What caliber for Bison?

See Spot.
See Spot run.
Run, Spot, run.

And your point? Truth be told, I wouldn't be surprised to learn you were reading Melville in pre-K.

 

I thought the Weldon Stone ref was a big enough hint, but it is obscure for sure, Ishmael.

I had a large group of colleagues over for dinner last week. They somehow got around to asking what my Dad had done for a living. When I told them he taught rhetoric, they about busted a gut. Of course, my Mom (at 87 y.o.) is still a working bench editor...

Back OT: The plains are nothing like they were during the early 19th Century, and so comparing Bison populations now to then is folly.
Now back to your regular gun programming.

 

Not bison.

 

I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.

 

Bring something small and lightweight to hit the plates, then use your short barrel .500 S&W magnum pistol for the actual hunting.

 

Phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.

 

S&W 460

 

It's just a freakin hairy cow, and there's a ton of ranch butchers that put them down with a .22.

 

Then I'll give you $20 to milk one.

 

Cow or bull?

 

That or either a Tau cannon or a Gluon gun. Choose "medium", "well done" or "pulled bison sammich"

 

WAY too small when there is a .500 option.

 

Here is what the State of Alaska requires for Bison.

1. Rifle/handgun: must fire a 200 grain or larger bullet, which retains at least 2000 foot-pounds of energy at 100 yards. A .30-06 with a 220 grain bullet is about the minimal weapon that meets this specification.

We do know about killing stuff up here. I like my Ruger 375 and it is good for moose and bigger.

 

Moose (Mooses? Meese? Meeses?), those things make me more nervous than bears.

Where do you aim with one of those, the triangle?

 

How big do you think the vitals area is on a bison? You don't have to be Chris Kyle to hit them on a bison at 200 yards. 8" radius is sufficient. I'm guessing you don't hunt.

 

They got them crazy eyes! Ya don't know what their next move is gonna be. Bastards are plumb crazy

 

Yeap, a buddy of mine from kollege hit one with a jeep grand cherokee. After it got back up it was pissed off. That moose f@cked up that car 5 ways to sunday.

 

Eh, I'll stick with a 454 for my hand cannon.

 

That's beside the point. My point is you're shooting an animal to kill it, not to wound and/or maim.

 

Like I said. And, like I thought.