What is the "greenest" or most progressive liberal city/town in Alaska? (Ester: buying, living in)

[Floyd_Davidson]

Originally Posted by naturesdreams

no gas (or very little) or costly shipping/transportation spent in shooting and processing your own meat...

Sounds nice... but the fact is that it takes a lot of gasoline to put meat on the table. It also takes a lot of time, and is extremely hard work that requires both talent and experience. Or, being successful at it does... playing at it does not.

[akpls]

Originally Posted by naturesdreams

Yes I'm with you freezen... but gathering your own food and firewood is "green"... no plastic pre-wrapping comes with that... very organic actually... no gas (or very little) or costly shipping/transportation spent in shooting and processing your own meat...

What? Are you cutting wood by hand? Chainsaws requires gas and oil. And most hunters in AK would disagree about not needing gas....4-wheelers, boats, snowmachines, airplanes......not exactly "green!"

[bortstc37]

i have only ever hunted on foot.

[Frostnip]

I wait for the animals to come up near my back porch

[Floyd_Davidson]

Originally Posted by bortstc37

i have only ever hunted on foot.

And if you don't catch anything... you eat store bought food.

It's wonderful to be able to play at subsistence (I did a lot of that myself). But if store bought food is not an alternative, the level of success required is significantly higher and much harder to attain.

[Metlakatla]

Subsistence fishing is pretty important to a lot of the people here. Not only is it much healthier food but it's some of the best tasting food in the world--you'd pay a hundred bucks a plate for some of the average meals on the island during sockeye season. All you really need for sockeye is a skiff (or a friend with one), and if the elders are not able to get their own, they can have someone else do it for them.

[naturesdreams]

Originally Posted by Floyd_Davidson

Sounds nice... but the fact is that it takes a lot of gasoline to put meat on the table. It also takes a lot of time, and is extremely hard work that requires both talent and experience. Or, being successful at it does... playing at it does not.

The people that I am thinking of are very efficient at hunting and a great amount of talent. All their meat comes from their hunts and the savings is tremendous... in fact one of them donates a lot of their meat to food pantries since they are one of a few that can and are approved. WIN WIN because here in Wisconsin, the deer are way over populated and the land is having a hard time supporting their numbers.

You are correct though.. for just the sport... a lot of money does get spent doesn't it??...

[naturesdreams]

Originally Posted by akpls

What? Are you cutting wood by hand? Chainsaws requires gas and oil. And most hunters in AK would disagree about not needing gas....4-wheelers, boats, snowmachines, airplanes......not exactly "green!"

Yes chainsaws do need gas... I've cut a lot of wood with one tank of gas though... hunting requires a lot of walking.. yes gas to get you to the area but come on... much greener then styrofoam and plastic wrapped meat by gosh... LOL .... YES and the taste difference... hmmm.. this is making me hungry

[Annie Metal]

Thanks for the suggestions everybody, sound like some neat places.


P.S. Please---Stop trolling with your hunting crap please.

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by freezengirl

Ray is pretty tough and isn't letting his house fire get the best of him. His family is safe, his dog is safe and he still has his sense of humor!

Thanks you, young lady