Hunting Seal in the Summer
- Publisher
- Nunavut Arctic College
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2024
- Subjects
- Hunting, Outdoor Skills, Marine Life, Indigenous Studies
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781897568989
- Publish Date
- Jun 2024
- List Price
- $23.99
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Description
Hunting Seal in the Summer is a guide to hunting one of the most important game animals for Inuit. Advice is given for summertime seal hunting from a boat, including practical information on preparing for the hunt, ensuring boat safety, different kinds of seal and where to find them, skinning the animal, preserving the meat, and safe firearm operation. It also includes information about traditional Inuit hunting beliefs and taboos, and reflections on how to keep the seal population stable and healthy. The book is paired with a link to an online video that contains actual hunting footage and interviews with hunters, Elders, and wildlife officers. An English / Inuktitut tumble.
About the author
William Flaherty est un agent de conservation de la faune et un chasseur passionné qui fait régulièrement du bénévolat pour le service de recherche et de sauvetage d’Iqaluit. Il est l’auteur de L’ours blanc, dans la série Animaux illustrés. Il habite à Iqaluit, au Nunavut.