‘Hide and Horn Auction’ is Feb. 23

ANCHORAGE — More than 60 black and brown bear hides, more than 60 sets of moose antlers, caribou racks, several sets of Dall sheep horns and a few miscellaneous furs — including lynx, beaver and river otter — will be auctioned at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s annual Hide and Horn Auction at noon, Feb. 23 during the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous. The sale will take place in the buttress area at Third Avenue and E Street in Anchorage.

More antlers and hides than usual were received this year at the department’s Anchorage office when several outlying Fish and Game offices and Alaska State Trooper posts happened to simultaneously clean out and ship inventories collected over the past two or three years.

Hides and horns sold at the auction are salvaged from road kills, defense-of-life-or-property incidents and seizures by Alaska Wildlife Troopers during investigations. Items are sold to ensure they are not wasted and proceeds are applied against costs accrued in processing, preserving, shipping and handling.

Items for bid will be placed out for viewing about three hours before the auction begins.

Prospective buyers must register at the auction site the morning of the auction. Methods of payment are cash, MasterCard or Visa.

For more information, contact Jim Holmes at (907) 267-2849.