Agony.

[Mossyrock]

Sheer agony.  That is what makes up my life.  I have a Shiloh Sharps #1 in 45-70 and a Remington Roller in 50-70 built on an original Sporter.  Based on that, life should be grand, right?  Well, this is not the case.  You see, I have this neighbor.....  As neighbors go, he's pretty good; he takes care of his property well and minds his own business.  The only problem is that he is just on the other side of stupid-rich.  He got that way by raising prize-winning horses, beautiful animals all.  Now, do I hold that against him?  NO!  More power to him!  The American Dream realized!  No, my problem is that like many wealthy individuals, he got bored....bored with raising thoroughbred horses.  So, what does he decide to raise?  BISON!!!!!  As I sit here and type this, I have a herd of buffalo less than 200 yards from me.....and two buffalo rifles sitting here wasting away.  I wonder if he would notice if one of the younger bulls came up missing? 

[Charlie Bowdre]

I fee your pain . But sometimes a man just gotta do what a man's gotta do

Maybe he wouldn't miss just a 'little one'??
teddy

[Grogan]

Seems to me that 200 yd.s is easily within REASONABLE RANGE for either one of those calibers?!! 

[Grogan]

I don't know if your neighbor knows you have a couple of bonafide Old Tyme "Buffalo Rifles" or not?

But, you might mention that fact to him, and that if his herd ever needs any culling...

Well, just sayin! 

[Forty Rod]

Be sure to invite him to the barbeque....and me, too.

[Delmonico]

If I could make up tune lyrics it would be a Reggae for this,

I shot the buffalo, but I did not shoot the bison.

[Ace Lungger]

 :)Mossyrock, i think what I would do, is the next time one of those Buffalo's got clear out to his border line, I would drop him!
Then I would go over and do the neighborly thing, and explain to him, that it looked as if he was making his way to Freedom, and that you were merly firing off a shoot to stop him, and just the moment you squeesed off the trigger he turn on you  , and that you feel just terrible and that you would be more that happy to buy the charcoal!

I think that is the only  neighborly thing you can do!
ACE

[Charlie Bowdre]

Ace,
You sound like ya got it all planned out !!
Teddy

[Caleb Hobbs]

All jokes aside, I think it would be great to have buffalo for neighbors. We used to have horses. Now we have subdivisions. I miss the horses.

[Pitspitr]

I don't know if your neighbor knows you have a couple of bonafide Old Tyme "Buffalo Rifles" or not?

But, you might mention that fact to him, and that if his herd ever needs any culling...

That would sure be the tactic I'd take.

I'm kinda in the same boat with you except that my roller is all original and that I could throw in a few trapdoors too. My neighbor is about a mile from me and in addition to the Buff he has, he as probably around 100 fully mature bull elks.

[bear tooth billy]

I have a herd 8 miles from my house. I went with the owner to shoot my Sharp's a few years
ago and he was very impressed. So now when he wants one culled out of the herd he sells it to
me and we go harvest it. A 750 lb heifer with 45/70, A 1800 lb bull with 45/90 and a month ago
a1600 bull with a 50/90. Maybe you can approach your neighbor about doing something like this

[James Hunt]

You actually know someone who got rich off of horse flesh? Are you sure this wasn't his way of laundering his drug money? At any level my experience is that horses are this endless sinkhole of cash!!!!!



"And when I saw that truck with $1500 worth of hay role in I got so excited
I just had to kick out the side of my stall!!"

[Ransom Gaer]

I like the idea of culling the herd when necessary and you certainly have the rifles for it.  I know the location of a good barbeque grill that the buffalo will fit in, if needed.   I'm sure Joe won't mind if I borrow it.

It's all in a good cause.

Ransom Gaer