Bucket list.....

[noharleyyet]

I bet it is an awesome mount. I’m not up to date on all the legalities but I have a pretty good skull mount collection and a big walrus would freak people out!

I'd like one for my office...would be a heckuva conversation piece.

 

[utah400elk]

I would love an Alaskan moose. However, I am really afraid my back could not take that now and a guided hunt…too much money.

 

[glass eye]

I'd like one for my office...would be a heckuva conversation piece.
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I had a lengthy conversation with AK DFG about this and yes it is legal to collect dead heads on the beach. Obviously you can’t kill them. However, a fossilized specimen of any species is illegal to collect. Makes no sense.

 

[noharleyyet]

I had a lengthy conversation with AK DFG about this and yes it is legal to collect dead heads on the beach. Obviously you can’t kill them. However, a fossilized specimen of any species is illegal to collect. Makes no sense.

Any good repro sources?

 

[glass eye]

Any good repro sources?

I’ve had reproductions on my eBay watch list for years waiting for a good deal. They typically run about $1,200 + shipping.
Whenever a previously owned one would turn up it would sell in auction not much cheaper than a new one.
Finally a new one turned up for cheap at a Buy it Now price that was just under $200 including shipping from Australia.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Any good repro sources?

Skulls Unlimited has one it looks like. Not cheap though.

 

[44hunter45]

I had a lengthy conversation with AK DFG about this and yes it is legal to collect dead heads on the beach. Obviously you can’t kill them. However, a fossilized specimen of any species is illegal to collect. Makes no sense.

Interesting - There were posters on the wall of the Bethel, AK airport terminal warning non-natives not to remove any ivory found in the wild. I haven't been through Bethel since 2019.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Interesting - There were posters on the wall of the Bethel, AK airport terminal warning non-natives not to remove any ivory found in the wild. I haven't been through Bethel since 2019.

There are you tube videos of guys flying the beaches looking for skulls, then landing and picking them up.

 

[44hunter45]

There are you tube videos of guys flying the beaches looking for skulls, then landing and picking them up.

Not disagreeing - Just saying what I saw. Lots of agencies in play?
Maybe it has to do with being on native corporation lands? Those signs would only apply to the local Kuskokwim River delta

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Not disagreeing - Just saying what I saw. Lots of agencies in play?
Maybe it has to do with being on native corporation lands? Those signs would only apply to the local Kuskokwim River delta

Yeah I'm not sure what the requirements are. Looks likes USFWS has permits for it though.

 

[glass eye]

Can I keep this skull I found?, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Alaska Wildlife News is an online magazine published by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

www.adfg.alaska.gov

 

[noharleyyet]

I’ve had reproductions on my eBay watch list for years waiting for a good deal. They typically run about $1,200 + shipping.
Whenever a previously owned one would turn up it would sell in auction not much cheaper than a new one.
Finally a new one turned up for cheap at a Buy it Now price that was just under $200 including shipping from Australia.

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Tell me about the glass floats please....

 

[glass eye]

Tell me about the glass floats please....

In the past Japanese used glass fishing floats and for decades they have floated around the Pacific and the currents deposit most of them along the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands.
On Izembek Refuge I found an amber colored float which you don't see very often, and on St. Paul Island we found some of the common blueish/sea green colored floats.

 

[noharleyyet]

I’ve had reproductions on my eBay watch list for years waiting for a good deal. They typically run about $1,200 + shipping.
Whenever a previously owned one would turn up it would sell in auction not much cheaper than a new one.
Finally a new one turned up for cheap at a Buy it Now price that was just under $200 including shipping from Australia.

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...dang near perfect presentation glass eye

 

[SaskHunter]

Just a reminder that dreams do come true.

10 days in the Yukon backcountry and ticked another animal off my actual dream hunt list. Just got back from hunting the only public DIY caribou hunt available to me as Canadian non-resident.

Already planning the next trip up there!

 

[jdf]

Dall sheep for me..

 

[ForkyFreak]

New Zealand Tahr

 

[Barrels4miles]

Well, I just got certified for hunting so getting a turkey this fall would be awesome. But if I’m successful I would love to find a place to take down an elk.

 

[Wolfshead]

My bucket list would include (and in this order)
Elk (back country hunt - CO, MT, WY, or UT for example)
Moose (AK or Canada)
Bison (American Buffalo)
Most likely won’t happen because of my age and finances, but a guy can dream!