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Ryan
I've shot 2 mountain Grizzly's in British Columbia back in the 90's ,1 in the spring and 1 in the fall, yes most people shoot this type of trophy for the hides only, However I don't kill anything that I don't consume! I made North country sausage and had a couple of the hamssmoked at Mt. View meats. The sausage was great and hams were good. If you were to see worms in the meat of course you should not eat it.It's tough to kill something, skin it and leave the meat even though it does not get wasted. Good luck on your draw! Nice to have relatives in AK.
Quote from: JWBINX on December 10, 2017, 08:09:15 AMI've shot 2 mountain Grizzly's in British Columbia back in the 90's ,1 in the spring and 1 in the fall, yes most people shoot this type of trophy for the hides only, However I don't kill anything that I don't consume! I made North country sausage and had a couple of the hamssmoked at Mt. View meats. The sausage was great and hams were good. If you were to see worms in the meat of course you should not eat it.It's tough to kill something, skin it and leave the meat even though it does not get wasted. Good luck on your draw! Nice to have relatives in AK.This is the kinda reply I was hoping for thank you. Just submitted last night for the draw and will find out in February if drawn. Crazy easy to apply and fairly inexpensive $185 to buy a hunting license and apply for two draw hunts ( I put in for really long shot Moose hunt as well) if drawn the Bear tag is $1000 though.
Quote from: RB on December 10, 2017, 10:19:34 AMQuote from: JWBINX on December 10, 2017, 08:09:15 AMI've shot 2 mountain Grizzly's in British Columbia back in the 90's ,1 in the spring and 1 in the fall, yes most people shoot this type of trophy for the hides only, However I don't kill anything that I don't consume! I made North country sausage and had a couple of the hamssmoked at Mt. View meats. The sausage was great and hams were good. If you were to see worms in the meat of course you should not eat it.It's tough to kill something, skin it and leave the meat even though it does not get wasted. Good luck on your draw! Nice to have relatives in AK.This is the kinda reply I was hoping for thank you. Just submitted last night for the draw and will find out in February if drawn. Crazy easy to apply and fairly inexpensive $185 to buy a hunting license and apply for two draw hunts ( I put in for really long shot Moose hunt as well) if drawn the Bear tag is $1000 though.Goodluck, but the real expense comes when you have to hire the guide after being drawn. They know they have a captive audience
If fish and game doesn't require you to take the meat there is a reason I've tried it several times and it has never been good. Awesome hunt! Put aside an additional 3k for your rug
Quote from: TeacherMan on December 11, 2017, 12:02:08 PMIf fish and game doesn't require you to take the meat there is a reason I've tried it several times and it has never been good. Awesome hunt! Put aside an additional 3k for your rug Thank you for the reply was hoping those that have had it would chime in, and yes the rug will not be cheap Really impressed how easy it was to apply and how many times a guy can apply for the same hunt.
Quote from: RB on December 11, 2017, 12:49:59 PMQuote from: TeacherMan on December 11, 2017, 12:02:08 PMIf fish and game doesn't require you to take the meat there is a reason I've tried it several times and it has never been good. Awesome hunt! Put aside an additional 3k for your rug Thank you for the reply was hoping those that have had it would chime in, and yes the rug will not be cheap Really impressed how easy it was to apply and how many times a guy can apply for the same hunt.6x the fun 6x the money thats how AK works lol... If you put in for a SE tag start making your plans now
I lived in Sitka a number of years and killed two of my own brown bears and was on a few other hunts, before and after the kill. I ate parts of at least 5 different bears killed in both spring and fall on fish streams. None that I ate was worse than some rutty bucks I have eaten, and some was downright good. I have had the same experience with black bears up there. I think the turned up noses to bear meat stems from mainly here say (so-an-so says bear meat is bad so it must be) and a general dislike of the idea of wild omnivore and carnivore meat by most people. Save the meat unless there is a good reason not to. To clarify, spring brown bear is recommended to be saved and you have to retain spring black bear in most areas. Only fall bears are exempted from salvage. I like that AK lays out in the regs what is mandatory to be salvaged. It really kind of disappointed me about the ambiguity of what needs salvaged in WA and that in ID only the main muscles needed salvaged. Can’t remember about the AK squirrels and marmot regs, but you can shoot cormorants and crows as long as you keep some feathers.