats man.. looks like a hell of a trip!

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Did you take a bite of the heart

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You look like a pretty good size ole boy, why didn't you just throw that bad boy up on your shoulder and walk back to camp?:D:DNice pics. Thats alot of meat for sure.

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Congrats and nice going. That really had to be a blast. What broadhead did you use and how much poundage?

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great pics. congratsreally like the pics of the heart & being skinned

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Wow!

That's freakin awsome ,I can feel the adreneline flowing now .Thank's for sharing the pic's and the story Congrat's to you .

nubo

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I would still be smiling even when I was sleeping....WOW, what a hunt... Congrats...

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Wow !!!!!!!! Tell us about your gear for that monster. Arrow weight, Draw weight, broadhead ?

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Way to go, want to get out and hunt some bison some day! And nice shot! [8D]

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Sounds like a sweet hunt. Congrats and great pictures.

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What type head were you using?How much poundage?

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congrats looks like an awesome hunt

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Is that herd recognized by P&Y as free ranging?

I'm not knocking you, but I've looked into buff hunting with interest and from my understanding there are only a couple places that are recognized as truly wild, free ranging animals.....

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That almost sounds to good to be true. You did a great job with very good arrow placement:DCongrats on your fine trophy

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Equipment list

Bow: Tried and true Hoyt Vortec Saber cam 29.5" draw @ 74lb
Rest: Origional Trophy Taker. I have had it on there for years.
Arrow: 29" Beaman ICS Hunters 340 shafts crested weighing in at 460grtraveling 270fps.
Broadhead: Rocky Mountain Ironhead 125 heads. I have used a bunch of heads, but always seem to come back to this head. Strong, Accurate, and scary sharp.



If I run the numbers right I am getting 74 ft-lb of KE. I had PLENTY of punch to get the job done. I tell you there was nothing like seeing that arrow disappear into the cheast of one of these beasts. Every time I close my eyes I can see it. :D

MNpurple: Much of the land they were in was rolling hills so you can use the terain for cover. I found them in the flats, as you said I was lucky the river was close by for cover.

deerhunter518 ahh...no

Double Creek To be honest with you I have no idea. I was in it for the meat, and found an opertunity to hunt and take one with my bow and I was all over it. I have really never taken any "trophy" animals, but I have taken alot of trophy meat home in my hunting exploits.

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Thanks AC..... I've been interested in doing a hunt for buff, but most the hunts available are really meat gatherings as opposed to actually hunting... There is nothing wrong with either, I just want to know up front what I'm getting in to.

Thanks and congrats on an awesome animal!!!

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Wow those are some massive animals. Those are great pics man and a great story to go with it. Congratulations on that. I can't believe how large those animals actually are. I've always wanted to hunt free-ranging bison. Congrats on the hunt man. That's pretty cool.

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Yummm...Bison Burger...

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Cool