Really, I didn't know that.
Even if wildlife comes into your yard ?
Especially if the wildlife comes into your yard.
Does that include bird seed in bird houses ?
Since the law does not exempt bird-feeders, yes. However, I am not aware of any place that enforces the law in regard to bird-feeders. Bears already come onto people properties to search through their trash, if it isn't secured properly. Why would anyone want to encourage that behavior?
Oh, and if you plant any kind of fruit tree in Alaska, you had better erect a 10 foot wall around it or it won't be there following year. Moose absolutely love fruit trees, and will eat them until only the stumps remain.
In Alaska whenever there is a problem with the wildlife, we relocate the tourist causing the problem.
I was told by a family member in Minnesota (where there a huge mosquito problem) that some people keep bats by building a bat house. Apparently a bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes a night.
If it was a 4.25" wide English Cricket bat, I could believe that. We have a few mosquitoes in Alaska as well. Our mosquitoes, however, are incapable of transmitting diseases. You can't get malaria, West Nile virus, or even heart-worms in pets, from the Alaskan Snow Mosquito. It has glycol in its circulatory system instead of water. It prevents the mosquito from freezing when temperatures drop below freezing, but it also prevents them from carrying any diseases.
A tree chair is literally a chair for "hunters" to fasten half way up a tree trunk and shoot any game that takes the bait.
Rivers Edge Lounger Tree Seat | DICK'S Sporting Goods
Okay, that is what I thought but I wasn't sure. Since it is illegal to bait or feed the wildlife in Alaska I have no problem with anyone sitting in a tree waiting for game to come by. It shows they have enough knowledge to know where and approximately when the game will be arriving. It is really no different than me sitting on a log or rock waiting for the forest to return to normal after I disturbed it.
You can even get radio controlled rifles so you don't even have to be there and there are companies that collect your kills, butcher it and bring the cut meat to your door.
In August when caribou season begins, I call the Park Rangers stationed at Paxson and ask them how far away the herd is from the highway. When they are close enough, I drive the ~3 hours to where the caribou are located. Hike approximately a kilometer from the highway and wait. I'm usually afforded my choice of between 20 or 30 caribou, sometimes more.
Taking the shot is the easy part. After the critter drops the real work begins. I have cleaned game in other states, but in Alaska there is a real sense of urgency. You have at most one hour to clean your kill and get it out of the field before the other predators start showing up. Alaska law prohibits hunters from defending their kill. A dressed caribou will yield about 150 pounds of meat, and unless you are Arnold Schwarzenegger, you are not hauling that out in one trip. Which means you have to leave part of your game by itself, unprotected. That is when the other predators move in.
It is also why I only hunt moose with a partner. A dressed moose will yield 900+ pounds of meat.
And the SIG P226 or is that just the US Army ?
I honestly don't know what the Army uses.
