...How To Get That Buffalo Home in One Piece...

[ParadiseRoad]

...carry it of course...

...Four film crew members carry a buffalo prop for a scene a scene in the movie 'The Last Hunt' (directed by Richard Brooks), South Dakota, 1955...

 

[THE PILGRIM]

A while back near here, I passed a movie shooting locale on an Indian Reservation.
And I saw Half a Horse.
I know, lots of you guys have seen half- assed people, but this was half a horse!
It was a horse mannequin, fully finished and furred on the camera side,
But only had tubing and framework on the back side.

 

[rockquarry]

...carry it of course...

...Four film crew members carry a buffalo prop for a scene a scene in the movie 'The Last Hunt' (directed by Richard Brooks), South Dakota, 1955...

Robert Taylor was in several very good westerns. "The Last Hunt" was one of them. It's not shown as often as many lesser westerns, but it's well worth watching if you haven't seen it.

 

[Rudi]

In my area some people raise them for meat. They are such cool critters. Huge!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Buffs are good eating! Tasty!
They don’t like it when you say that!
Electric fences are handy!
These belong to Ted the Turnip.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...this is our local herd down the hill from home...

 

[jag312]

Just South of Carson City, Nevada, between Stephanie Way and the Carson River, you sometimes see some buffalo wondering on the East side of Hwy 395. Life is good in Nevada.

 

[Fishinfool]

I once shot a moose, about 200 yards from a dirt road. I sure wish I could have carried him out like that Buffalo....

Larry

 

[wetdog1911]

I once shot a moose, about 200 yards from a dirt road. I sure wish I could have carried him out like that Buffalo....

Larry

Bet that moose was way more tender than that particular Buffalo would ever be.

Rob

 

[GaryS]

A guy I worked with won a license for Moose in the Maine lottery. He was expecting to spend most of the day in the woods, but came across one about 500 yards in. He shot it and then realized how big a job it would be to get it out.

He ended up hiring a guy with a WWII surplus half track to drag it out. I never heard how he managed to dress it out after it was tagged.

I once shot a moose, about 200 yards from a dirt road. I sure wish I could have carried him out like that Buffalo....

Larry

 

[wetdog1911]

Would you care to borrow my C. Sharps 1875? Not a "Big 50", but a .45-70 with a Axtell mid range tangent sight. Good for ~600yds. A bit of backstrap or liver/tounge would be nice in exchange.

...this is our local herd down the hill from home...

 

[ParadiseRoad]

Would you care to borrow my C. Sharps 1875? Not a "Big 50", but a .45-70 with a Axtell mid range tangent sight. Good for ~600yds. A bit of backstrap or liver/tounge would be nice in exchange.

...some idiot actually did shoot one a few years ago...

...I never did hear if they caught him...

 

[wetdog1911]

Actually, thinking about it, just watching them would be more pleasurable than killing one.

Rob

 

[ParadiseRoad]

Actually, thinking about it, just watching them would be more pleasurable than killing one.

Rob

...I think they auction them off when the herd gets too large...

...I believe they've been there for over a century now...

...I'm surprised Denver has kept up the tradition...

...they aren't very far from Buffalo Bills Grave...

 

[Doug M.]

Nearly 30 years ago, I spent the night at a small truckstop on the NY/MA line just off I90. I had time in the AM when I got up, and it was nice out, so I went for a run before my shower. Darned if I did not see a couple of Bison on a slope at a small farm on the MA side. I sure did not expect them.

 

[UncleEd]

In "The Last Hunt" with Robert Taylor and Stewart
Granger film footage was used from the culling of a
herd.

The shooting/killing was done by park rangers.

In the film Granger uses a Sharps and Taylor
an 1886 Winchester. Taylor plays a mental case
and shoots as fast as he can, cooling his rifle by
pouring water down the barrel.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I have had many encounters with herds in the Black Hills. My closest brush came early one morning in Theodore Roosevelt NP in Medora, ND. I was sleeping in the open near the park entrance, and woke up to find a buffalo grazing about three feet from my head. From that angle, the view was all buffalo; it blotted out the sky.

For what seemed like a long time, but probably jus a couple of minutes, I lay real still, until it moved away.

 

[Squarebutt]

Overheard conversation between a native American and a tourist as they gaze upon a herd:
Tourist: "Do your people still eat buffalo?"
Native American: "Only the wings."

 

[Golddollar]

Overheard conversation between a native American and a tourist as they gaze upon a herd:
Tourist: "Do your people still eat buffalo?"
Native American: "Only the wings."

I didn't know buffalo could fly. Just don't look up!

 

[Rudi]

Some years ago I worked with a guy who was a tribal member. He was working on a buffalo hunt, it seemed like a lengthy project. He got a beautiful 50/70 for it. A great reason to buy another gun!