kcedar

The guy with the shrimp lives in Alaska, USA. He has not been to England or anywhere in Europe, nor is he a famous American; so his appearance must be simply similar to someone else you have seen.

Our 2011 bear hunt in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA:

The caribou we all shot were all harvested with the meat in mind. In fact, in Alaska, it is required that all salvageable meat be removed from an animal before the antlers or hide can be removed from the field. With our two caribou we ended up with about 140 lbs of burger, sausage and steaks. Caribou is excellant table fare. We will certainly have full stomachs as we weather the harsh winter here in our igloos.

Here is my wife's first caribou:

A trip to the Kustatan river in Alaska:

A recent hunt for Alaskan coastal brown bear:

I am in infrequent poster so I don't know all of the board's rules, but it appears my previous topic was "closed"? A couple of observations and follow up comments: 1. In Prince William Sound, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game requires that hunters salvage the meat from black bears up until June 1st. The black bear hunting season remains open until June 10, but meat is not required to be salvaged. 2. My experience is that the meat from the bears, even before June 1st, is best made into sausage, but even steak or roasts are not too bad. 3. I am glad to see my English mates have done a good job debating the pros and cons of bear hunting. I do find it distasteful to shoot any animal solely for trophy purposes and try hard to eat what I shoot. Some of the anti hunting posts, however, did make me chuckle and understand the loss of the hunting tradition in England; if I recall correctly didn't you even loose your hundreds year old tradition of fox hunting? I guess the more people you get, the more likely you are to get those who want to foist their morals on others. I am glad Alaska only has about 650,000 people, we have time yet. So why was my original post "closed"?

Here is my wife's first coastal black bear:

For some of the old world chaps:

And tight lines to you Barry!

Very good looking fish Dan. Good luck next week. Actually, Barry, the conventional wisdom is that anything over 50 lbs should be thrown back for a couple reasons. The first is that the size correlates to spawning. The second is that the bigger fish apparently do not taste as good. We kept that big one because it was the biggest of the year and I wanted to test the "bigger doesn't taste as good" theory and have a nice clip to end the video this year. Very true that many of the rookies didn't know how to gaff (hence the sarcastic comment in the video) or to use a different rod, but may people only go sea fishing once in their lifetime so some latitude is ok. Any anti's who care to comment can be referred to our moose hunting, gun toting female governor and soon to be vice president . Hope your day tomorrow is better, mate.

Here are some of our 2008 Halibut and Ling Cod fish for you Old Worlders:

I agree, but you should see the truly shoulder to shoulder fishing for king salmon on Ship creek in Anchorage, Alaska. When the kings come in many Alaskans head to the rivers to catch them and there are very few secret places anymore. To get any solitude for kings you really need to fly out; many people choose not to because the fishing is good even where it is crowded and a fly out trip is expensive.

Here are some king salmon from the Nilnilchick river in Alaska:

So there seems to be a question in the US whether the Iditarod is a sport for the dogs or for the mushers. So far this year, 3 dogs have died during the race. One was hit by a snowmobile, one got pneumonia and I didn't hear yet what happened to the third. So what do you think, a sport for the dogs or for the musher?