Volunteers may be allowed to bison meat home with them after making their kills.
The Arizona Fish and Game Department posted on its Facebook page: “The National Park Service has a problem with an overpopulation of bison damaging resources on the Grand Canyon's north rim.
“The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has a simple, cost-effective solution to address it: licensed hunters.”
Many welcomed the plane but not all. Facebook user Vyto Starinskas wrote: “Arizona Game and Fish Department you call it a hunt. But don't the hunters just walk up to the bison and shoot them? Isn't this a slaughter?”