Chancy,
I feel the same as you. I'm sorry I can't help more. I was doing some research on this myself a few years back, and the $$ were just out of the question for me at the time. I do, though, remember reading that Canada has a "woods bison" that is a very close "cousin" and allows some type of free range hunting. Don't recall all the details, but I do know I was leaning toward that if the time ever came.
Good luck with this, and if you locate anything, please post back, as I know there are many of us who would be interested.
Hugh