Buffalo Hunting in BC

Roughneck Country · #1 01-05-2011, 09:06 AM

Anyone know of an outfitter that provides WILD buffalo hunts in BC? Thanks!

d6dan · #2 01-05-2011, 11:22 AM

Here you go, or if you like, check out the GOABC website.

http://www.sikanniriver.com/bison.htm

Roughneck Country · #3 01-05-2011, 11:31 AM

Thanks! Its hard to find a Buffalo hunt that isn't canned.

#4 01-05-2011, 11:33 AM

NWT and Yukon both offer free-range bison hunts as well.

honda450 · #5 01-05-2011, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sheephunter

NWT and Yukon both offer free-range bison hunts as well.

Those the one around Fort Liard? Remember throwing rocks at em when they got too close for comfort. hehe

#6 01-05-2011, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by honda450

Those the one around Fort Liard? Remember throwing rocks at em when they got too close for comfort. hehe

Ya, the Natives run a hunt out of there. Both the Yukon and NWT are good deals for Canadians as Americans can't import wood bison.

honda450 · #7 01-05-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by sheephunter

Ya, the Natives run a hunt out of there. Both the Yukon and NWT are good deals for Canadians as Americans can't import wood bison.

If I remember correctly the natives there don't even like eaten them things. They like their moose.

Roughneck Country · #8 01-05-2011, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sheephunter

Ya, the Natives run a hunt out of there. Both the Yukon and NWT are good deals for Canadians as Americans can't import wood bison.

Good to know!

gunslinger · #9 01-05-2011, 04:32 PM

You bet i killed a dandy with mike and dixie hemmet, with sikinni river outfitters.
top notch outfit and a great pilot too, easy to get too there area and great lodging. all around great tough hunt.Thats mike in the middle

Traps · #10 01-05-2011, 07:22 PM

Anyone know prices in BC, NWT, and or Yukon?

cochranenite · #11 01-05-2011, 09:32 PM

**** i didn't relize how big these things were, whats the smallest gun you can use on these beast, would love to hunt these guys

CN

Poco · #12 01-05-2011, 10:22 PM

I agree that thing is huge! How did you pack it out? I was told that the cape and head can weigh about 500 pounds.

Cattle Dog · #13 01-05-2011, 10:54 PM

at Liard River hotsprings b.c. (on the mainhighway to watson lake) a few years ago,
the bison like to eat the grass near the highway, and will stand "dozing" in a group in the middle of the highway in order to stay away from flys and mosquitos. The traffic was slowly passing them on either side of the highway. The "sport" of hunting those ones would be like shooting a barn door from ten feet away.

#14 01-05-2011, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cattle Dog

The "sport" of hunting those ones would be like shooting a barn door from ten feet away.

Unhunted populations tend to be like that. They habituate fairly quickly. Try matching witts with a routinely hunted population and you'll change your mind about bison though.

Roughneck Country · #15 01-06-2011, 07:01 AM

That looks like a great animal you got there!

gunslinger · #16 01-06-2011, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Cattle Dog

at Liard River hotsprings b.c. (on the mainhighway to watson lake) a few years ago,
the bison like to eat the grass near the highway, and will stand "dozing" in a group in the middle of the highway in order to stay away from flys and mosquitos. The traffic was slowly passing them on either side of the highway. The "sport" of hunting those ones would be like shooting a barn door from ten feet away.

Tj got it right, this is not a hunt for the faint hearted, be ready to walk miles up the mountain, the wild buffalo are used to being run around by wolfes up htere and are not easy to hunt,

Then when you get them down is when the work starts, usually you can get a quad or skidoo to them and just cut them up in chunks off the bone, but the head is around 300 pounds itself with the hide. Fun hunt though and there tough.

Roughneck Country · #17 01-06-2011, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gunslinger

Tj got it right, this is not a hunt for the faint hearted, be ready to walk miles up the mountain, the wild buffalo are used to being run around by wolfes up htere and are not easy to hunt,

Then when you get them down is when the work starts, usually you can get a quad or skidoo to them and just cut them up in chunks off the bone, but the head is around 300 pounds itself with the hide. Fun hunt though and there tough.

What does it cost aprox to go on the hunt? Also wondering what kind of $$ a guy is looking at if he gets a shoulder mount on the beast!?

honda450 · #18 01-06-2011, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by gunslinger

Tj got it right, this is not a hunt for the faint hearted, be ready to walk miles up the mountain, the wild buffalo are used to being run around by wolfes up htere and are not easy to hunt,

Far from my exprience. Don't know where your hunt was but I was working on the west side of the Liard river and as I say we would have to throw rocks at em to rid them of our work area. Far far from the hiway, and on the opposite side of the river to boot. Lots on the road too. Now whether or not there was a hunt on that side i do not know.

#19 01-06-2011, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by honda450

Far from my exprience. Don't know where your hunt was but I was working on the west side of the Liard river and as I say we would have to throw rocks at em to rid them of our work area. Far far from the hiway, and on the opposite side of the river to boot. Lots on the road too. Now whether or not there was a hunt on that side i do not know.

Nope, there's no hunt for the Liard herd...only the herd around Pink Mountain. The ones you NEVER see on the highway. Comparing the Liard bison to a hunted population is kind of like comparing elk in Jasper to a hunted population.

honda450 · #20 01-06-2011, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sheephunter

Nope, there's no hunt for the Liard herd...only the herd around Pink Mountain. The ones you NEVER see on the highway. Comparing the Liard bison to a hunted population is kind of like comparing elk in Jasper to a hunted population.

Now where did I ever compare anything?

bisonhunter · #21 01-06-2011, 08:51 AM

i have to agree with TJ. the highway between Fort Providence and Yellowknife is polluted with bison, and yes you have to sometimes wait for them to get out of the way when you are traveling. When you head the 70 kms off the road to the bison hunting camp they are a completely different animal, they will bolt as soon as a whitetail. we stalked up to 5 last wednesday on the shore of the north arm of gsl. we were about 70 yds away when they spotted us, and boom they were gone, the only bull didn't offer a shot, so we'll head back out friday.
this hunt by the way is my friends metis tag, but it is bulls only.
i know the band in Fort providence is alloted a certain number of tags per season and offer guided hunts, i don't know the price though.

#22 01-06-2011, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by honda450

Now where did I ever compare anything?

You didn't...I did....

yukon300RUM · #23 01-12-2011, 03:20 PM

The Liard herd is not hunted, thus they don't care about people. We have some further north up in the Yukon that were not hunted till about ten years ago, maybe a bit more, that used to frequent the highway between Whitehorse and Haines Junction, used to act the same, not a care in the world. Getting one now is a different story, tough hunt, way in the backcountry, not uncommon to spot a herd and chase all day, they are spooky now....