My best friend Luke drew a bison tag for here Wyoming this year. A few very special things about this tag are that it is ONCE IN A LIFETIME once you have had one you can never apply again. Another is that until this year you have not been able to pursue bison with a bow in wyoming. With a lot of work from the Bow Hunters of Wyoming the game and fish allowed the taking of bison with archery equiptment this year.
Luke kindly drug me along on this adventure. This was very special and I was very excited to share the experience with him. to start the adventure I met Luke and his dad in casper on the 30th to head for Jackson. We made a stop in lander to talk with his uncle who would be coming the next day to help out as well. Once there we found a place to camp just before dark. On Monday we got up with the chickens and set to scouting. finding nothing that morning we moved to another area that afternoon where we found a couple good bulls. Tomorrow was the first and that is were we would be at daylight.
we got up early made the long drive to the honey hole to find that there were a lot of other people with the same idea we had. I thought that all the trees had turned orange over night. Since there is no season for archery only it would be tough to compete for bison with those carrying rifles. However we in moved close when light was good enought to find a good bull Luke made a good stalk. He made two arrows count and took the First bison with archery equiptment in wyoming since the game and fish began allowing hunting of bison again.
It was not my kill but I got to share in the joy with a friend who is more so a brother on his hunt of a lifetime. To me that is just as good if not better than had it been my own hunt.
The back drop the good Lord gave us for the week.
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A Skyler Wilson original at work. It was perfect for caping this beast.
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Luke and I
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Back at camp. Let me tell you getting a bison from the hills to the truck is no easy chore.
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WOW!!
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Should be pics now was having a little trouble before.
Very cool. Beautiful place.
Congrats Luke!
What an awesome experience that musta been!
Great Job!
GLENN
awesome stuff Randy! thanks for sharing...
Congrats to your friend!
Very cool piece of history you two were apart of!! What type of recurve/broadhead set up was Luke using??
Wow! Now that's cool!! Congrats to you both for such a fantastic opportunity!
Thats the real deal there.
Randy I will be out your way day after tomorrow. Just got a report from my Jerry out there where we deer hunt and a lion has been in the area for a while and the deer are real wild, see ya from a mile and are running. The rancher has been hearing it at night from his house.
Mike
Cool story and pics. Glad we could be there in a small part. Randy, you have an email heading your way.
Skyler
That is one awesome animal. Congrats!
KA!
Superb! Well-done! :thumbsup:
Buffalo Burgers!! Yummy
Hey Randy you must all warmed up after packing out that monster. If I have to go into hell canyon this year for an elk I will give you a call (^8.
Congrats Luke
Congratulations...WOW what a trophy! :clapper:
Good story Randy! Looks like loads of fun.
Chris Rice
that's cool, serious way to indoctrinate a new blade.... :thumbsup:
Luke was shooting a 67lbs Bob Thompson Zipper, goldtip arrow with 100gr insert and a muzzy phantom broadhead.
Sweet!
Very Cool, Congratulations!! Hopefully someday they'll let us do that in MT with archery equipment....
Congratulations on a hunt of a life time!!! :clapper:
Right on :thumbsup: I love it, where did he hit it? and how far was his shot? penetration etc....
:thumbsup: :notworthy: :clapper: those buffalo are big critters ... thanks for sharing
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The first shot was about 25 yards. The hit was far forward and penitration was good but not great. He was bleeding a lot. The second arrow was 15 yards and it was a a perfect hit right in the pocket double lung. The second arrow hit a rib on the way in and on the off side but did not make it out of the off side. He only went about 30 yards after the second arrow.
Thanks, that is to cool, I love it.
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Perfect hunt & nice knife.
Thanks for all the comments all.
:thumbsup: Congrats to your buddy :archer:
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I was asked to bring this up
And it is appreciated.
:clapper: :clapper: :clapper: All these Buffalo post make me want to go more than i already wanted to.
What a hunt! Congratulations to the both of you!
Looks like a great hunt.
the last bison shot in WYO was probably with a trad bow and the 1st one under the new regs is with a trad bow. awesome stuff guys.
well done!
Awesome stuff there sir! Thanks for sharing!
This is my first time seeing this. Thanks for sharing! Great that you got to go along.... what a friend!
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I missed this the first time around. Great stuff!
What a great experience for you and your friend! Simply awesome. I spent a month in wyoming with NOLS in '07. Best month of my life. Wish I never would have left wyoming...
Awesome!! :thumbsup:
Randy,
Thanks for sharing your adventure, once in a life time for sure..!
Congrats to your buddy on a great accomplishment.
That is really cool. What a hunt...and that is a beast. Plenty of good meat off of him.
Nice!! :thumbsup:
Congrats :thumbsup:
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Good Going! A critter like that would keep my Weber grill busy a long time.
How did I miss this one before? Awesome looking scenery, and congrats on the buffalo.
awesome
I can't even imagine being fortunate enough to draw a tag, let alone connect on an animal of that magnitude.
He deserves much respect and admiration for the accomplishment.
Super news. Is Luke from Casper? or Sheridan?
Pat him on the back for me. Missed you Sunday,
Had to work