Canadian wood bison trophies are again importable to the United States! The US Fish & Wildlife Service has officially downlisted Canadian wood bison from Endangered to Threatened, making them importable with CITES Appendix II export permits from Canadian authorities. We sent out an
Email Extra bulletin with the breaking news on May 4. The downlisting, in effect June 4, is the result of a 12-year battle by John J. Jackson, III, of Conservation Force, with support from a number of conservation organizations. You can read more about that in this issue of
Conservation Force Bulletin, included with your
Hunting Report newsletter, and in the Email Extra bulletin. Now that US hunters can import Canadian wood bison, we think it's appropriate to cover this unique hunting opportunity. The majority of the available wood bison hunting is in Canada's Yukon Territory, and while there are several operators with very limited quotas, most of the hunting available is with one outfitter. So, consider this the skinny on a re-emerging opportunity!
We first reported on wood bison hunts in 2001 (Article ID
813), when Canadian Correspondent Ken Nowicki mentioned that Tim Mervyn of
Mervyn's Yukon Outfitting (867-633-6188) had been allocated a quota for these animals. We recently contacted Mervyn to get the latest on what he has to offer. Here's what he told us....
