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The episode explores the technique of buffalo hunting from a stand as Josiah Wright Mooar and Jim White approach a massive herd.

Send us Fan Mail Before sunrise, Josiah Wright Mooar sets out with Jim White to learn the technique of buffalo hunting from a stand. Moving six miles out, they locate a massive herd, utilizing the cover of sandhills and a riverbank to approach the animals while the skinners wait with a freight wagon nearby. As the buffalo draw close, Jim criticizes the animals' lack of intelligence and explains their tendency to stampede blindly. He then demonstrates how to set up a tripod shooting stand for ...

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Hosts: Michael King, Brad Smalley

Topics covered

• buffalo hunting
• technique
• wildlife
• historical methods
• outdoor skills

Keywords

• buffalo
• hunting
• sandhills
• riverbank
• tripod shooting stand

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