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salvage part ll
Posted by twodux on Dec 08 2005
The reason bears and other predators are exempted from salvege rules is that the meat is considered unedible. Probably because they contain more parasites in general than cloven hoofed animals, as much as taste. Black bear isn't bad at all, in fact the tastiest hamburger I ever ate was a 50-50 mix of moose and blackbear. In Chignik, they subsistance hunt for Brown Bears. Anything is edible if you're hungry enough. I've personally tried porquipine and beaver and seal and didn't really care for any of them, but there are people who do.
I have no problem with someone killing a bear or other preditor and salvaging the hide. Altho I might make an exception to that for black bear. But when it comes to moose and sheep and goats and deer and caribou, I would consider their primary use as a food animal. There are thousands of hunters trying to harvest them to fill their freezers. It's not fair to them for someone to kill an animal for the head and leave the meat. It takes a chance away from someone who would love to use the meat. And I'd be willing to bet that the big percentage of hunters who would leave the meat would be non-residents who didn't want to pay to ship the meat home, costing resident hunters harvest opportunities. Think of how many more customers guides could take on if they didn't have to put out the effort to salvage meat. I can't see how a no salvage rule could in any way help resident meat hunters.
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