alvardoeddie
FNG
I really hope this does not turn into a trend!
This stinks. I hope that this mess clears up before the fall.
Back to bear hunting.....I won a Kodiak tag for spring 2021. I would prefer a deferred season to having an increase in seasonal pressure. If I'm being greedy then I'd say put the 2020 winners to 2022 and don't hold another drawing. That potentially puts me in a great position for a super hunt in Spring of 2021 with a one year pause in harvest.
I considered another option....extending the season and allotting time slots like they do for Delta Bison for 2021.
Another option would be allowing Spring 20 winners an option of fall 20 tags...
Well said! I’m a glass half full kind of guy. The freezers are full, the family is healthy and spring is but a couple weeks away. This will all pass by fall and business as usual. Stay safe out there!Sourdough......All due respect sir. It sounds like your experiencing some anxiety at this time.
I will continue to hunt. Alaskans will still continue to thrive and make way under changing conditions.
It's capitalism still. Folks with means will take advantage and emerge sound. Other will leave our great state and enjoy social benefits of the lower 48. Some will perish, and I don't type that without remorse.
And.....Bears will emerge from hibernation. I just want to know what my legal options are for participating in a historically well managed bear hunt on Kodiak. If that falls apart then I'll load my skiff within cruising distance and go skin a SE bear and the tides will continue to shift! Stay safe and healthy my hunting friends.
Sourdough......All due respect sir. It sounds like your experiencing some anxiety at this time.
Sourdough......All due respect sir. It sounds like your experiencing some anxiety at this time.
I will continue to hunt. Alaskans will still continue to thrive and make way under changing conditions.
It's capitalism still. Folks with means will take advantage and emerge sound. Other will leave our great state and enjoy social benefits of the lower 48. Some will perish, and I don't type that without remorse.
And.....Bears will emerge from hibernation. I just want to know what my legal options are for participating in a historically well managed bear hunt on Kodiak. If that falls apart then I'll load my skiff within cruising distance and go skin a SE bear and the tides will continue to shift! Stay safe and healthy my hunting friends.
The restrictions were lifted for residents.Hi Just an FNG opinion w a little Alaska experience.
I think the bear hunt restrictions will be lifted for the residents- I hope so!
If they are not, even if they are with the already shortened season, the far reaching impact will be on the moose and caribou populations.
AK F&G has been challenged for decades with managing these populations, especially the moose. Deer populations on Kodiak will also be severely affected.
Predation management has been an issue for many decades.
We will see what the fallout will be, but it may be many years before we actually know.
IMHO,
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The restrictions were lifted for residents.
It’s going to be the ok. You can stop for fuel. Get out and enjoy it. YOLO.That is true.......However many-many don't seem to fully understand the travel restrictions. You go from your residence to the hunt location........no stopping in any town, village, community, city.
Example: From Los'Anchorage to Windy Creek off the Denali Hwy. You do not stop in Willow, Wasilla, Cantwell, Buzzard Gulch (Eagle River). You stop in no community or town. In theory people would take all the fuel needed for the entire roundtrip. No stopping for fuel, beer, burgers, Twinkies.
Which begs the question.......how exactly are people going to float the Six Mile Creek......??? If they can't retrieve their raft in downtown Sunrise, Alaska.....??? Actually they can't even stop on the river in Sunrise, they would have to float clear to Turnagain Arm. Then paddle their way clear to Los'Anchorage on Turnagain Arm.
It’s going to be the ok. You can stop for fuel. Get out and enjoy it. YOLO.