Announcement: Winter Elk Kill Field Trip

Those of you who plan to participate in the winter elk kill field trip for extra credit will need to arrange a time to meet either before or after class next week. We have enough pledges to make the trip a reality. In fact, we already have a total of $600.00 from two contributors safely in the bank. (If for some reason you can no longer keep your pledge, please say so immediately!)

To receive full credit, participants must document their roles in this group experiment. We are in the process of currently making arrangements with the Coeur d'Alene Elk Company to buy an animal that I expect the participants to properly kill, field dress, help transport, butcher, and freeze in packages.

To move foreward, we now need (1) a volunteer marksman or markswoman (2) and at least two skinners to take charge of field dressing at the farm: no experience required. I'm currently searching the internet for videos suitable for classroom use. So far, I have located only one unsuitable two-part video, which I rate X for language: Field Dressing an Elk Part 1 Featuring Slamfire69 and Whyglock and Field Dressing an Elk Part 2 Featuring Slamfire69 and Whyglock. These are both relatively short, informative, and reliable (but full of cursing) and demonstrate two novice hunters doing a reasonably good job of caring for their kill in the field.

To learn a little more about elk, click on the photo above.