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Red Dead Redemption 2 Bison Location: Hunting the Herds
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Bison move as a herd across open grassland, not from a fixed pin. Here is the terrain to search and why a scoped rifle is not optional.
Bison in this game move as herds across open ground rather than sitting at a fixed spot, so a Red Dead Redemption 2 bison location is really a terrain type you scan, not a marker you walk straight to.
Where the terrain fits
Open grassland and plains are where herds gather — wide, flat ground with grazing and few trees to block your line of sight. Wooded or mountainous terrain will not hold them.
They are a Massive-class animal
That means a scoped rifle, or a bow with improved arrows if you prefer to stay quiet. Lighter weapons will not reliably drop one clean, and a wounded bison in a herd tends to bolt everything around it.
Reading the herd
Bison stay grouped and spook together — one bad shot sends the whole herd running, which ends the hunt for anything beyond the animal you already hit. Approach from downwind, stay low, and pick the one animal you are actually taking before you fire.
After the shot
A pristine bison needs a clean single hit on a three-star animal. Anything less and the pelt is still usable for the butcher, just not for the Trapper's better outfits.