APR Bison - anybody applying?

[Carl 9.3x62]

I don’t apply for the Wyoming bison hunt.

I thought I knew you madtom

 

[madtom]

I thought I knew you madtom

I’d prefer to redirect any luck in the bison draw toward a great elk tag. Hasn’t happened yet.

 

[Bluffgruff]

UPOM is like SFW for Montana. Signs all over saying they're gonna do great things (like save the cowboy), but they are on the wrong side of conservation of wildlife just like those douche canoes in Utah.

 

[DaveAZ]

What's the feel from Montana residents? Would like to see Arizona's bison population expand. Just getting back into all this and up to speed. Going to volunteer June 8th modifying fences to help out our antelope. Starting to get involved.

 

[diamond hitch]

I grew up around buffalo and their general disregard for barb wire fences. They are kind of rough on neighboring ranchers.

I had a project one year on the Ft Hall reservation and they had a buffalo herd for harvest. I inquired as to their experience and was told they had the first hunt with bows and arrows and ended up with a collection of really agitated pin cushions. Said it was rifle after that.

All I can say is a 2-3 year old cow is very tasty, I will order it if it is on the menu, we had buffalo nearly every day in the school lunch ( born and raised on the rez) and I have no interest in hunting one.

 

[huntin24/7]

I’ll put in and be happy to fill my freezer with bison meat for $300. I have no delusions of a difficult free ranging hunt, but I also can’t imagine ever drawing a tag anywhere either, so It is what it is.

 

[rmyoung1]

Are all of APR’s bison behind high fences? None have been released on the BLM grazing allotments, right?

 

[BuzzH]

Are all of APR’s bison behind high fences? None have been to the BLM grazing allotments, right?

This one wasn't...I don't believe they're behind any kind of high fence that I ever saw.

 

[Straight Arrow]

I grew up around buffalo and their general disregard for barb wire fences. They are kind of rough on neighboring ranchers.

I had a project one year on the Ft Hall reservation and they had a buffalo herd for harvest. I inquired as to their experience and was told they had the first hunt with bows and arrows and ended up with a collection of really agitated pin cushions. Said it was rifle after that.

That may be the case of the earlier bison ranches, but nowadays the bison haven't been any significant problem for neighbors. The ranches in SW Montana with even more bison than Yellowstone manage and contain the bison effectively. Any hunting is pretty structured. There are no bow hunters running around willy nilly slinging arrows at numerous bison. That's just not the case.

 

[MTLabrador]

APR uses a pretty standard height 4 strand fence with a smooth bottom wire and one electric wire in the middle for bison.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Are all of APR’s bison behind high fences?

Not anymore than the wild free roaming elk on huge outfitted ranches. The difference is that the elk can and do cross any kind of fence, whereas the bison tend to stay within those huge vast pastures, which are a far cry from the typical "high fence" hunting "ranches".

 

[lpcoutdoors]

Yes, I applied, thanks for posting, I didn't even know about this!

 

[golfer]

Did anyone successfully draw?

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Nope

 

[Hunting Wife]

Out of curiosity, where/how do they announce results?

 

[madtom]

Out of curiosity, where/how do they announce results?

Email to the applicants

 

[huntin24/7]

No luck for us.

 

[TheTone]

No luck for me

 

[Beaneater]

Not for me either

 

[golfer]

We struck out as well