Bison Safaris in Germany

[mchughcb]

I see wild bison just migrated to Germany. How much will it cost to hunt them if they try again?

 

[goathunter1]

I could look it up, but hunting proper European Bison is, as I recall, hugely expensive. I don't actually even know how many of them there are, but there must be enough for an annual cull of some description. People on here will know.

 

[TH4]

Hunted them in Poland quite a few years back, but it wasn't cheap.

 

[mchughcb]

I guess the local hunters will gave to stop extincting them first.

 

[mchughcb]

Germany’s 'first wild bison in 250 years’ shot by authorities - The Local

 

[goathunter1]

I wonder if the Bison in the photograph are proper European Bison?

 

[Hunt-Inter]

I wonder if the Bison in the photograph are proper European Bison?

They look it

 

[Hunt-Inter]

I see wild bison just migrated to Germany. How much will it cost to hunt them if they try again?

Gold medal Wisent are worth 12-18K

 

[levigsp]

So I am fortunate to have both the European and N American Bison, the European animals are hunted annually in a number of countries now, but again I was fortunate to get mine from the area where they survived the longest before wild extinction and where they were first reintroduced.
They are fantastic to see in the wild and a lot bigger than you think when close up.

 

[N.F.W.M]

I wonder if the Bison in the photograph are proper European Bison?

Yes they are

 

[Jagare]

Sweden has just sent a dozen or so to Russia to repopulate a national park. After WW2 there were few Visent left in the wild and to repopulate, Visent were sent from Sweden. All Visent in Sweden are in enclosed area's.

 

[mereside]

I was on a driven hunt a few weeks ago and one Hunter was showing me pictures of the bison in his region but they are protected and not to be hunted as numbers are low,Atb Wayne

 

[mchughcb]

Sounds like a release in scotland could do wonders for tourism.

 

[Hunt-Inter]

There’s some there already!

 

[Whitebeard]

I wonder if the Bison in the photograph are proper European Bison?

It has an ear tag so is it farmed or are all wild bison in Europe tagged as due course

 

[N.F.W.M]

It has an ear tag so is it farmed or are all wild bison in Europe tagged as due course

There is a flourishing captive breeding program for European bison, several establishments in the UK are involved, they don't need to be farmed to have ear tags!

 

[levigsp]

Not often I show people photos of the sanctum of madness but thought it wouldn't hurt in this case.

 

[stalker.308]

View attachment 91350Not often I show people photos of the sanctum of madness but thought it wouldn't hurt in this case.

fantastic looking trophies, very well mounted too. Is that a lions nose just poking into view on the right?

 

[levigsp]

fantastic looking trophies, very well mounted too. Is that a lions nose just poking into view on the right?

Indeed it is, well spotted.