- Family Luncheon included with bison hunt (homemade buffalo chili with all the trimmings)
You're welcome to come to Oak City, Millard county, Utah and see our buffalo where we keep upwards of 300 bison. We have learned to keep them segregated in multiple pastures and pens out of necessity. They are gregarious animals and love to be together, however, they are extremely wild and at times very violent to the extreme of killing each other. We lose animals each year in fights. Each group has a pecking order and the bosses in each group will keep others from eating. We have learned to keep hay and grain available all the time. As a result of the availability of the feed 24 hours a day our calves grow extremely fast and are ready for harvest early.
We do not pump them up with any substances - growth steroids, drugs, hormones, or antibiotics. We feed them just hay and grains. Our bison are healthy and in prime condition. Premium animals produce premium quality meat. We are "Growers of Premium Bison" and proud of our reputation.
When you come to Oak City, Utah you will find our bison located about 3 blocks east of the church along the Oak City canyon road. Our bison bull ranch hunts take place up that same road about 3 miles at the mouth of Oak City canyon where we have a cabin sitting on the south side of the canyon road next to forest service land. We have most of the bison bull ranch hunts during the winter months and of course during the bad weather. The cabin has a rest room, kitchen facilities, a warm fireplace and many old time items that bring back pioneer memories.
When you come to harvest a buffalo bull, bring your family - many do come. If some of your group isn't interested in watching then the warmth of the cabin offers a retreat for them. After the hunt you can all gather inside and eat homemade buffalo chili and homemade bread and just relax for a while. We will do all we reasonably can to make your experience a good one. We would like you to return again and continue to enjoy the wonderful healthy meat of our premium bison during the years ahead. Our business is built upon our customers coming back again.
We help you do it all. We can arrange for most everything you may need. Bison are very large animals so we have to use a front end loader to handle them after they are down. Our small ones weigh over 1000 pounds and the larger bulls often exceed 2200 pounds. You will end up with 350 to 600 pounds of meat from your animal. If you want, we will gut you buffalo and take it to the meat processor. We can arrange for a taxidermist to be there or you can bring your own. Most people enjoy the fact that they don't have to get dirty. We understand that very well. You dictate what you want us to do.
You keep everything. When it is all settled and done you have many choices --- a beautiful shoulder mount, a European mount with the original horn caps, a robe made from the rear half of the bison hide --- you can have all of them or select what you want. And, of course, all of the meat is yours cut up and processed the way you want it done.
If you don't want the hunt and would simply prefer the meat we can provide the whole animal cut and wrapped at our government inspected meat processor. We provide it shrink wrapped, quick frozen and boxed at just $6.00 per pound for a minimum half-animal. We can customize proportions but the typical breakdown on the meat portions: 50% premium burger, 30% roasts and 20% steaks.
*Visa and Mastercard accepted with 4% premium
You're welcome to come tour our ranch and see our animals.
"From start to finish - Lake Bonneville Ranch was very accommodating.
The Bison Ranch makes it very easy to book a trip and just as easy to be satisfied with the results.
I would recommend Lambert Dutson and the Lake Buffalo Ranch to any of my friends.
I think one of the fundamentally important aspects of a hunt is the person you are hunting with -
Lambert Dunston is, without question, a professional. Over-all the trip exceeded my expectations.
I would recommend a hunt with Lambert Dutson, and will return for another hunt. " Clinton Proctor
