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Happy 4th. We've been having bears in Pitka's Point and Saint Mary's too. I think it's because no subsistence fishing is going on, no fish carcasses and guts for the bears to eat.
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #9
[Re: trapper ron]
#7313214 07/25/2105:40 AM07/25/2105:40 AM
We overloaded an undersized boat that was underpowered. But dang if we didn't have a good time! Kids played in the dirt and water, we cooked moose over the fire, and made tie dye shirts. A blast was had by all!
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #9
[Re: trapper ron]
#7313346 07/25/2111:01 AM07/25/2111:01 AM
My shot gun looks like yours but not quite as beat up. I bought it in the 90s and then the lead shot ban and the barrel blew up. Got a new barrel but it a left handed shot gun so the barrel had to go back. Finally got it good about 2 years. been a reliable partner ever since. The stock has started coming loose recently though. might have to get a new shot gun in a year or 4.
Muskrat. That gun is put together from two old broken guns. Been using it myself for over 30 years. Shoots nice when I can aim it properly.
Swan can be tough plucking. The old ladies here will smear some Crisco around their wrist so the bugs cant climb up their arms and have at it.
Most will be skinned though including mine. (pretty tough skinning too) In the old days the skin would be hung to dry and then the oil scraped off with a spoon and eaten. A few still do it.
The meat is dried a lot. I pressure cook mine, turns out great. Swan neck and legs are the bomb.
Muskrat. That gun is put together from two old broken guns. Been using it myself for over 30 years. Shoots nice when I can aim it properly.
Swan can be tough plucking. The old ladies here will smear some Crisco around their wrist so the bugs cant climb up their arms and have at it.
Most will be skinned though including mine. (pretty tough skinning too) In the old days the skin would be hung to dry and then the oil scraped off with a spoon and eaten. A few still do it.
The meat is dried a lot. I pressure cook mine, turns out great. Swan neck and legs are the bomb.
what is interesting is when the beaver felting market collapsed around 1830 . HBC turned to trading of dried swan skins and wing feathers. Which was used for ladies powder puffs for the whitening powder tack ( with high levels of arsenic) which nearly whipped out the Trumpeters. If I recall some 100,000+ skins a years moved over to England There is some yellow lours below the eyes so it is a Whislting or Tundra swan
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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #9
[Re: trapper ron]
#7349528 09/07/2104:40 AM09/07/2104:40 AM
I was 12 feet from a swan yesterday when I went cranberry picking. Should have shot would have made sauce out of the berries to eat with it. You going to be posting any pictures of swan supper? Hows the cranberries in Alaska this year? lots in the Great White North. When you going moose hunting?