375H&H
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Does anyone know of an organization that supports putting Buffalo back on the landscape AND then treating them as a game animal?
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Yeah I live in Wyoming and even though the G&F do a great job on managing wildlife, I would be lying if I said they support Buffalo on the landscape. There are many national forests and areas where they could exist but the state only supports them because of Yellowstone.
Unfortunately, getting support (or even lack of opposition) from the stockgrowers is a HUGE hurdle. Without that happening, the odds of them being allowed to expand are slim and none.
Does anyone know of an organization that supports putting Buffalo back on the landscape AND then treating them as a game animal?
This. Needs 10,000s of acres of prairie ideally and fences are like clumps of grass when the bison push against it unless build a 10' tall concrete wall. Cattle can carry brucellosis. That is a bad thing so ranchers fear outbreaks. Most bison are not pure so have some cattle genetics and can carry and transmit brucellosis to cattle. Are elk a bigger risk to cattle for brucellosis? Perhaps. I think politically it is easier to blame bison than elk out West.
Look at Utah, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota F&G.
Utah is fortunate with establishing a second herd in the Book Cliffs the last decade. Buffalo are hard to expand due to conflict with grazing and disease in many herds.
Amazing animals and anyone who's hunting them in the Henry Mountains or Book Cliffs has a new respect for them as game animals.
I believe there are only two bison herds in the lower 48 that are "free ranging" to qualify for the Boone and Crockett Record Book. Those are the Henry Mtn. herd in Utah and those in northwest Wyoming in certain counties.
ClearCreek
That’s not right. Montana bison that migrate out of Yellowstone are eligible. South Dakota bison in Custer SP are eligible. Book Cliffs bison in UT are eligible. So are the bison in northern AZ, I believe. There might be others.
That’s not right. Montana bison that migrate out of Yellowstone are eligible. South Dakota bison in Custer SP are eligible. Book Cliffs bison in UT are eligible. So are the bison in northern AZ, I believe. There might be others.
Rancho Loco, I am wishing for a native game species to be put back into more of its original habitat than is now and then have more opportunities to hunt them...sounds like textbook conservation to me. Obviously places where it makes sense and there are plenty of suitable places that come to mind. Is that bad?
Rancho Loco, I am wishing for a native game species to be put back into more of its original habitat than is now and then have more opportunities to hunt them...sounds like textbook conservation to me. Obviously places where it makes sense and there are plenty of suitable places that come to mind. Is that bad?