Buffalo

Yes that is a dead buffalo. Killed by the mighty buffalo hunters. Our friends in Ashton Idaho killed a buffalo last year on one of Ted Turners ranches in Montana. So we went with them this year and they killed 3. The ranch is west of Bozeman Montana about 20 miles and located along the Madison River. You check in with the guys managing it, sign a waver, and head up the road. Then the hunters get in the managers pickups and they go about 120 feet away from the buffalos and get out and the 1st shooters goes which happened to be Ben, and usually it goes fast but the first shot did not kill the girl or the second but third worked proabably because he was only 10 feet away. Then she finally fell over like you see in the movies to the side. Then Matt was up, one shot and she killed over. Then Eli, and one shot and she died. Depending on the age of the animal determines the price. They kill females that are not open, or pregnant. If you want a male that is $2000 a trophy is $4000. Once all the animals are dead they bring up their vechiles and us nonshooters could approach. Then they hoist one up at a time and gut it. Then load onto the vechile and you are done. Then we drove through Ennis, up we went through West Yellowstone. Then we stopped in Island Park to use a lift to hoist the females and skin, and cut the legs and quarter the animals then off to the butcher. IT was an all day event. The boys did very well with the long, ashton and cameron. The pictures following document, but are in end to beginning to scroll down then go up. Eventually I will post accordingly.

Eli cut the tongue to bring home for a bbq

just kidding.

Next in line

Animal 1 complete and quartered

Working on more buffalo. They used a lift to raise and a ladder to reach the top.

With one sharpening knives, and four others cutting it took 1 hour to complete one animal.

Suzette sharpening knives,

In Island Park skinning and removing the legs and head

Loading up more buffalo

Eli and his baby

Ashton, Sara and her little girl katie

Ashton shooting the buffalo

The insides. You can see the stomachs, they have four.

Carefully placing the kill.

Loading the kill

Family photo. It was warm 70 degrees

Me holding the princess.

Matt and his girl

The mighty hunters, Ashton was scared, I think he thought she would get him.

Eli and his girl, she was spitting blood and it kept running out her mouth

Ben and Sara(his wife)

Ben and his girl.

Good Hunting boys

Buffalo down.

Ben preparing to kill the buffalo