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How do each of you define edible meat. The regulations state that you must salvage all "edible" meat from the animal. If it is rutty, spoiled, bloodshot, parasites, infections, etc. Is this edible? This might open pandaoras box, and raise a few eyebrows, but how do you think about not salvaging an entire animal for any of these reasons? Is rutty and acceptable reason for determining whether or not it is edible? I certainly know first hand, that you cannot eat a bull caribou that was in hard rut, when it was killed. I also saw a bull moose with his hindquarters ripped up badly, skin hanging and obviuosly severely infected. If we had not seen it before we opted not to shoot, I honestly don't know what we would have done with the meat.  

Message Thread:

• wanton waste...but legal! homerdave Oct 19 2005
  • no closure AkHunter45 Oct 20 2005
    • Covering the Taste? Hutchinator Oct 20 2005
      • no can do Hutch... fullkurl Oct 20 2005
  • rut dates TradBow Oct 20 2005
    • Biologist input? Michael Strahan Oct 20 2005
  • rutted TradBow Oct 20 2005
  • That's a Pretty Slippery Slope We're Treading..... mdhunter Oct 20 2005
    • Judgement calls... Michael Strahan Oct 20 2005
  • waste of meat/seasons northway Oct 20 2005
    • 25-15 martentrapper Oct 20 2005
  • Edible (Definition????) Akres Oct 19 2005
    • It's defined in the Hunting Regulations... Michael Strahan Oct 20 2005
  • Salvage bradb1169 Oct 19 2005
    • wasteful? fullkurl Oct 20 2005
    • Rutted caribou AkHunter45 Oct 19 2005
  • Strongly agree! Michael Strahan Oct 19 2005
  • Horny Caribou PatrickH Oct 19 2005
    • close the rut................?on unit 17 martentrapper Oct 19 2005
      • correction/ season closed dates Byron_Lamb Oct 24 2005
    • already done over here! Byron_Lamb Oct 19 2005
      • education is key bushrat Oct 19 2005