Buffalo Comemmorative

Well Buffaloboy I HAVE been there and seen it with my own two eyes---REPEATEDLY. Quite honestly almost got in a bad way with a mommy buffalo who wasn't quite ready to give up her young bull. She actually came back after the herd had finally moved on. Not a good position for anyone to be in so we had to move to protect ourselves until she gave up and returned to the herd. I have seen a whole herd bed down around a wounded animal to protect it after it got so weak it had to finally lay down. Buffalo are one of the few animal species that I have ever seen that show immense caring for one another and that was their greatest downfall which made it very very easy for our forefathers to literally slaughter them at random. THEY will NOT leave a wounded animal. One other Hollywood misconception is the fact they were always chasing a herd at high speed. Everyone alive and well during the western expansion knew NOT to spook a herd as the last thing you wanted was a stampede! The Native Americans used many tatics to get there buffalo and probably the only time they would "RUN" the herd was to force them over a cliff as it made it much easier to kill a wounded animal even if the wounds were caused by a fall. Lots of Hollywood myths concerning the our plains Bison and most of it is "bull" so to speak. I could tell you much more but this is a coin forum so tell your Dad he could email anyone offering buffalo hunts on the plains and get the same answer. The herd WILL NOT leave a wounded animal.