AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA
An experimental trophy management program was initiated on the Alaska Peninsula in 1976 with the implementation of a regulation requiring that all harvested bull moose (Alces alces gigas) have antlers with at least a 50 inch spread. The regulation was designed to protect bulls under 5 years of age,...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Lakehead University
1979
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1717 |
id |
ftjalces:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1717 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftjalces:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1717 2024-06-16T07:33:09+00:00 AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA Smith, Christian A. Faro, James B. Steen, Nicholas C. 1979-01-01 application/pdf http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1717 eng eng Lakehead University http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1717/1787 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1717 Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose; Vol. 15 (1979): Alces Vol. 15 (1979); 280-302 2293-6629 0835-5851 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 1979 ftjalces 2024-05-22T03:01:08Z An experimental trophy management program was initiated on the Alaska Peninsula in 1976 with the implementation of a regulation requiring that all harvested bull moose (Alces alces gigas) have antlers with at least a 50 inch spread. The regulation was designed to protect bulls under 5 years of age, to test the capability of hunters to comply with minimum size requirements, and to determine the potential for maintaining trophy class bulls in the population through this approach. The first two objectives have been accomplished. Nearly 70 percent of the harvested bulls have been 5 or more years old and only 4 percent of the bulls taken were illegal. Adequate survey data are not available to determine current proportions of trophy bulls in the herd. In view of the declining nature of the population and increasing frequency of 5 year olds in the kill, however, it seems likely that current harvests maybe curtailing recruitment beyond age 5. Although this may not further affect average trophy size, availability of trophy class animals could eventually be limited to the size of the 5 year old cohort. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Alaska Alces (A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Alces (A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose) |
op_collection_id |
ftjalces |
language |
English |
description |
An experimental trophy management program was initiated on the Alaska Peninsula in 1976 with the implementation of a regulation requiring that all harvested bull moose (Alces alces gigas) have antlers with at least a 50 inch spread. The regulation was designed to protect bulls under 5 years of age, to test the capability of hunters to comply with minimum size requirements, and to determine the potential for maintaining trophy class bulls in the population through this approach. The first two objectives have been accomplished. Nearly 70 percent of the harvested bulls have been 5 or more years old and only 4 percent of the bulls taken were illegal. Adequate survey data are not available to determine current proportions of trophy bulls in the herd. In view of the declining nature of the population and increasing frequency of 5 year olds in the kill, however, it seems likely that current harvests maybe curtailing recruitment beyond age 5. Although this may not further affect average trophy size, availability of trophy class animals could eventually be limited to the size of the 5 year old cohort. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Smith, Christian A. Faro, James B. Steen, Nicholas C. |
spellingShingle |
Smith, Christian A. Faro, James B. Steen, Nicholas C. AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA |
author_facet |
Smith, Christian A. Faro, James B. Steen, Nicholas C. |
author_sort |
Smith, Christian A. |
title |
AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA |
title_short |
AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA |
title_full |
AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA |
title_fullStr |
AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA |
title_full_unstemmed |
AN EVALUATION OF TROPHY MOOSE MANAGEMENT ON THE ALASKA PENINSULA |
title_sort |
evaluation of trophy moose management on the alaska peninsula |
publisher |
Lakehead University |
publishDate |
1979 |
url |
http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1717 |
genre |
Alces alces Alaska |
genre_facet |
Alces alces Alaska |
op_source |
Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose; Vol. 15 (1979): Alces Vol. 15 (1979); 280-302 2293-6629 0835-5851 |
op_relation |
http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1717/1787 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1717 |
_version_ |
1802012675321888768 |