
A glimmer of hope for moose in northern Maine
Hunters might be allowed to harvest more moose this year because of strong survival rates in the northern parts of the state.

Hunters might be allowed to harvest more moose this year because of strong survival rates in the northern parts of the state.

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife recommending that the state issue only 14 permits this year, and if the decline continues, it is possible the department will recommend issuing no permits for 2019.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game is experimenting with a new method of surveying moose.

Elk licenses also are up; status of bighorn sheep season to be determined after summer population surveys are completed.

And of 362 elk hunters, 211 were successful – or 58 percent.

This year’s aerial moose survey estimated 3,030 moose in northeastern Minnesota; last year’s estimate was 3,710.

I’m heading to Newfoundland on a moose hunt in September and I’m not even bringing a rifle. Or a bow. It’s not my hunt. This time, since I’ve already taken a Newfoundland moose, it’s Paula’s

Biologists are optimistic that the state will issue a similar number of moose hunting permits in 2018 as in 2017.

AUGUSTA, Maine — Lawmakers are considering a bill to allow money to change hands when hunters swap moose permits in Maine’s tightly regulated moose hunt. The Portland Press Herald reports the Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and
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