From page 22 ADF&G
Meat Salvage
Wanton waste of big game meat is an extremely serious offense
punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and 1 year in jail.
You must salvage all the edible meat of bison, caribou, Dall sheep,
deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, muskox, and spring black bear, for
which seasons and bag limits exist.
You must salvage either the hide or meat of Alaska hare (in Units 9,
18, 22, and 23), beaver, pika, and ground squirrel; for small game
birds, the breast meat must be salvaged, except for geese, cranes,
and swans; for these you must salvage the meat of the breast, back,
legs, thighs, and wings. Additional salvage requirements for Copper
Basin Community Subsistence Harvest hunts exist, see the CSH hunt
conditions
online at
http://hunt.alaska.gov.You must salvage meat unless it has been stolen, taken, or destroyed
by a wild animal, lost to unanticipated weather conditions or other
acts of God, or transferred to someone who accepts responsibility for
salvaging and removing the meat from the field.
Big game meat you must salvage (excluding bear) includes:
• all of the neck meat;
• all of the chest meat (brisket);
• all of the meat of the ribs;
• front quarters as far as the distal joint of the radius-ulna (knee);
• hindquarters as far as the distal joint of the tibia-fibula (hock);
• all of the meat along the backbone between the front and
hindquarters (backstraps and tenderloins).
When the salvage of bear meat is required, you must salvage
the meat of the front quarters and hindquarters and meat along
the backbone (backstraps). When the salvage of brown bear meat is
required under a subsistence permit, you must also salvage all of the
meat of the neck, brisket and ribs (see bear information, pages 24-27).
The meat is required to be salvaged first, and bear hides and skulls
(when required to be salvaged) may be transported simultaneously
with the last load of meat.
You are not required to salvage the meat of the head, guts, bones,
sinew, and meat left on the bones after close trimming, or meat that
has been damaged and made inedible by the bullet or arrow. These
portions of the animal may be left in the field because they are not
included in the definition of edible meat that must be salvaged.
Hide Salvage
You must salvage the hide of a wolf, wolverine, coyote, fox, or lynx.
You must salvage either the hide or meat of Alaska hare (in Units 9, 18,
22, and 23), beaver, pika, and ground squirrel.
You must salvage the entire hide (including claws attached) and skull
of a brown/grizzly bear unless it was taken in (and not removed from)
one of the subsistence hunt areas under a subsistence Registration
permit (see page 25). Salvage requirements for black bear are listed
on page 24.
Antler/Horn Salvage
In hunts with antler/horn restrictions, antlers/horns must be salvaged
and may not be altered unless required by permit conditions. Antlers
must remain naturally attached to the unbroken/uncut skull plate if the
required number of brow tines aren’t present.
In big game hunts with antler/horn restrictions, you may only possess
or transport the animal if both antlers/horns accompany the last load
of meat.
Evidence of Sex
Hides of brown bears taken in all units, and of black bears taken in
Units 1-7, 14A, 14C, 15-17, and 20B must have the penis sheath or
vaginal orifice naturally attached during transport or until sealed (see
pages 24-27).
If you kill a big game animal (other than a sheep) where the bag limit is
restricted to one sex, you must keep enough of the sex organs (penis,
scrotum, testicles, udder, teats, vaginal orifice) naturally attached to
part of a hind quarter to show the sex of the animal, until the animal is
processed for human consumption. Antlers are not proof of sex, except
for deer when the antlers are naturally attached to the entire carcass
with or without the viscera.
Horns are evidence of sex for Dall sheep, and they must be kept with
sheep meat until it is processed for human consumption. Horns may
be transported simultaneously with the final load of meat.
It’s not just four quarters...
If you take a moose, caribou,
sheep, mountain goat, wild
reindeer, deer, elk, bison,
muskox, or subsistence brown
bear, you must salvage:
• all of the neck meat;
• all of the chest meat (brisket);
• all of the meat of the ribs;
• front quarters to the knee;
• hindquarters to the hock;
• all of the meat along the backbone (backstraps and tenderloins).
hock
hindquarters
front
quarters
chest (brisket)
knee
neck
ribs
Do you know how much meat the law requires
you to take?
http://hunt.alaska.gov 2020-2021 Alaska Hunting Regulations 23
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