Wanting to hunt bison?
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Killing bison is not really hunting, more like target practice.
This whole thing is weird. They want to cull 300 bison, but only 12 people will get a license and each hunter can only keep meat of up to one bison. The rest goes to the local indian tribes, but that's still a ton of meat.
I can’t believe they wiped out nearly all 60 million on this continent in a century. I’d love the idea of an American Serengeti like the Buffalo Commons idea - get them back in real numbers.
I’m going to the Dakotas in a few weeks and hitting some of the country’s hotspots for viewing them. Can’t wait
I’m going to the Dakotas in a few weeks and hitting some of the country’s hotspots for viewing them. Can’t wait
I would bet they're so used to seeing people, they're not going to run away like your typical "wild" deer or elk would.
It would be like hunting elk right in Benezette. You could damn near walk up and stab one of those. (That probably wouldn't end well for you though).
That would be a cool hunt. My luck though, the one I shoot would run over the canyon edge and splatter at the bottom.
To make this hunt more challenging I propose two types of hunting licenses. Muzzleloaders at >500 yards or a knife. Lottery drawing, non-refundable, $10k per license, 2 days to hunt.
There was a movie made in the 70s on just such a hunt. These kids read about the hunt and drove out west to stop it.
"hunt" bison, or simply "kill" bison --- let's get it right.
I've seen the disgusting videos of he and his wife "hunting" the now protected endangered species they killed. I have no problem whatsoever with the vast majority of hunters, but I do have a big problem with people who do no work, have a rare and intelligent animal driven to them, and then pose like they are some kind of hero over the dead (or in this case, dying) animal. BIG difference!
Not all true. Humans are very adaptable and alter the environment to increase its carrying capacity. At some point, humans will over populate and no longer be able to do so. At that point nature will step in and reduce the population......disease, famine, wears by desperate peoples. Of course we could beat Mother Nature the to the punch and kill ourselves with nukes, EMP attacks, cyber warfare.There's too many of something, but it's not bison.
Humans thrive in every environment. People complain about global warming being a threat to various animal and plant species, but the reality is habitat destruction is the real threat.
To the credit of the NPS, they're really not calling it a hunt. Their FAQs outright say this is a lethal removal exercise
Yep! The vaunted hunter. All he could do was wound it, and the guides had to kill it.
I would think there would people who are adventurous (or crazy) enough to try a knife kill of a bison.
Thanks for the clarification. Again, I am not a hunter, so I'm unfamiliar with the use of proper terminology.
Never mind... I read about it and they need you to certify to a high level of physical fitness.
Thanks for the info. My problem was not with the need to do so, which I understand, but rather the use of the word "hunt" by the OP.
It was disgusting to watch --- especially the smiles on his and his wife's faces as their magnificent "trophy kills" lay writhing on the ground (she even cut the tail off of her elephant as evidence of her great courage and skill). The good news is that I sincerely believe it made the majority of hunters and NRA members equally as unsettled. They didn't "hunt" anything, they had two elephants special delivered to them so they could kill them and pretend they they hunters.
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Let’s get the context right. Shooting a bison is about as exciting and difficult as shooting an old freakin sofa in your backyard.
There are people who would not be able to hit a parked car and who knows maybe one would be named christeen
