Troopers remind hunters of harvesting obligations after reports of animals wasted near Nome

By

Ava White, KNOM – Nome

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July 11, 2023

Alaska Wildlife Troopers are urging hunters across the state not to illegally waste meat from their kills this season, after online reports of unharvested animals in the Nome area.

Hunting is one of thelargest subsistence activitiesin Northwest Alaska. Fishing, hunting and trapping all require proper licensing, and have many rules and regulations. When it comes to subsistence hunting, one of them is “Field to Freezer” — the process of hunting an animal and harvesting all of the animal.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game saysthat under state law, all edible meat must be salvaged from big game animals except brown bears, wolves and wolverines. Any furbearer must be harvested.

Dylan Brooks, a wildlife trooper in Bethel, said one…