ARO Report post Posted February 11, 2012 Got extremely lucky in 2009 and drew a NR bison tag in Wyoming. The wife and I headed out to Jackson the last week of Oct to try and kill a Tatanka. We hunted hard for 6 days, but could not connect on one. Saw plenty in the park, and had a close call mid week. By the time we got to them, an outfitter had shot 2 out of the group, and the rest headed for the hills. I headed back to MD empty handed, but told the wife I wanted to come back out in Dec, since the tag was good till Jan 3rd. Flew back to Jackson solo mid Dec to try again. After a 4 hour hike, I was able to spot some tracks in the snow, and followed them till I caught up with a group of 6 bulls. Ended up taking my bull in the very north corner of the NER. Had to hire Tag-n-drag to bring horses and sleds in to get the bison out. It was an experience of a lifetime.....literally! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted February 11, 2012 Congrats. Thats a big ol track. Thanks for sharing and welcome to the site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARO Report post Posted February 11, 2012 Thanks. We found the those grizzly tracks on the first trip, Needless to say we kept looking over our shoulder, all day.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted February 12, 2012 Wow, great story! Congrats on the buffalo! and WoW on that bear track! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted February 12, 2012 Thats simply awesome! Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
200"mulie Report post Posted February 14, 2012 Wow ...wow and WOW....welcome and congrats on what looks to have been a great time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peligrosa Report post Posted February 15, 2012 Wow , looks like an amazing place Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Report post Posted February 15, 2012 AWESOME! Way to hang in there and get the job done! Congrats, Looks like a great bull! Thanks for sharing the great pictures! Beautiful place. Welcome to the site! Lance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARO Report post Posted February 15, 2012 Thanks everybody. The only bummer of the whole experience, was a lesson learned the hard way. It was minus 22 F, the day I shot him, by far the coldest I've ever hunted in. When I went to take pix of him, my camera was toast. So I used my cell phone, and sent my wife the 2 pix you see. Then when I got home and went to get the pix off the mini sd card, it somehow got formatted , and all the pix were lost. So the only 2 pix I actually got of the bison, are those 2 grainy pix. The other pix are from the first trip. I'm still beside myself for letting that happen. On a side note, I completely understand when people talk about a different kind of cold out west. If it was that cold here by the ocean, it would hurt your skin to go outside....lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted February 16, 2012 Congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
