On Sunday, I stopped by an Alaskan Fur Rondy tradition: the Horn and Hide Auction. Volunteer auctioneers from the Alaska Trappers' Association, in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game auctioned off furs and horns confiscated from illegal hunting and collected from road killed animals.
Lynx pelts displayed before the auction.
Volunteer auctioneers at the Fur Rondy Horn and Hide Auction.
A bidder holds up his ticket number to place a bid at the auction.
A volunteer brings over moose antlers to be bid upon by the crowd. Many bidders were artisans who will use the horns for carving and other commercial resale purposes.
