Gary Reeder
in my experience with any animal around
Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 14:31

40% will usually be right. People shoot big Bison thinking they will get 1000 lbs of meat. Back in 1990 on a hunt out in the Henry Mtns of Utah I was asked to come out from Florida to rid a rancher friend of a bunch of Bison that were destroying his John Deere tractors and tearing down his fences. He got 6 tags for animals that destroy property. So I got 5 friends and we flew out to Utah from Florida and went out to the ranch and ended up shooting 6 big Bison. We weren't allowed to bring any meat back but we could bring the hides and horns back to our taxidermy. The hide on my buffalo for a full mount weighed well over 250 lbs.




I asked the rancher how much meat would be on a 1500 lb Bison. He said after skinning and gutting and cutting the feet and such off we would get about 550 lbs. So I guess no matter what the animal is you can figure on about 40%.