Jeremy P said
Looks like a temporary front sight or muzzle protector to me.
  

Getting close…..😁

Anthony said
It sure looks like some sort of cover that might snap on a magazine tube to close or block an opening port on the tube for shells! IMHO!
 
Tony
  

Not quite, but good guess Tony.  Anyone else?

Tony

kevindpm61 said
Wow! That's a lot of bear meat. Did you render any of the fat?
  

No fat was rendered. My son and his buddy turned in over 300 pounds of meat to be made into sausage, hot dogs, hunter sticks, etc. In the zone we were hunting along the Yukon River, you’re required to salvage either the skull and hide, the meat, or both. We took it all out. However, some of the hides were rubbed badly (not my two bears!). Our river boat wouldn’t get on step with all of those bears, gear, and ourselves. The plan morphed into leaving me behind with all of the gear while my son and his friend made the three hour one-way trek back to the launch site. But good fortune intervened and a single boat on that mighty river was flagged down as it passed by. They had room for myself and the gear, eliminating the need for the “boys” to return later to retrieve me. I got them to agree to next year to only shoot one bear apiece. We’ll see if that stands the test of time. I’m thinking next year I need to use one of my Winchesters. But the Remington model 81 in 35 Rem is a classic black bear combo. Since I had never killed anything with it, I have it some time in the woods.