We had some smoked clams while on the dream hunt last week and old Bears Butt wondered how in the heck do they harvest clams.  Now we had baby clams on the hunt and they were pretty dang tasty.  They were also in a can and they were smoked.  So, for sure some commercial outfit got them and processed them.  In no way do I think they send out a few thousand people with bent fork tools to hand dig clams, but they must have some sort of quick way to gather a bunch of them up.

But, more important in my research are the folks that go about getting a hold of clams for personal use.  I found this video to be the most informative, even though I did watch some that had some real characters in them.

This video takes place in Alaska, but I saw videos from nearly every state that comes in contact with an ocean and some with inland fresh water clams being gathered up.  I know that Willard Bay has clams in it, but how to gather them up might be a trick.

Hunting is hunting to me and this looks like it would be a great hunting trip.  Maybe I’ll put it on my bucket list.

This guy not only shows you how to collect them but also how to cook them up.  I think with a few beers that would be some really good eating!

Bears Butt

Dec. 5, 2012