This article is about the hunting of American Buffalo. For the reconnaissance drone, see Ryan Model 147.
The Crow Indian Buffalo Hunt diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum
A group of images by Eadweard Muybridge, set to motion to illustrate the animal's movement
Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of North America, before the animal's near-extinction in the late 19th century following US expansion into the West. Bison hunting was an important spiritual practice and source of material for these groups, especially after the European introduction of the horse in the 16th through 19th centuries enabled new hunting techniques. The species' dramatic decline was the result of habitat loss due to the expansion of ranching and farming in western North America, industrial-scale hunting practiced by non-Indigenous hunters increased Indigenous hunting pressure due to non-Indigenous demand for bison hides and meat, and cases of a deliberate policy by settler governments to destroy the food source of the Indigenous peoples during times of conflict.
Bisonhunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the...
American bison (Bisonbison; pl.: bison), also called the American buffalo or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison native...
"Traditional methods of communal bisonhunting included three primary techniques: (1) impounding bison in pounds, (2) driving bison to trap or jump locations...
A bison (pl.: bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini. Two extant and numerous extinct species are...
The plains bison (Bisonbisonbison) is one of two subspecies/ecotypes of the American bison, the other being the wood bison (B. b. athabascae). A natural...
to the Plains Paleo-Indians, who around 8500 BC turned to bisonhunting instead of hunting a broader range of food. About 50–75 million years ago, surging...
second group were sedentary and semi-sedentary, and, in addition to huntingbison, they lived in villages, raised crops, and actively traded with other...
The wood bison (Bisonbison athabascae) or mountain bison (often called the wood buffalo or mountain buffalo), is a distinct northern subspecies or ecotype...
Prairies also depend on the presence of large grazing animals, particularly bison. Bison are important to the prairie ecosystem because they shape and alter the...
refers to a man-made jump or cliff used for hunting other game, such as reindeer. Hunters herded the bison and drove them over the cliff, breaking their...
served as devices that permitted hunters to direct or herd game animals—like bison, sheep, deer, or elk—toward men waiting with weapons. Up to twenty-five...
The Henry Mountains bison herd, numbering 250 to 400 American bison, is one of only four free-roaming bison herds on public lands in North America. The...
occupation sites, provides some of the first evidence for large-scale bisonhunting and the use of the bow and arrow on the northern Great Plains. Initial...
Besides humans, bison have few predators. In the 19th century, there were scattered reports of wolves, lions, tigers, and bears huntingbison. In the past...
Bear hunting is the act of hunting bears. Bear have been hunted since prehistoric times for their meat and fur. In addition to being a source of food...
and commercially sold for consumption. Legal restrictions on methods of hunting are lax, as most state departments of wildlife openly acknowledge feral...
Accessed November 26, 2016. Bement, 37 Bement 176 Bement, Leland C. Bisonhunting at Cooper site: where lightning bolts drew thundering herds. Norman:...
in Icelandic cuisine. Hunting of rock ptarmigans was banned in Iceland in 2003 and 2004 due to its declining population. Hunting has been allowed again...
location for hunting mallards is considered to be where the water level is somewhat shallow where the birds can be found foraging for food. Hunting mallards...
in the late 19th century as a result of severe habitat loss and market hunting for both meat and plumage for the ladies' hat market in Europe. By the...
invasive populations. Canada geese are protected from hunting and capture outside of designated hunting seasons in the United States by the Migratory Bird...
in the country due to lead poisoning as they eat spent shot leftover in hunting fields. In some cases, the fields are specifically planted with a favored...
salamander in a salad of watercress. Another contained a small snake. Hunting of the ruffed grouse is common in the northern and far western United States...
Game Preservation Act of 1894, which restricted legal hunting to certain times of the year. Bison herds were tracked down and moved to reserves where hunters...
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