Trophy Buffalo hunt

[greatbasin]

You guys do realize that there are a few buffalo (bison) hunts in North America that are free range? These hunts include the following;

1. House Rock Ranch-Arizona
2. Alaska
3. Henry Mountains Range-Utah
4. Pink Mountain Canada Herd-Canada
5. Northern Yukon Herd
6. Custer State Park and Crow Reservation

For what it's worth, the buffalo from some of these areas are still accepted in the various record books. Sadly though, most hunters will never be able to hunt these areas either due to the low draw odds or the price of a tag.

 

[b_vanfossen]

I didnt know that a buff could take two headshots from a .50 cal ml and still not die. Forget about a behind the shoulder shot, they dont even flintch, even with a 7mm. Bows do little to nothing, and a .44 pistol will ricochet off their forehead at point blank.

That's not true. I just watched a guy take a buffalo with a .50 encore. I don't know what grain bullet though and he did put two rounds in the shoulder...

Indians killed more than well ever know with bows

 

[Pappy]

Indians killed more than well ever know with bows

And that was before recurve bows let alone the compounds we have today.

Dave

 

[UtahRob]

Here is a video on Bighorn Outdoors , two Buffalo was taken with one shot in the neck with a Encore , they drop in their tracks .

try this

page 2/3

http://www.myoutdoortv.com/hunting-micr ... doors.html

 

[lane]

I didnt know that a buff could take two headshots from a .50 cal ml and still not die. Forget about a behind the shoulder shot, they dont even flintch, even with a 7mm. Bows do little to nothing, and a .44 pistol will ricochet off their forehead at point blank.

That's not true. I just watched a guy take a buffalo with a .50 encore. I don't know what grain bullet though and he did put two rounds in the shoulder...
Indians killed more than well ever know with bows

Remember folks...I'm just the messenger I had nothing to do with this Shopping Spree :wink: But I AM getting that squashed feeling, like I'm on the bottom of a dog pile :shock:

My main point was, according to these meat gathering good folks,... is that Perhaps Buffs are harder to put down than.. WE=(never have shot one our selves)..., think :wink:

And some Indians with bows and arrows, I'm told, actually rode horses, and could stay with the Buff as they ran putting many arrows into it till it was expired :shock:......Go figure :wink:

Alrighty now.

Nuff said

 

[santoslhalper]

To answer your original question:

If you want to use a saboted bullet as opposed to a conical I'd recommend:

1. Barnes Copper (any that is heavier than 250 grains)
2. Barnes Original- 300 grain
3. 300 grain BONDED SST/Shockwave
4. 250 grain BONDED SST/Shockwave

In conicals:

Powerbelts - 405 or 444 grain - nothing lighter
Hornady FPB

Just make sure you use a heavy, well-constructed bullet and have a couple reloads handy in case. You should be fine. Most important thing, place your shot well and it'll go down.

 

[UtahRob]

Use the 300g Bonded SST, and bring 2 reloads, you're gonna need them :wink:

Here's what some "Buffalo Ranch" shooters had to say about just walking up to about 20-50 yards away, with several different weapons..... :shock:

Skinning them was the easy part. Killing them was alot harder than I had figured.

I didnt know that a buff could take two headshots from a .50 cal ml and still not die. Forget about a behind the shoulder shot, they dont even flintch, even with a 7mm. Bows do little to nothing, and a .44 pistol will ricochet off their forehead at point blank.

Yea, bring reloads

http://www.nefga.org/forum/picture.php? ... ureid=5639


http://www.nefga.org/forum/picture.php? ... ureid=5640


http://www.nefga.org/forum/picture.php? ... ureid=5645


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Full Story/Pics: http://www.nefga.org/forum/nebraska-hun ... hotos.html

http://www.nefga.org/forum/nebraska-hun ... ffalo.html

I will have to say one thing , That back strap is bigger than my last deer !!

 

[Kootenaibill]

I have been reading all the info you guys gave me. Thanks very much. A heavy bonded bullet, heavy bh209 load and 4 reloads. A well placed shot should dispatch the animal quickly. The shot I am not worried about. The hunt is not a cake walk shoot. Actual hunting is involved from tree stands to stocking (spelling?) a herd (if we find one). Same guide rules apply to a wounded animal that gets away. There goes your tag. I am more used to heavy tree and bush and swamp hunting for moose than wooded fairly open shots. Shooting animals in a pen is not hunting. Shooting a buffalo with a hand gun, as in one of the pictures, unless it is rifle bored and rifle sized, is a lot like bull fighting. Keep sticking it with pins until it dies. Not nice, not nice at all. No consideration for the animal. As a hunter, it is my responsibility to kill the animal as quickly as possible using the best equipment to facilitate the dispatch. The Lord put the animals here for us to eat and use, as much of it as possible, not torture them to death. That is just my opinion, those are my hunting ethics. I am a sportsman and a hunter, thus, the sport is in the hunt. The kill is the feeling of fulfillment only a hunter can ever experience but not explain.

 

[boomer453]

my expierience

i used a 490 grain buffalo bullet lead conical and 80 grains of bh209 on my cow buff hunt with great results on a neck shot.

great meat in the freezer and a fun harvest to boot.

 

[Kootenaibill]

Boomer453: What distance were you shooting? What brand ml?

 

[boomer453]

distance and rifle

distance was about 60 yards and using a traditions pursuit.

The 490gr buffalo bullet groups extremely well in my rifle at 100yds and i will be using it for all my m/l hunting from now on.