Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/grand-canyon-national-park-seeks-skilled-volunteers-for-north-rim-bison-reduction.htm LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashknife Cowboy Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Please read all the fine print, then objectively decide if it is for you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 No lead bullets OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 If I was Closer and allowed ,,, I would use my .375 Ruger with Barnes 300 gr. X bullets ... If I could use lead I would use my Highwall in .40-65 with 410 gr. Cast bullets ... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I have never hunted buffalo, but I read a story back in the day where a hunter was disappointed in his hunt. He likened it to shooting a cow. You buff hunters don't lower my ears -- I'd like to hear your experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakejaw_Joe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 for that kind of hunt I'd use my tikka with nightforce scope... I love hunting with my old lead guns and I do trust myself to hit vitals out to 100 yards max, but under the watchful eye of the NPS I'd want to shoot perfect marks... ethics here are priority, not nostalgia. Im going to apply, I fit the criteria and would feel rooted in the old tradition. Fingers crossed, the lottery is a crapshoot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 43 minutes ago, Snakejaw_Joe said: Im going to apply, I fit the criteria and would feel rooted in the old tradition. Fingers crossed, the lottery is a crapshoot! Hope you roll sevens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOOTIN FOX Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Last I heard, several years ago. The bison are corraled and they pick which one you can shoot. Not hunting in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Gator SASS #29736 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, SHOOTIN FOX said: Last I heard, several years ago. The bison are corraled and they pick which one you can shoot. Not hunting in my book. I know some of them are like that. But if you have to be there for several days and be able to do strenuous hikes this one may be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 One with my Trapdoor and the second years later with my 40-70. Not corral shoots. If you know someone in an area where buff may escape your hunt will be in the open but still no challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 As I read the FAQs, no motorized vehicles and no pack animals. That means wherever the hell it is when you shoot it, you going to pack it out on your back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakejaw_Joe Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 13 hours ago, Alpo said: As I read the FAQs, no motorized vehicles and no pack animals. That means wherever the hell it is when you shoot it, you going to pack it out on your back. Yea when I filled out the application it had me sign an affadavit that said I would be responsible for field dressing and hauling out the carcass with the other volunteers. 12 volunteers selected, 4 weekends, that means 3 volunteers per outing... Im hoping they mean quartered, I cant imagine 3 people hauling a full on bison carcass in one piece. Guess I better ramp up my gym routine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 If interested, here's the list of "approved" factory loaded ammunition and bullets for handloads: https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/upload/Approved-Ammunition-and-Bullets-for-GRCA-v1-3.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 “All cartridges must be bottle-necked; no straight-walled cartridges are accepted.” Pretty much eliminates the historic cartridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: “All cartridges must be bottle-necked; no straight-walled cartridges are accepted.” Pretty much eliminates the historic cartridges. Well, if the government knows anything about one thing it’s “bottlenecks”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 And, be thinking of all the protestors that will be trying to ruin the hunt. They are already complaining that the local Native Americans should be allowed to kill the bison. And if I remember, this herd is not pure bison. I read they were part of a beef-alo experiment in the early part of the 20th century. Basically you going to have a biologist at your shoulder telling you which one you can shoot. And I saw somewhere that you only keep part of the meat. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go West Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I think a hog hunt in Texas would be more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I think an inter city BLM hunt with pink or red paint balls would be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 I am sorry that I read this topic now. The entire concept of this nonsense sounds disgusting; literally disgusting ii would be embarrassed to participate in such a foolish endeavor. And, if I did somehow get roped into participating, I would be embarrassed to admit it. I think a more sporting arrangement would be to round up all the government people involved in overseeing this hunt, outfit them in camo and send them 500 or 600 yards out on the open range and try to drop them with black powder ammo, fired from antique firearms. Considering (my imagined) the cost to participate in this goofy “hunt,” five or six guys could get together and go on a real remote deer hunt, bringing along a couple or three of hired help to guide, arvise do food prep, cooking, chores, etc. at a very remote location and live off whatever they kill. Cat Brules . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Ever read, or see the movie, BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN? That's how it started. They had the buffalo rounded up and they were in a corral, and the mighty hunters were shooting them from about 50 feet away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 You could hunt buffalo on private ranches with a lot less hassle and no they aren’t penned. My son and I traveled to Wyoming every fall for many years to hunt buffalo near Wheatland. You get to keep everything and they’ll gut it, haul it out and load it on your truck or trailer for the trip to the processor. Sure they tell you which one you can shoot because they charge more for bulls, a lot more. Bet there aren’t a lot of you pards that can tell the difference between a young heifer and a young bull at 200 yards or so. If you wound one and can’t recover it, oh well, you still have to pay. I don’t envy anyone that has to butcher and then pack out a buffalo, I’ve done a couple of elk and that was a lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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