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I haven't been on for the last 2 weeks.  I've just returned from my annual 2 week float trip to stock the freezer.  My buddy and I both got a bull.  They will fill the freezers nicley.   

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Congrats!  Those are a couple of nice animals.  A moose license here in Maine is by lottery, with any hunter over 65 automatically getting a license.  According to Maine, Maine is the "moosiest" state in the lower 48, although Lyme Disease has noticeably reduced the numbers.  I've been here since May, and I still haven't seen any except by helicopter (which doesn't count to me).  I've had some good sized moose tracks in our yard a few mornings, but no sightings, yet.  ("Moose peeping" is one of the past-times around here.)  Hoping to reinvigorate my hunting skills now that I'm back in a hunter/gun friendly state.  

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We have moose cows in the yard quite often.  Very few bulls in the yard.  In this area we are allowed 5 black bears, 5 wolves, 1 bull caribou, 1 bull moose, 1 grizzly every year and 1 wolverine.  All at no extra cost to the regular hunting license.The area I go is an "any bull" area.  I'm a meat hunter not a antler hunter.

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as a younger person I hunted but little and today...I do not hunt....I only eradicate some destructive varmints occasionally..my son, like many is an avid hunter and is a different story, he keeps the freezer full of wild meat..

 

my meat department at the grocery store has no bag limit signs posted...and I never step in blood gathering it in..

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Alaska is about the only State I have yet to visit. Hope to do so some day. Do folks eat wolverine? It is my understanding that the only animal more ferocious than a wolverine is its cousin the honey badger. There is a great movie on Netflix called the honey badger that is well worth the watch.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

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We have moose cows in the yard quite often.  Very few bulls in the yard.  In this area we are allowed 5 black bears, 5 wolves, 1 bull caribou, 1 bull moose, 1 grizzly every year and 1 wolverine.  All at no extra cost to the regular hunting license.The area I go is an "any bull" area.  I'm a meat hunter not a antler hunter.

 

What do all the licenses cost to fill out that awesome bag???

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as a younger person I hunted but little and today...I do not hunt....I only eradicate some destructive varmints occasionally..my son, like many is an avid hunter and is a different story, he keeps the freezer full of wild meat..

 

my meat department at the grocery store has no bag limit signs posted...and I never step in blood gathering it in..

 

Same here. I shoot targets for fun, but I won't shoot an animal unless it's a mercy killing. I went moose hunting once & stepped in more than blood. 

But I'm in awe of the guys that will go through everything it takes to be a hunter nowadays.

 

All that red tape & effort spoils the sport for me. I was allowed to take my rifle and my bicycle and go ride off into the desert and shoot whatever the heck I wanted. Hell, as a kid I was Frank Buck (in my imagination) out in the wilderness, stalking deadly jackalope and tarantula.  :D

 

But now I don't hunt, and while I will butcher something already cleaned and dressed and packaged at costco, I don't gut anything bigger than a bass.

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No red tape in Alaska.  Buy one hunting license for $25.  I'm allowed 1 moose, 1 to 5 caribou depending upon where I would hunt, up to 5 black bears, 1 brown/grizzly bear, 5 wolves, 1 mountain goat and 3 deer.  That's just the big game. All on the regular hunting license.  Alaska is an open carry state so no permits needed for guns.  The only hassle is getting into and out of where you wish to hunt.  I've got that down to a long drive only.

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No red tape in Alaska.  Buy one hunting license for $25.  I'm allowed 1 moose, 1 to 5 caribou depending upon where I would hunt, up to 5 black bears, 1 brown/grizzly bear, 5 wolves, 1 mountain goat and 3 deer.  That's just the big game. All on the regular hunting license.  Alaska is an open carry state so no permits needed for guns.  The only hassle is getting into and out of where you wish to hunt.  I've got that down to a long drive only.

 

What if you're not a resident?

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non residents have a few more hoops to jump through for certain animals and tags are more expensive but no more red tape than residents.

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You guys don't want to go hunting deer around North Dakota or Minnesota because they have trained deer there so that they cross where the deer crossing signs are on the highway - it's a funny story... follow this link... https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/CI8UPHMzZm8?rel=0 

Maybe it's a conspiracy between the government and the insurance companies?  :confused:

 

 

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Won't be surprised to hear that there's a government study about the possibility.

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after the session the senator answered some questions from a newsie.  He said it was a joke.  Did he look like he was joking?  lol

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only after the floor erupted in laughter and fellow members were rolling on the floor holding their gut did he realize the message prepped for his delivery was just that....remember the old day of cartoons....the picture of the character with a SUCKER over top his head...blue ribbon sucker is what this guy got..

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