Umingmak(muskox) hunt coming up ...

I had musk-ox in December 2000, while up in Inuvik, NWT.

Man it WAS great! Like previously stated, almost totally fat free.
Much like a cow though or any other ungulate, some cuts were sssooo tender...others not quite as good. Thankfully the cooks thought to order as well, Arctic Char, and Caribou too!

In 2004, while there again, only scored some caribou, wrong time of year.
It was brought in via plane from Cambridge Bay (commercial herd of reindeer?)...ALL very tasty!

Steer your snowmachine clear of the Pingos! And Good Luck to you Otokiak!
 
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Good Luck Otokiak!!! Bring home some good meat and please post pictures - lots of them! What are your plans for the hide and horns?

I was lucky enough to harvest my second mx last month (a fat 1 1/2-yr old cow). The first was a lean adult cow. Both were very tasty as steak, roasts or burgers, but the second was really tender (young) and more flavourful because of the fat.
 
Tuesday March 25, 2008 I shot my 1st Umingmak ... he was a young bull with sweet horns ... and man did he taste good fried up with onions ... waiting on pics from a friend who had the camera ... shall post soon. 4 of us went and 4 of us came home with a Umingmak ... awesome!

Otokiak ... :D
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
Otokiak said:
Tuesday March 25, 2008 I shot my 1st Umingmak ... he was a young bull with sweet horns ... and man did he taste good fried up with onions ... waiting on pics from a friend who had the camera ... shall post soon. 4 of us went and 4 of us came home with a Umingmak ... awesome!

Otokiak ... :D
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
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Cool. What's an onion worth in Rankin Inlet?

Just curious. Did you eat the Liver or a particular cut?

LH
 
CONGRATS O!!! Glad the trip went well and you had a great time, really looking forward to the pics!!!

Cheers
Jay
+1, what IS an onion worth up there???
 
Here we are at the start of our trip ... we went from Rankin Inlet to Gibson Lake to 30 Mile Lake south of Baker Lake ... long trip for my 1st one ... :D

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Here is my 1st Umingmak ... a young bull ... AWESOME ... :dancingbanana: ... I shot it with my Springfield M1A .308 rifle!

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Here is Harry Ittinuar(Silu's father) with his BIG bull ... was the biggest one ... damn thing was HUUUUGE ... :eek: ... he shot it with a 6mm rifle!

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Here is Sonny Ittinuar(Silu's uncle) with his bull ... :D ... he shot it with a Ruger MKII M77 stainless in .223(down near the azz of his kill) ... awesome ... ;)

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Here is my friend Kyle(Mighty Maqaiti on the board) with his 1st Umingmak ... he shot it with my Springfield as my Norinco froze on him ... my Umingmak was just a tad bit smaller than his ... I should have taken side pics of mine ... idiot ... :redface::D

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Myself elbows deep in guts skinning/butchering my kill ... ;)

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We spotted a herd of about 30 Umingmak ... was an awesome site ... :cool:

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We ran into a couple of challengers hauling mining material from Rankin Inlet to Baker Lake on our trip ... F'N weird seeing these BIG rigs out on the land ... :wave:

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Here we are 1 lake away from home ... incredible trip ... loved every minute of it ... 2 days in a blizzard at a cabin, 5 days total in travelling and hunting ... AWESOME ... :dancingbanana:

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Hope this pics are good enough to view ... cheers my fellow CGNer's,

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. the pics don't do the animals justice as they were HUGE ... oh yeah and it's about $3-4 for an onion up here ... HAHA!
 
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Otokiak is my namesake ... still waiting on my gramps to tell me if it has meaning ... named after my great uncle ... ;)

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
:eek: Doh :eek: ... damn you dumbdawg ... :mad:;):D

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. I was named after my great uncle(granny's brother) ... still waiting on family to tell me if there is any meaning to his name ... :confused:
 
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