JACKSON, Wyo. — A bison known as “Old Lonesome” stands to break an 82-year-old record after a hunter killed it in western Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest.
The bison’s horns measured 32 inches from tip to tip and 18 and 19 inches individually, giving the animal a hunting score of 140-2/8. The previous record, a bison killed in Yellowstone National Park in 1925, scored 136-4/8. For the record to become official, the bison’s head will need to dry for 60 days.
E.D. Riekens Jr., of Cheyenne, shot the bison near Spread Creek on Sept. 18.
“When I saw this guy, it was like I was looking at a dinosaur or a mammoth,” Riekens said. “This guy was just so different and massive and huge. There was no question about whether I would hold off. It just had to be done.”
Riekens said he killed Old Lonesome with one bullet.
