Supposedly four breaks in his femur, no bueno.
Buffalo Can Hurt You
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Bevo84
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OMG, incapacitating the animal is enough to save yourself. Who cares if a headshot doesn't stop the animal from breathing if your goal is self defense?
steelslaver
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Actually you can be armed in the park now. They used to prohibit firearms but that went away years ago.
If you shot an animal in the Yellowstone you would probably be in deep do do without witness that it was justifiable and even then it would most likely be problematic.
If you shot an animal in the Yellowstone you would probably be in deep do do without witness that it was justifiable and even then it would most likely be problematic.
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geeollie
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Bison don't go to bars.
Bison don't go to bars.
A buddy of mine shot a couple year old bull out of the herd, his guide told him where to put the bullet on a bison was in the boiler room/heart-lung. My buddy fired from a rest with a 30-06-180gr. bullet, maybe 200yds, bull crumpled on the shot, never quivered, was stone dead upon arrival to the scene. Like just about anything, if it don't have its blood up, they just die. The old boys used to shoot them in strings, as long as you put it through their heart lung or brain you could keep shooting until one of them started bellering and spooked the herd off and broke your string. Stories about them cooling their barrels with a canteen of water or something else while shooting a string of fifty or more were not unheard of. I can shoot one anytime I want off property where they run a small herd on native land and need to cull the younger bulls from time to time. I've given it some thought but for the moment I'm happy with grass fed beef off a friend's ranch, I don't find it all that exciting shooting something out of a herd confined to a couple hundred acres and lot fed.
If only he had a tactical pencil
There is a reason that the call it wild-life. At least Grandpa will have a story to tell the rest of his life and a photo to back it up. If you saw the pic of the Bull, it was obvious that he was having a bad hair day.
Buffs are kind of interesting to me. I have been around for about a dozen harvests. As for handguns only saw one 800# cow taken with a 480 Ruger and factory Hornady hollow point. Broadside lung hit at 25 yards. Huge entry hole that you could see breath coming from on that cold Colorado morning. Bullet recovered on opposite side with picture perfect expansion. Other than that, I have seen them taken with 300 Win mag, 7mm mag, 243, 348, 270 off the top of my head.
An excellent accurate book describing buffalo hunting during it heyday is titled "Buffalo Harvest" by Frank Mayer. It is called the bible of buffalo hunting. He was an educated man that kept meticulous records. He said he never shot over 25 a day as his skinners couldn't skin more than that and even at that rate, many pelts spoiled before he could sell them.
An excellent accurate book describing buffalo hunting during it heyday is titled "Buffalo Harvest" by Frank Mayer. It is called the bible of buffalo hunting. He was an educated man that kept meticulous records. He said he never shot over 25 a day as his skinners couldn't skin more than that and even at that rate, many pelts spoiled before he could sell them.
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sigp220.45
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My single “I didn’t buy it” regret is an old Buffalo robe/rug at a trading post just off the Navajo rez in NM. God knows how many generations of Yazzies or Begays were conceived under that dusty thing. It was $110 bucks and by the time I came to my senses and went back for it, it was gone.
A newer one wouldn’t be the same. Oh well.
A newer one wouldn’t be the same. Oh well.
Pamplona in the park! Maybe it’ll catch on?
(Probably more of a young man’s sport tho.)
(Probably more of a young man’s sport tho.)
steelslaver
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Incidentally, I am quite sure you can roller skate in a Buffalo herd
What is up for debate is for how long. I think 90% of the time they would simply ignore you. Once time runs out on the other 10% of the times would really suck however
What is up for debate is for how long. I think 90% of the time they would simply ignore you. Once time runs out on the other 10% of the times would really suck however
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When we were there some young bison were trying to graze at the grass around a walkway and of course people were screwing around with them. This grandpa didn't do beans except look at it. Poor grandpa evaded pretty good, for a while and I think he expected the it has used up his aggression chasing him. But no, Mr. Bison closed in again and said, 'This if for buffalo hunters' and had to throw him for a loop, then he was done. Both of them had a bad day.
steelslaver
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This includes young human males
Buffalo can absolutely hurt you. It is easier for me to point out the small amount of not contaminated spots VS spots where carcinogens are everywhere here. Buffalo will no joke give you cancer, if you dont freeze to death first.
slickracer
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Classic example of FAFO....
You don't turn your back and run. Should have kept eyes on the threat.
Mike LaNier
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If you check the regulations, firearms are not permitted in National Parks by the great unwashed...only Rangers or Law Enforcement are armed. I would suspect that shooting a bison in a National Park would lead to serious repercussions for the shooter, like some serious jail time. Like all wildlife in National Parks, bison are a 'protected species'!
One media report stated that the bull had been agitated by a few young men prior to the older man and his grandson (I think) happening upon the scene. Not much he could have done.
Of course, if you do fire your a firearm you will suffer the consequences.
Namely an investigation by the NPS, FBI and any other TL organization with time on their hands.
An investigation by the feds is like someone climbing up the tail pipe of your car to check out the muffler; you might survive but you will not enjoy it.
Namely an investigation by the NPS, FBI and any other TL organization with time on their hands.
An investigation by the feds is like someone climbing up the tail pipe of your car to check out the muffler; you might survive but you will not enjoy it.
I think he did an incredible job of evading till he didn't, right? He's lucky that bull didn't wait for him to land and do the boot scoot boogie on him finishing the job.
My wife and I were in Yellowstone a long time ago and we stayed in the cabins they had. I was dying to do some fly fishing so off I went in the Mercury Lynx we had driven out there. I did my fishing and was heading back later that evening when I encountered aa herd milling about on the road I was on. These things were at least as big and many bigger than the car. I stayed and waited for them to get into the meadow they were filtering into then went on my way. The funny part of the story is by the time I got back to the cabin, and we headed to the main lodge for dinner they were closed. We had nothing but a pack of Oreos we happened to have in the car so that was dinner. She was madder than a wet hen and insisted I was lying about the buffalo and just wanted to fish more. I wasn't and you better respect them.
My wife and I were in Yellowstone a long time ago and we stayed in the cabins they had. I was dying to do some fly fishing so off I went in the Mercury Lynx we had driven out there. I did my fishing and was heading back later that evening when I encountered aa herd milling about on the road I was on. These things were at least as big and many bigger than the car. I stayed and waited for them to get into the meadow they were filtering into then went on my way. The funny part of the story is by the time I got back to the cabin, and we headed to the main lodge for dinner they were closed. We had nothing but a pack of Oreos we happened to have in the car so that was dinner. She was madder than a wet hen and insisted I was lying about the buffalo and just wanted to fish more. I wasn't and you better respect them.
Moose can hurt you too. In the Tetons, luckily a park ranger appeared out of nowhere and ran interference while we backed out of harms way.
Came up upon several moose during my time in Alaska. It's amazing how something so huge can hide behind the smallest brush. Fortunately none was in a foul mood.
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