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.