littlewheelinback wrote:I bet in Alaska there are 100 illegal hunts for every arrest of this type.

born2flyak wrote:These are Yupik/Athabascan natives (not the caucasians that claim native Alaskan status because they were born and raised here, usually in the city) who only a few generations ago they did what they had to, when they had to, without any regulations. I wouldn't report that at all. I don't endorse it either, and I am a Yupik Eskimo.
Seeing an airplane being used in this manner fries my @ss. If you're affording the airplane to do something like this, you can probably go without moose for a year if you can't hunt it like any law-abiding citizen...just my opinion.

Emory Bored wrote: I married into a family that has, as it's patriarch, a man named Holger "Jorgy" Jorgenson.
EB

Emory Bored wrote:

born2flyak wrote:These are Yupik/Athabascan natives (not the caucasians that claim native Alaskan status because they were born and raised here, usually in the city) who only a few generations ago they did what they had to, when they had to, without any regulations. I wouldn't report that at all. I don't endorse it either, and I am a Yupik Eskimo.
Seeing an airplane being used in this manner fries my @ss. If you're affording the airplane to do something like this, you can probably go without moose for a year if you can't hunt it like any law-abiding citizen...just my opinion.

I'll never forget the line delivered to me by a friend of mine from Ruby, (born there, raised there, genuine Athabascan), when I was explaining to him just how "Native" I was because of some tenuous association with Ute and Cherokee folks out here in the lower 48. He said "Emory, I know I got some white blood in me, but I just can't prove it!". That changed my perspective. I married into a family that has, as it's patriarch, a man named Holger "Jorgy" Jorgenson. You probably know him, or have at least heard of him. I learned much on this topic from him as well. I am simply not equipped to understand this sort of theft. That's what it is. The theft of a resource held in common with your friends and neighbors. Moose are not the brightest of animals and can be easily taken advantage of by rapacious humans with laser rangefinders, airplanes, river boats, and jobs come Monday morning. They don't need me beating up on them that's for sure, though I dearly love fresh moose liver. And, don't get me started on Halibut "derbies". "Hey let's go kill all the breeding stock dudes!" Thanks for your post.

Be carful eating too much moose liver and kidneys especially if you are a smoker. Cadmium levels can get too high.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736645
EB

Emory Bored wrote:

born2flyak wrote: I'll never forget the line delivered to me by a friend of mine from Ruby, (born there, raised there, genuine Athabascan), when I was explaining to him just how "Native" I was because of some tenuous association with Ute and Cherokee folks out here in the lower 48. He said "Emory, I know I got some white blood in me, but I just can't prove it!". That changed my perspective. I married into a family that has, as it's patriarch, a man named Holger "Jorgy" Jorgenson. You probably know him, or have at least heard of him. I learned much on this topic from him as well. I am simply not equipped to understand this sort of theft. That's what it is. The theft of a resource held in common with your friends and neighbors. Moose are not the brightest of animals and can be easily taken advantage of by rapacious humans with laser rangefinders, airplanes, river boats, and jobs come Monday morning. They don't need me beating up on them that's for sure, though I dearly love fresh moose liver. And, don't get me started on Halibut "derbies". "Hey let's go kill all the breeding stock dudes!" Thanks for your post.

Be carful eating too much moose liver and kidneys especially if you are a smoker. Cadmium levels can get too high.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15736645
EB