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mahkagari

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Montana Assiniboine/Sioux nations auctioning off 3 trophy bison hunts (suitable for burger and mounting). The proceeds from the hunts support management of their tribal herds. Bidding starts at $5000.

This is the reservation where I harvested my 2yo bull last winter. Auction runs through July 31. Happy to answer questions from my experience.

Info on Turtle Mound herd:
http://www.fortpecktribes.org/fgd/buffalo.htm

Link to register for tribal fish and game and auction:
https://ftpeck.nagfa.net/online/
 
thanks for posting that info.

Once you shot the darn thing, then what did you do? Skin it out on the ground and boned it out? Do they help you with that?

For some reason shooting a buffalo is on my list of things to do.

thanks

Fleener
 
Once you shot the darn thing, then what did you do? Skin it out on the ground and boned it out? Do they help you with that?

We field dressed it and they've got the trucks and lifts to haul it from the field to skinning area. There's an extra charge for skinning and quartering. Boning out would be done by your choice of processors. Mine was $150 for the task. The gambrel is set up if you'd like to try your own hand at it, but it was worth it to me to let the guys more experienced on that size of beast handle it.

We let it hang overnight to cool and I picked it up the next morning. Hide, quarters, organ cooler, and head fit in my Honda CR-V back to my processor in CO. That was a 2yo, though. A trophy size might fit a little snugger.
 
thanks for the info. $150 bucks would look really cheap after a guy wrestled with that by yourself.

I got a few rifles that would work for it, including a few Sharps.

Fleener
 
Would definitely be the hunt of a lifetime, especially if I could use my 50 cal GPR. Would more than likely use a Hornady PA Conical just for the extra mass.

Hell, if I was spending that kind of money I'd have to have a 58 cal built so I could definitely hunt with a patch round ball. This would be a great opportunity to do it as a completely primitive hunt with the clothing of the period.

I could see the guides rolling on the ground laughing behind my back, "look at that crazy-ass white guy"! o_O

Any Idea what the hunt date / dates would be? I checked out the link but did not see any dates.
 
This would be a great opportunity to do it as a completely primitive hunt with the clothing of the period.

Just make sure it's comfortable. Leopard crawling up valleys and through scrub brush for hundreds and hundreds of yards and isolating the big bull. I'm assuming here they'd still have those big boys mixed in with the herd.

Any Idea what the hunt date / dates would be? I checked out the link but did not see any dates.

IIRC, their season runs mid-Oct to early Dec. If you win the auction, you'd arrange a date with them.
 
Can't say about the buffalo in that setting, because I don't know the size and detail of the land available to them. On the ranch up here I'm quite familiar with, they have 300 animals free ranging in several herds on 26,000 acres of very rugged terrain. Their trophy bulls break off from the main herds and keep to themselves or hang in small bachelor herds. They're also wilder than march hares, requiring serious hunting to get close enough for shots with modern rifles, much less close enough for muzzleloaders or handguns.

I've helped retrieve several from the field after successful hunts, and it's an all-hands kinda deal involving horses, 4WD and no small amount of sweat and cussing. Hunts for these bruisers sell at a premium on the ranch, so the starting prices at the auction look pretty good. But if conditions are comparable to those here, the hunts are not for the faint of heart and not likely to be a bang-and-done adventure in a single day. You could cover a lot of miles for days to getter done. And with the critter down, you'll kiss the feet of anyone helping you get it out of the field, paid or volunteer.
 
Can't say about the buffalo in that setting, because I don't know the size and detail of the land available to them. On the ranch up here I'm quite familiar with, they have 300 animals free ranging in several herds on 26,000 acres of very rugged terrain. Their trophy bulls break off from the main herds and keep to themselves or hang in small bachelor herds. They're also wilder than march hares, requiring serious hunting to get close enough for shots with modern rifles, much less close enough for muzzleloaders or handguns.

I've helped retrieve several from the field after successful hunts, and it's an all-hands kinda deal involving horses, 4WD and no small amount of sweat and cussing. Hunts for these bruisers sell at a premium on the ranch, so the starting prices at the auction look pretty good. But if conditions are comparable to those here, the hunts are not for the faint of heart and not likely to be a bang-and-done adventure in a single day. You could cover a lot of miles for days to getter done. And with the critter down, you'll kiss the feet of anyone helping you get it out of the field, paid or volunteer.

Thanks for the input, particularly on the bachelor herds. The non-tribal herd is a couple hundred animals on 15,000 acres. Montana is "big sky country" but it's over hills and valleys to crawl through to stalk up a herd. They'll see you literally a mile a away and mosey on out before you can get close enough for a shot. Since it's a limited number of trophies available, I can see that it could be a couple of days of tracking down where they are hanging out.
 
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