Learn More About the Mammoth Hunt Weekend Coming Up

• First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park is holding a Mammoth Hunt Weekend in August for two consecutive days
• The event will feature traditional skills that were used in ancient times to hunt and forage for food
• Hands on displays with atlatl, bow and arrow, tomahawks and more will be available for the public to experience

Learn More About the Mammoth Hunt Weekend Coming Up

No, there are not any wooly mammoths that will be harmed for this event.  But there will be man-made targets that may feel what it was like to live in ancient times.

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If the thought of what it might take to bring down an animal to feed you and your family using only a stick, the annual Mammoth Hunt Weekend will make you feel like your right at home.  Before night vision goggles and gunpowder.

First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park Hosting Event Near Great Falls

Just outside of Great Falls, Montana is the First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park.  The park is "one of the largest buffalo jump sites in the country and possibly the largest ever discovered in North America".  The area has also been designated a National Historic Landmark.

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The State Park Service says the jump area predates Lewis and Clark:

Native peoples used this site for at least a thousand years before Lewis and Clark passed through here. The bison jump site consists of a mile long sandstone cliff; there are remnants of drive lines on top of the cliff and there are up to 18 ft. of compacted buffalo remains below the cliff.

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Mammoth Hunt Set to Bring to Life Ancient Hunting Weapons and More

The park is hosting the Mammoth Hunt Weekend on August 9 and 10, 2025, at the park located at 342 Ulm -Vaughn Rd. in Ulm, MT.  Hours for the hunt are 10am to 4pm each day.  The venue will also have a food truck with traditional Indian Tacos available for purchase.

Featured events during the two-day Mammoth Hunt Weekend include:

• Primitive bows and arrows
• Atlatl with Jim Ray
• Tomahawk throwing
• Flint Knapping

Other traditional skills will be offered for the public to partake in for each of the days.  More information is available about the event here.