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    Bulletin for AK Bear injuries and deaths

    You like math? Then enjoy the data in this bulletin published today by the AK Dept of Epidemiology. http://www.epi.alaska.gov/bulletins/docs/rr2019_02.pdf TL;DR = bears injure quite a few of people, but don't kill many of them.
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    Hemal Nodes

    If the photo is not visible, let me know, and I'll try another way to get it posted. When cleaning both of the cow elk my dad and I harvested in Idaho in October, we noticed that they both had "stuff" along their spine. Mine was a younger cow, about three years old, and the growths were dense...
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    Ryan Miller and Hook

    The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian Scroll down to the bottom to see one of Ryan's photos of Hook the moose. I've seen this moose once in velvet three years ago when he was "little".
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    Black Bears in the News

    By now, most folks should be aware that last weekend there were two fatalities due to black bears here in AK. First was a teenage boy running in a mountain race. He appeared to be chased down and killed. The bear was still on the body when responders made it up the mountain and using Find My...
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    Baked breakfast cookie

    Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies (gluten free, clean eating) - Leelalicious Someone saw this and thought it was too similar to my sweat potato bark. It's not. I have made pumpkin bark before, which was ok, but not as fulfilling as the sweat potato bark. If you want to make your own cliff bars, this...
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    Zinke in Alaska

    New interior secretary says he's ready to share federal management duties with Alaska Natives - Alaska Dispatch News "As his whirlwind tour of Alaska begins winding down, the nation's new interior secretary said on Tuesday he would work to give Alaska Natives more opportunities to take over...
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    Rancher vs Elk in OR

    Wallowa man arrested, charged with poaching after 25 elk carcasses found | OregonLive.com There is a lot going on in this situation. Not quite sure what to make of it all.
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    Wolverine!

    Kjempar for livet nar jerven angrip - Natur Cool stuff in Scandinavia. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Lamzac Hangout

    https://www.fatboy.com/lamzac-hangout I've used an air filled stuff sack as a pillow before, but this is just stupid...stupid brilliant.
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    Gas Stations....

    When you are flying down I-15 and looking at your gas gauge wondering about its level as well as your bladder level, and you wonder how much farther till the next Flying J. Then, a sign shows up for gas at the next exit and it appears to be off the road some, so you just pull off. Which causes...
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    Article on wet cold survival tech

    Found this article in my news feed a while ago. It has to do with clothing but also brings up sleep systems. Having lived in AK for a few decades I have had a few opportunities to be cold and wet. There are a few recent threads about condensation and what not so this seems like an appropriate...
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    Go Lite reborn...by BA?

    Saw an ad for a BA Yahmonite 5, searched for it and found this thread. http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=106702
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    A Moose Hunters Dilemma

    This lucky guy gets drawn for an any bull permit in a pretty easy to get to area in the interior. Early in the spring a few buddies say they would love to go and try for a harvest ticket moose with me even though the likely hood of finding a legal harvest ticket moose is much lower than a...
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    Split Dall Horns

    Attended Joe Want's sheep seminar at the SCI banquet this last weekend. Remembered to take a few photos. Joe said that the numbers didn't have anthing to do with the age of the sheep, but every horn that I held the number and age matched. Here is a 6 year old right at full curl by the spiral...
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    Moose Hunting Horror Story

    Saw this a while a back and looked for additional info to confirm stuff. Nothing appears in various legal databases, but...the Troopers leave stuff out of those on larger more serious cases. However, I would be very surpised that the guide in question does not get wanton waste citations, since...
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    Bear vs deer

    .http://youtu.be/pdM9YOYrcbs
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    Bear vs electro deer

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    Alaska based Paleo inspired dried meal source

    A local Alaska girl is starting up her paleo based dried food business for backcountry eaters. Like all things paleo it's spendy. Thats why I make my own paleo based dried foods. Her website: http://www.heatherschoice.com/ Short article on her and the business...
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    Over in the Yukon

    Through my personal issues with duck hunting and boat building I have become aquainted with a school teacher over in Whitehorse through a small duck boat building forum. Well, its sheep season over there and we still have a couple days here in AK. Mike has posted up two threads about local kids...
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    Digiscope adapter TG2 to Vortex Viper HD 65mm 15x-45x

    It turns out that the rubber eye piece of a Vortex Viper HD eyepiece is just a smidgen less than the ID of a 1 1/2" ABS end cap. Once shoved all the way over the rubber eye cup the ABS fitting is pretty snug. It also turns out that the OD of the 1 1/2" ABS end cap fitting is just larger than...

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