I think they got a dollar a kill, which was a lot of money back then, but they went through many months without a dime until they could find a migrating herd. And all they had to do was kill them, there was a whole nuther crew that skinned them.Quote from oldtime:
yes, there are similar stories from professional buffalo hunters here in North America.
The way it worked was, you had a 50 caliber set up on a tripod and an assistant to pour water to keep if from getting too hot.
And that's how we went from having a virtually unlimited food supply to food stamps.
