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Whales in the Mackenzie River #8168583 07/08/24 07:53 PM 07/08/24 07:53 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,952 Northwest Territories M muskrat411 OP trapper
muskrat411 OP trapper M Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,952 Northwest Territories	My son just sent me a picture. They got 2 whales in the Mackenzie River. While that I'm in Yellowknife. Be home tomorrow.

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8168705 07/09/24 12:39 AM 07/09/24 12:39 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,672 Moved to Fbks, Ak. M martentrapper trapper
martentrapper trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,672 Moved to Fbks, Ak.	Fresh muktuk waiting for you!

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8169490 07/09/24 11:05 PM 07/09/24 11:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,387 Mt. g smith trapper
g smith trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,387 Mt.	Is that a normal occurrence? Shoot them in the head ? 243 Winchester ? Good for you and family ! You can ride a fast horse slow but you can't ride a slow horse fast .

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8171160 07/12/24 09:20 AM 07/12/24 09:20 AM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,952 Northwest Territories M muskrat411 OP trapper
muskrat411 OP trapper M Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,952 Northwest Territories	Whales in the delta are becoming more normal. Seems to be a pod or to every year now. These ones were early. It's usually late summer when they show up.

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8172923 07/14/24 09:57 AM 07/14/24 09:57 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 425 fairbanks,ak. isnarewolves trapper
isnarewolves trapper Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 425 fairbanks,ak.	Originally Posted by muskrat411 Whales in the delta are becoming more normal. Seems to be a pod or to every year now. These ones were early. It's usually late summer when they show up. I did not hear you say it was because of climate change. Life is hard. It's even harder if your stupid!

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: isnarewolves] #8173902 07/15/24 04:36 PM 07/15/24 04:36 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,952 Northwest Territories M muskrat411 OP trapper
muskrat411 OP trapper M Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,952 Northwest Territories	I have no idea if it's from climate change. It may be just because we don't have barges like we used to and a lot of freight is brought over in smaller boats on a more regular basis. So there is more opportunities for people to see them. But the lack of barges could be from low water which could be from climate change. It's a vicious circle.

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8175282 07/16/24 10:50 PM 07/16/24 10:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,754 SW Alaska otterman trapper
otterman trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,754 SW Alaska	Yum love them things We get out of life only as much as we really want and work hard enough to achieve

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8175620 07/17/24 12:29 PM 07/17/24 12:29 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 3,427 NWT Ryan McLeod trapper
Ryan McLeod trapper Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 3,427 NWT	Whales seem to come into the delta after a storm surge. I Wouldnt be surprised if a few get stuck in landlocked lakes as well once the water drops. If you take care of the land the land will take care of you

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8178611 07/21/24 03:02 PM 07/21/24 03:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,517 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,517 Manitoba	had a good talk with a whale bio from DFO, Winnipeg about this, glad you are harvesting some. Worked at a old oat mill 5 story high that had 300+ feet of 12 inch wide leather made at the turn of the century, most of it's leather was from Belugas made back in the day. The replaced cow leather was always where it separated. The two leathers smelt different when sanded so you could tell.

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8178896 07/21/24 11:44 PM 07/21/24 11:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,672 Moved to Fbks, Ak. M martentrapper trapper
martentrapper trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,672 Moved to Fbks, Ak.	I'm having a hard time figuring how you would get leather from whale skin. It's just not the same as land mammal skin. Google says "beluga leather" comes from a French calf. Last edited by martentrapper; 07/21/24 11:49 PM.

Re: Whales in the Mackenzie River [Re: muskrat411] #8178968 07/22/24 07:24 AM 07/22/24 07:24 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,517 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 8,517 Manitoba	Thanks martentrapper , I could only imagine how many calves went into making that belt and it was thick as your pinky.

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