Can anyone ID this fur

Suzanne · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Can anyone ID this fur

They vary in size depending on where they live (species) up to 5 ft. shoulder height and from 240 to 700 lbs according to National Geographic. Personally I've only seen them in the 4 ft or so range and that was from northern Canada. I didn't know it but there are large ones and small ones and no, an elk is larger than a caribou and a moose is the largest of all. Don't you guys use the internet?

the things
I have to
do around
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Suz

Bushmaster · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone ID this fur

Yup...Clean house, do the dishes, cater to your man...

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Bushmaster wrote:

Well Damn Jack...Very glad to see you're still around (and alive too)... Smile

'sup there grumpy old hole snipe shipmate , aint sent me to Davey Jones Locker just yet , I stick my head in ever so often but haven't posted much ..

lesterg3 · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone ID this fur

Nuther squid.

Bushmaster · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone ID this fur

Yup...Nuther squid.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Suzanne wrote:

They vary in size depending on where they live (species) up to 5 ft. shoulder height and from 240 to 700 lbs according to National Geographic. Personally I've only seen them in the 4 ft or so range and that was from northern Canada. I didn't know it but there are large ones and small ones and no, an elk is larger than a caribou and a moose is the largest of all. Don't you guys use the internet?

LOL!

Ok that range sounds more in line with what we killed. Here was my wifes:

I'd figure it was 4.5ft at the shoulder or so and approx 450lbs on the hoof. Mature Deer here run around 325lbs or so and a cow elk is around 550 on average, so yea... between mule deer and elk in size.

The reindeer I've seen on TV do look pretty small compared to most caribou I've seen, so it certainly does seem to be alot of fluctuation in sizes.

-DallanC

Suzanne · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:45 am Post subject: Re: Can anyone ID this fur

I bet you have a great rack display at home, show some pictures sometime!

Suz

lesterg3 · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone ID this fur

Yeah, let's see some of those animal heads too.

slimjim · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone ID this fur

DallanC wrote:

Here was my wifes:

Your live in Utah, right?

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

slimjim wrote:

Your live in Utah, right?

Yep. Caribou was from a trip to Alaska in 1998. Took alot of saving to pull that trip off and I'm glad we did, it would cost 4x as much to do the same trip today.

-DallanC