Wrangell’s state wildlife trooper has put together an informational meeting for moose hunters on Sunday, Sept. 7, a week before the season opens.

“Ask your questions. Don’t miss this chance to prepare for moose season,” Wildlife Trooper Alisha Seward posted on Facebook.

The meeting, which is open to the public, is planned for 9 a.m. to noon at the U.S. Forest Service offices on Bennett Street.

The team decided on a Sunday so that people could attend without having to miss a workday, Seward said.

In addition to the Wrangell trooper, the team will include her boss, Sgt. Cody Litser, from Petersburg, and state game biologist Frank Robbins, also from Petersburg.

Robbins will be available to issue moose-hunt permits in person, Seward said.

The team will bring moose antlers to the meeting, to help show hunters how to tell the difference between legal and illegal kills by counting tines and points and the size of the rack, she said.

The moose season runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 on the mainland and on Wrangell and other neighboring islands, including the popular moose hunting locations of Mitkof, Kupreanof, Woronkofski, Zarembo and Etolin islands.

Hunters last year took 131 moose in the mainland and island units, down 10 kills from 2023 but still the third-highest on record for the area, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

The five-year average is just over 120 moose a year.

The limit is one bull moose per hunter, with restrictions based on the spread of the antlers or number of brow tines to determine if it is a legal kill.