Did I find a bison skull?

[Neckbone]

I think it is…

 

[Pony Soldier]

Looks like beef

 

[BuckSmasher]

Looks like bison, general area, state?

 

[30338]

I'd say yes.

 

[COJoe]

That is a really cool find. It looks heavy!

 

[Neckbone]

Looks like bison, general area, state?

Salt River range in Western Wyoming. Per Google they were extirpated from the area in the late 1800s

 

[Neckbone]

That is a really cool find. It looks heavy!

After washing it as good as I could I shipped it home. Weighs 14lb cleanish. Was heavier with all the dirt in it. Lol

 

[TaperPin]

Cool. Yep, that looks like a Buffalo. I don’t know the local history, but many Wyoming ranches have had a few Buffalo over the years. It’s also close enough to Yellowstone that a park Buffalo wanting to stretch his legs and go on a walk about could have gotten there on his own. I bet the local old timers could tell you stories of old man Jenkins and the Buffalo he kept as a pet back in the 1960s.

 

[Billy Goat]

The eye sockets look bison, but maybe without the rest of the skull it looks like they come out further than they actually do.

The holes above the eyes I thought were more an indication of bovine, but might be wrong.

Im currently thinking beefalo

 

[ckleeves]

I have never seen a cattle skull with that large and flat of a forehead vs the length of skull. Looks bison to me. Cool find!

 

[butcherboy]

I’d say buffalo. I see lots and lots of beef skulls and they are not that wide.

 

[rcb2000]

Very cool