Whale hunting? What the hell?
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:11: :11: SURE it does - on new pavement in the sun? This summer was exceptionally hot and we only got temps in the 80's - but that was being measured in the shade...Seabear70:
Here is a link for record high temps in Alaska.
You sure about that? On the Alaska Peninsula? Are we talking about the same thing? I said reindeer, you said "boo," which most likely means you're talking about caribou? Anyhow, I thought reindeer were imported and first introduced in the 1890's, though much farther north? There are still caribou in the Aleutians. There are still a couple of Native-managed herds up North. I could be wrong, but I'll do some checking and report back later. I just can't imagine most cattle would do very well on the tundra.....wildcard:
Don't know about the Alaska peninsula specifically, but being farther south, I could see it supporting cattle. Kodiak still has some pretty good sized beef cattle ranches, AFAIK. There are also some in the Delta Junction, Kenai Peninsula and Matanuska Valley areas, though most of the cattle in those regions are dairy.
Here is an article that outlines some of the early reindeer history in AK. The article ends before the story does, though. Reindeer have made a comeback and reindeer meat is actually commercially raised and packaged right here in Alaska!!
Seabear70
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Snowbear:
Hey, I'm just repeating what I've been told. I can't say as I've ever experienced it.
Reindeer and caribou are one in the same, just reindeer are domesticated. The alaskan penn is the aleutian chain, if Im not mistaken. I could be wrong, it happened once before 
....The kenai penn once was home to 30,000 cattle, down to about 6000 now. Had a friend who raised bison there too.
....The kenai penn once was home to 30,000 cattle, down to about 6000 now. Had a friend who raised bison there too.
KOMPRESSOR
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OK guys, have you looked into the eyes of a 6 months old calf? Pretty sweet, huh!?
-Not a good argument for eating just veggies the rest of your life, is it...
A whale lives happily all his life until killed. A pig or cattle is stamping around in its own **** their whole lives.
Now which kind of life would you like your food to have before you eat it? Yes, we eat whalemeat over here. We've done so for a hundred years, and as long as these whales are not in any way to be extinct, who are you to say what we should eat?
I'm pretty discusted by peanut butter and jelly. But you go ahead and eat it
-Not a good argument for eating just veggies the rest of your life, is it...
A whale lives happily all his life until killed. A pig or cattle is stamping around in its own **** their whole lives.
Now which kind of life would you like your food to have before you eat it? Yes, we eat whalemeat over here. We've done so for a hundred years, and as long as these whales are not in any way to be extinct, who are you to say what we should eat?
I'm pretty discusted by peanut butter and jelly. But you go ahead and eat it
can a mod please merge this thread with http://www.scubaboard.com/t85013-.html
