Moose hunt climbs to third highest on record
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PETERSBURG – This year’s moose hunt is the third highest harvest on record with a total of 85 animals taken from the region.
The highest record was in 2009 with 108 moose being harvested and the second was in 2011 with 88 moose taken.
Rich Lowell, Area Wildlife Biologist for Alaska Department of Fish and Game, said the majority of moose are taken during the first two weeks of the hunt, which was the case this year as well. Forty-six moose were taken during the first half of the hunt while 39 were taken during the second.
“We’re killing more moose in this hunt now than we ever have...
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