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Is he meated up from going through fences?

Lots of meat, a skull and horns and a big rug.

Good little story

And lots of fence damage to repair.

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What did you shoot him with, Art?
How many times?

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338RUM..
250gr A-Frames..

Twice..he was in really thick stuff.. had a hard time getting a clear shot.. and I was really pissed off..

Hit him the first shot above his right eye.. went completely through his skull and hit his left shoulder.. also went through that and exited on the back side..

I ran in after the first shot and put one more through the shoulders.. NO MORE chasing my horse for him..

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Well done Ripp, you're a great white hunter.
While reading your hunt report I thought I was deep into a hunt report from late President Roosevelt; same kind of location, same game, same well-trained stock horse and similar game behavior "always going into the willow" when situation went bad!
If buffalo come back on your farm next, let some mating with your cattle first before shooting them, in case market price for cattle/bison hybrids' meat commands higher market prices than beef.
Louis

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THAT was my worry.. the buffalo getting near the cattle.. Buffalo carry a desease called brucellosis.. which can be transmitted to cattle.. this would devastate a herd.. causes the cows to abort their fetus .. so, no, they will not go near the cattle if I can help it.. I have left my 338RUM sitting by the doorway in case there is another escape..

As to Roosevelt, I did mention it to one of my friends.. wonder how long its been since someone chased bison across the hills in that country with a horse??

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where is the 45-120 sharps when you need it!

how would you characterize the buffalos? wild, semi-wild or close to cattle

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The fences were just not up to the task - 3 wire fences only.

Just South of here there is a "ranch" with buffalo and the fences are all at least 8 strands, 7' high, wires close together and have 6' boards standing vertically in the wires every couple feet, along with vertical wires as well. They are substantial fences and seem to work.

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Normal wire single strands fences, a deer can walk through t0it without missing a stride. Non slipping cyclone mesh has to be used.

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The fences were just not up to the task - 3 wire fences only.

Just South of here there is a "ranch" with buffalo and the fences are all at least 8 strands, 7' high, wires close together and have 6' boards standing vertically in the wires every couple feet, along with vertical wires as well. They are substantial fences and seem to work.

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Normal wire single strands fences, a deer can walk through t0it without missing a stride. Non slipping cyclone mesh has to be used.

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The place that has the bison have 6+ ft fences up..but again, bison will be bison.. and if they decide they want to go they will..

About the only thing I found they can't really harm is a large tractor with heavy duty metal bucket..

The bison I have been around, wild or pen raised, are very unpredictable and powerful..IF they decide to run, move, fight, etc..not a whole lot you can do other than get out of the way.. Normally they can be very docile.. but once agitated, look out..

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Ripp,

One hears about guys hunting tame farmed bison. Your neighbours might be ranch raised. But sounds like the meanest of the bunch. Ripped and cut by barbed wire would not have improved his mood. In any case it wasn't a proper hunt. It was dealing with a nuisance angry animal. Still some fun.

I can readily see how animals might not associate horse riders with humans. Same was where back if bakkie "hunters" do not shoot from vehicles. In a vehicle a person can get closer than on foot. Not associated with a human threat.

Back to bison. From my limited experience on some 24 bovines, mostly water buffalo, a cape, a banteng, the rest scrub bulls, the scrub bulls are the most aggressive, most likely to charge. Not necessarily as hard to put down as some others. A scrub bull is probably define as a bull born to a domestic cattle herd, or from cattle originally from such a herd, where the bull has probably never been handled by humans. Evidence might be their horns have never been lopped off. Some might say these bills care "tame milk cows". They have never hunted them.

I rate scrub bulls as top bloody exciting hunting. At times. When they come bellowing down the hill looking for ultra violence.

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I hunted one once that was kept in a very large fenced area.. 4000 acres.. bull got out.. owner tried to get the bull back in the pen.. bison attacked his NEW Ford F-350 truck.. Got a call if I want to kill him I can but I needed to be there in 48 hours.. shot him with my bow as he was eating along some trees near a creek.. was a lot of fun.. and sketchy..also remember it was around -30F the morning I killed him..

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