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Totally agree. However my Tlingit friends in southeast watch seals inhale then pop the top of their head off with their varmint rifles . Usually the seal doesn't sink. Also, Southeast tribes tend to take great pride in being good marksmen. I also have heard about nupiaks blazing away into a herd. By far too many reputable people to doubt it. They do the same with all animals. Including marine mammals. I'm a meat hunter that likes and apreciates a good trophy . But, animals deserve to be shut off like a switch. Most all the cheechako shows are best left unwatched. People that wonder about Alaska should just come on up and go out and experience it. Preferably on their own. Phil Shoemaker : "I went to a .30-06 on a fine old Mauser action. That worked successfully for a few years until a wounded, vindictive brown bear taught me that precise bullet placement is not always possible in thick alders, at spitting distances and when time is measured in split seconds. Lucky to come out of that lesson alive, I decided to look for a more suitable rifle." | |||
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Trying to determine which is more realistic the TV shows about Alaska and its residents reality TV. Or the comments on this thread made about them and the TV Show. Like they say Walk a Mile in Their Shoes. I have hunted there many times it's tough. So my comment in conclusion is before spouting out negative ideas and comments go to Alaska live the life. I know personally there are some guys posting here that are very good friends of these residents and probably don't appreciate comments made about them. Think a little first. | |||
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"Honor" has nothing to do with it. It is subsistence hunting. "Collecting oil payments" - right now, $1,000 per person, which is valuable cash money for villages with few jobs. Not that I have spent time in the villages, but no one is rich or even comfortable by your standards. Subsistence hunting is a completely different "animal" from your experience. No one in life is innocent, but they are putting meat on the table in a place where money, jobs, and supermarket food are rare. Believe me, plenty of Alaskans curse the poachers who hide behind Native subsistence, but anyone living a subsistence lifestyle in the villages and in the bush earn their pay. Your version of "hunting" is not theirs. Your dismissal of their means of subsistence is not far different from the jerks hounding a young man in Gambell: https://www.adn.com/alaska-lif...kills-bowhead-whale/ Dave | |||
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Never mind. I didn't read this. Clearly it's just politics, then. Wish I had a bush plane with floats and skis, and a place on the Kenai, PA, and Fla. You know, like all the folks living in the villages who have those. And it's "moot", not "mute". I'll stay mute from here on. Cheers. Dave | |||
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It is pretty sad that so many humans have gotten so far away from nature that they fail to understand the role hunting plays for many people the world over. Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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I was just on the ALASKA hunting forum and Hailstone made a couple of posts his handle is strangerinastrangeland NRA Life Member, ILL Rifle Assoc Life Member, Navy | |||
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In the AR Alaskan hunting forum? Don't see anything. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum | |||
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I was going to ask the same thing. Maybe he means the "Alaskaoutdoors.com" forum? Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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