alaskan', I'm glad you're taking care of that fine old hound in his golden years. I bet he has some stories of his own.
I Peed A Little Bit
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In Colorado what you eat is 2nd rate elk, sir! Afognak Island Roosevelt Elk, now that's good elk. Bigger bodied, but significantly tougher to harvest than Elk in the lower 48. The combination of remoteness, weather, terrain, and high densities of the world's largest bears make it one of the hardest hunts I've ever participated in.
You can ask @BarrelProof about the bear presence on that particular chain of islands. If I recall correctly, he had to introduce a sow to his lightning stick and bury some of his underwear on Kodiak a while back.
The only way you truly appreciate elk is having the elk roast sit in a crockpot on the counter for days while your aunt works you till you're not sure who you are anymore. Every day you have a little bit of the roast and wonder how much longer you can take it. She says "it's ok because it's game meat." That means it can't make you sick she says. Then you are skinning an elk and you puncture a cyst and it soaks your head...it smells the same.
Ten years later you finally throw away the shoes you wore while working with her...they smell the same ten years later as they did when the elk cyst soaked you and them...
It sounds like a bad poem but that was my life when I worked as a wild game processing guy.
Ten years later you finally throw away the shoes you wore while working with her...they smell the same ten years later as they did when the elk cyst soaked you and them...
It sounds like a bad poem but that was my life when I worked as a wild game processing guy.
I should have said, that's why I hate the taste of elk to this day. I'm one of those weirdos that prefers deer, pounded flat, breaded and pan fried.
The way mom always made caribou. Good stuff.
Had caribou once the same way with my cousin in Sweden. Tastes pretty darn good.
As long as it's not a rutty bull, yes. Nothing deteriorates like caribou in the rut. Had some that was damn near inedible.
Didn't have a chance to do the hunting with them sadly. I can say though that the rut can make a huge difference in meat taste. Not so much as a bad shot and a run though.
This. I've seen some shockingly poor handling of meat in the field up here. It kills me.
They are responsible for much more harmful human interaction up here than any other animal, including bears. They can both kill you quite rapidly, but moose have become desensitized to humans around populated areas which results in much more opportunity to get stomped.
I've heard we do still get Mountain Lions on the Alberta Prairies, but to my knowledge they don't wander very far from the waterways, I've never seen any sign of predators larger than a coyote.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I have no idea if you can eat a bear, but I've just noticed this & I'm delighted to report that it is possible to smoke a bear! Black Forest Bear Tobacco Pipe | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363313857800
Hahaha. Interestingly enough, I’m in the process of planning out my second meerschaum commission. It will be a bear.
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