stanley Report post Posted October 4, 2020 52 minutes ago, eddielasvegas said: What distance did you take your first shot? Eddie Would estimate something like 35-40ish yards. Didn’t range it. 😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HyNoon Report post Posted October 4, 2020 That's a really nice cow , congratulations Stanley... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eddielasvegas Report post Posted October 4, 2020 54 minutes ago, stanley said: Would estimate something like 35-40ish yards. Didn’t range it. 😉 Perfect and ballpark was all I was looking for. Asking to make sure my 45-70 would do the deed and it will at < ~100 yards. Thanks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted October 4, 2020 Congrats!!! Awesome bison! Sounds like it all worked out as planned! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MULEPACKHUNTER Report post Posted October 4, 2020 super cool man im jealous, I think that's one of the first times I have heard of a good experience with those hunts. Congrats 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomharveyb Report post Posted October 4, 2020 Congratulations! You were spared a mind numbing experience of waiting endless hours for something to happen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted October 5, 2020 Good for you Stan! So happy this worked out for one of the good guys. Karma at work right here! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Browns Report post Posted October 5, 2020 Freaking Awesome!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted October 5, 2020 12 hours ago, tomharveyb said: Congratulations! You were spared a mind numbing experience of waiting endless hours for something to happen. No doubt!!! During my brief time in the blind, I was trying to get myself ready for the mental marathon that I was facing. I was looking around at my little window on the world, saying to myself something like; "I've got a nice view, there are birds, trees, a few deer.... I CAN do this!!!" But yes, fate spared me that test, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZbowhntr Report post Posted October 5, 2020 Congratulations Stanley! Looks like you might be buying another freezer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2BHunting Report post Posted October 5, 2020 Awesome, congrats! Great to hear of a positive experience. I am still unsure how I feel about the Bison situation..so I just continue to buy points. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted October 5, 2020 Congratulations Stanley that sure beats sitting all day. Did you have help processing it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted October 5, 2020 23 minutes ago, PRDATR said: Congratulations Stanley that sure beats sitting all day. Did you have help processing it? Thanks! For sure, 2 1/2 hours is better than all day (or all season)! For processing, I generally do my own butchering on all animals. For this one, my buddy and I spent several hours the day after the kill de-boning and sorting the cuts. I ended-up giving him a large portion (like > 3rd) to take back to Salt Lake with him. For the share I brought home, I spent last Monday morning cutting & wrapping the standard cuts. After handling the standard roasts/steaks/chops/cuts, I was left with about 80 pounds of 'trimmings' . I wrapped about 30 pounds of the trimmings into 1 & 2 pound stew-meat freezer packages. I don't have a grinder, so I took about 50 lbs over to Miller's Southwest Processing to have ground into burger. Miller's was pretty quick, so I picked-up the burger on Saturday. My son and I enjoyed buffalo burgers while watching football yesterday. Was awesome! Now that I've got it all sorted and frozen, I'm going through all of the requests from friends, trying to share a bit with all. As a side note, I've also been experimenting lately with canning meat & stews. I took about 5 pounds of the stew meat and made a great batch of red chili, then canned/jarred it in 16oz jars in the pressure cooker. Loving the canning/jarring for long-term storage! S. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azbirdhunter88 Report post Posted October 6, 2020 Good job dude! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted October 6, 2020 Great story, and congrats on your bison! I hope you have a big freezer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
