Be cheaper to feed them Crisco, lol

Be a fast, slick trail

When I lived in Fairbanks I sold gutted beaver carcasses to a dog musher. They paid me $10 for a large and $5 for a small. I grade them out and met the guy, when he graded them he had more large then I did. He paid cash and said don't call anyone else. I will take all you get. So I never called anyone else, I was happy.

i watched em feed em fish

Fish and beaver is common among the mushers, but fish or high calorie dog food is used the most.

White that is interesting they won't eat salmon raw or frozen, why???

I don't know Snowy. They WILL eat it but they puke it right back up. You have to dry it or cook it before they can keep it down

Anyone know of a daily progress charted map to follow the race at? I have seen them in the past years and checked into the site and followed their progress. I can't seem to find a site to that this year.

"The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has 33 mushers participating.
This number is tied with 2023 as an all-time low, with the largest field ever being 96 mushers in 2008."

I think they are seeing hard times.

LOL

Thanks White, learn something every day.

Thanks I will check it out.

Go to Iditarod.com, then go to the Insider page. If you get a subscription for $40 you will be able to see the GPS trackers each team is carrying.

Also if you check Iditarod.com you should be able to find race updates as they come in.

Will they just run a shorter course due to moving the start point or will they change the course to keep the same distance as they normally do?

Bryce

It's actually a little longer than normal

By 100 miles!

Most of the teams are in between Manley and Tanana. They have completed about 140-150 miles of the race.

I'm going to disagree that beaver was often used as dog food. After the war, beaver trapping was either closed or restricted. When I arrived in 1978, all beaver had to be tagged and all management units had bag limits. 20 to 30 was the norm. Beaver carcasses were in short supply. Sure, mushers wanted them and payed a good price, but they couldn't get that many.
When I trapped in the Ruby area I could haul my carcasses to Ruby in the years the race went thru there. 15 to 20 bucks a carcass. Top mushers carried cash to buy beaver.
Not enough trappers around now.
Mushers also wanted green whitefish. I remember Dave Monsen had a business buying beaver in the lower 48 for a while. Sold it in bags.