Post by: shag on June 14, 2009, 01:10:01 PM
Thanks
Post by: billythekidrock on June 14, 2009, 01:17:41 PM
Post by: boneaddict on June 14, 2009, 01:19:21 PM
Post by: shag on June 14, 2009, 01:44:27 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on June 14, 2009, 01:55:03 PM
Gamie: "Uh, excuse me sir. You only have one tag but you have 4 backstraps. Care to explain?".
:chuckle:
Post by: bucklucky on June 14, 2009, 03:53:24 PM
Post by: bobcat on June 14, 2009, 04:09:56 PM
Post by: bucklucky on June 14, 2009, 04:12:11 PM
Post by: bobcat on June 14, 2009, 04:14:02 PM
It would be nice if game wardens would go after actual poachers instead of picking on the easy targets.
Post by: bucklucky on June 14, 2009, 04:16:54 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on June 14, 2009, 04:37:14 PM
That would be a stupid thing for game wardens to waste their time on. If somebody doesn't get all the meat off an animal it's their loss. Why should the state care? It's not like somebody is going to leave meat in the woods on purpose!
Ever find a dead animal in a nasty spot with only the hindquarters and backstrap taken? Lots of meat is wasted every year by hunters who are only out for horns or hides as well as guys that get one down in a tough area.
Post by: bobcat on June 14, 2009, 04:40:39 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on June 14, 2009, 04:58:36 PM
Post by: bobcat on June 14, 2009, 05:07:34 PM
I had another thought. What about all those animals you hear about, especially the ones shot by archery hunters, that they leave out there all night and go back in the morning to follow the blood trail to the animal. Depending on the temperature, in many cases much of the meat on animal left ungutted on the ground all night, is not going to be any good. Or, some or all of it could have been eaten by a bear, or coyotes. Could a warden ticket someone for having a head and little or no meat to go along with it?
Post by: bucklucky on June 14, 2009, 05:09:24 PM
Post by: tonymoe on June 14, 2009, 07:36:16 PM
Post by: tonymoe on June 14, 2009, 07:59:20 PM
Post by: tonymoe on June 14, 2009, 08:03:20 PM
I think a lot of times it is honestly so funny how some people write down screw them it's my rights blah blah. If you sit back and think about it for a while and instead ask your self why. Alaska is another state that does not weigh their meat but they are very knowledgable and knows what kind of meat you should have for what kind of animal and I have been checked numerous times to see if I had the approximate amonut of meat. I have even had to take a game warden about 6 miles cross country to show him my moose carcus to prove I got as much meat as possible off. Too bad he was a new guy and did not know the area that well I am sure he will always remember our walk through the swamp.
Here is why they do as they do as told to me by a Game Warden in Alaska, as for a hunter like me or yourself we believe in taking out all meat to feed our families. A lot of these hunters that fly in to Alaska, Idaho or wherever else they do not care about the meat, They are after horns and hide only. Do you honestly think that Agnew gave a rats a$$ about the meat off that elk he took last year???? I don't. I think it is a good system in place. If you sit back and think about it. Just my :twocents:
I don't personally know what your saying, but I have read a few articles on how the locals get pissed off at the rich *censored*s that fly in to alaska, shoot a giant and just expect the locals to take the meat. It ends up becoming a frantic time with people trying to find folks to take meat
Post by: bow4elk on June 14, 2009, 08:18:34 PM
I guess they hit the fly in camps the hardest that are on the runways. ! gammie sat there and watched a guy bone out his deer, kept telling him there better not be a scrap of meat left on those bones.
In Alaska, this is true. They are hardcore about taking every edible scrap of meat, included all rib meat, neck meat up to the jaw, etc. They will check carcasses. It's a general rule to take before and after photos of your animal as it lay when you approached, during the boning out process, and the carcass (from several angles) after you're done, preferably with you in them. Seems nuts to me but they've had problems in the past and I don't blame them for cracking down on it.
Post by: actionshooter on June 14, 2009, 10:15:56 PM
In parts of Alaska you have to pack out quarters BONE-IN, that can be a major bitch!!
With those experiences I've had, I'm still in favor of wastage laws. Its unfortunate they are needed, but scumbags DO waste meat.
Post by: whacker1 on June 15, 2009, 09:56:28 AM
Post by: boneaddict on June 15, 2009, 10:01:55 AM
Post by: actionshooter on June 15, 2009, 10:58:55 AM
You use the word quarters Loosely. :) The hams on my bull Bone in were 180 each.In the unit I was in, the bone in law was required for moose also. I never did figure out how you would do that :dunno:
I was hunting caribou= much easier :chuckle:
Post by: NRA4LIFE on June 15, 2009, 11:12:10 AM