APR Bison - anybody applying?

[Hunting Wife]

Not my cup of tea, but I don’t begrudge people who have this on their bucket list:

Bison Harvest

www.americanprairie.org

Curious how many people are interested in this kind of thing?

 

[Irrelevant]

No, but I'm pretty bummed we had our first trip back to APR cancel due to this damn covid. I look forward to getting out there someday.

 

[golfer]

We’re in

 

[mtmuley]

No thanks. mtmuley

 

[HSi-ESi]

I'm in. Currently writing up a thread about it...

 

[MO Betta]

Interesting. I'd listened to one of the guys from APR on a MeatEater podcast a couple years ago, wondered what had become of the ordeal. Reading their site, it sounds a little like that harvest opportunity will go away once they have grizz and wolves on the reserve.

 

[Schaaf]

I’m in.

 

[Gumbo Hunter]

Hell yeah! It would be a blast, not so much for the hunt which I think would be a gimme, but the meat and country make it well worth the effort. Kudos to the APR for allowing the public to participate in this and for giving the majority of the opportunity to MT residents/locals. I might not agree with all they are doing but at least they aren't completely anti-hunting and allow a fair amount of public access for hunting.

 

[geetar]

I’d do it. For what it’s worth the way natives and early settlers “ hunted “ bison was more of a harvest than a hunt. Find a large herd ride in and pick one out. My interest in Bison hunting is mostly about the nostalgia factor of it anyway so I’m fine with it not being as tough as a public land elk hunt.

 

[BuckRut]

Thought at first this would be worth the $300 even just for the meat but you have to shoot a calf.

 

[VikingsGuy]

I wonder what the "non-res" draw odds are?

 

[Straight Arrow]

I wonder what the "non-res" draw odds are?

TBD. It depends on how many entries for the two "World Wide" draws. Duh!

 

[Carnage2011]

Ranch hunting a bison sounds about as much fun as high fenced whitetails to me.

 

[VikingsGuy]

TBD. It depends on how many entries for the two "World Wide" draws. Duh!

Thanks, I understood the underlying math. I just thought maybe they had had a past draw for context or some of our MT insiders had a sense of current response.

 

[BuckRut]

I can tell you what the local rancher response to the APR in general is. These signs are everywhere.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Ranch hunting a bison sounds about as much fun as high fenced whitetails to me.

I have no interest in high fence hunting, but my guess is these guys range in the course of a given hunting season as much as the average pronghorn - who seem to keep coming back to the same spot each day in the fall. I haven't seen the APR so don't know how much they are "herded" and used to humans. Could be cool or could be fish in a barrel, will be interesting to hear the experiences of the few who draw. Currently my tenuous hopes are placed with the WY supertag (that I will never draw).

 

[madtom]

Ranch hunting a bison sounds about as much fun as high fenced whitetails to me.

No worse than drawing a WY tag and spending days watching the bison never leave the park. At least they’re accessible on the APR.

 

[MThuntr]

I can tell you what the local rancher response to the APR in general is. These signs are everywhere.

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UPOM is systematically trying to shut down public access to public lands so they're not friends of the publicland hunter. The leader had Mabee Road in Fergus County closed to the public. I believe they have a hand in some corner crossing legislation also

 

[Schaaf]

UPOM is so busy trying to "save the Cowboy" they haven't made a single post about the current disaster of the beef market. Appears they're more interested in privatizing Montana's elk herd than actually standing up for ranchers.

Bunch of chodes.

 

[HighWildFree]

Reading their site, it sounds a little like that harvest opportunity will go away once they have grizz and wolves on the reserve.

I don't know if that's their true intention or not, but the grizz and wolves in YNP aren't cutting enough bison out of the herd. Biologically, wolves and grizz won't kill enough bison to completely replace human harvest.