Well. No NH moose permit this year
John W
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 12:03 (2252 days ago)
I kind of suspected that. The state cut the number down quite a bit.
So that leaves some options open for this fall for a special hunting trip. Not sure what I will do.
There's a bison waiting for you in Tennessee in October.
Darryl T.
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 14:05 (2252 days ago) @ John W
Bison is the best meat, son shot a free range one in ND on a several thousand acre ranch a few years ago. Rancher had two resident herds.
That sounds interesting. Just over a day's drive
John W
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 15:08 (2252 days ago) @ Darryl T.
from my place.
I have to look at what they offer.
Bison scare me for some odd reason, could be their size.
Drdougrx
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 17:47 (2252 days ago) @ John W
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if you are ever around them and fairly close to them,
gary reeder
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 20:57 (2251 days ago) @ Drdougrx
watch the tail of the bulls. When they get mad their tail comes up in an upside down U. When you see that, depart the premises.
the whole Reeder clan went out to North or South
Gary Reeder
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Friday, June 19, 2020, 16:56 (2252 days ago) @ Darryl T.
Dakota (don't remember which) where the Dances with Wolves flick was filmed. Both Colleen and Kase shot nice bulls that Kevin Costner missed.
Bison hunting is different from most hunting as they are dumb as a Democrat. Many years ago the hide hunters almost wiped them out shooting several hundred a day just for the hides. They would shoot the herd cow (the head Bison in a herd is usually a cow) and the rest of the herd would mill around trying to get her back up on her feet and the hide hunters would shoot them until their barrels got red hot.
So bison hunting is almost a harvest rather than a real honest to God hunt. I have taken 8 or 9 of them thru the years and all but one with one shot each with one of my handguns. Hunting them in the open plains in Utah is a lot different than hunting them in some heavy Juniper here in Arizona. You come across them in heavy brush where you didn't know they were there and it could get real dicey real quick. Or coming face to face with them in a heavy thick cornfield in Tennessee can be real puckering too. But it is all enjoyable and you bring home a lot of meat.