I have seen old photos of large mounds of bison skulls and bones, what was the value of the bones? Just curious
That's where the market hunters butchered bison. The elk bone piles--elk were actually killed off first--in some cases are as big as the bison bone piles. The market hunting of elk is not as well documented as bison because elk were killed for their meat and hides earlier. The bone piles are mostly found in northeastern Arkansas,, eastern Missouri and eastern Iowa. The part of the article that suggests market hunting didn't play a role in their demise ignores that evidence.
