Lynsie Morelli with a moose bagged on Kuiu Island on Oct. 8.
Moose season came to a close on Oct. 15. Final harvest numbers came in on Oct. 20, according to Hilary Wood with the ADF&G Petersburg office. The communities of Wrangell and Petersburg are located within Hunt RM038. This is an area that stretches from Coronation Island in the west, to the mainland in the east, and from Meyers Chuck in the south up to Point Hobart in the north.
This season saw 115 moose harvested in total. There were two bagged on Wrangell Island, and nine on Mitkof Island. Only one moose on Mitkof island was an illegal kill. The most moose this season were killed on Kuiu Island. There were 29 moose harvested there.
There were 105 moose killed during the 2018 harvest. The 2019 harvest was a record year with 127 moose killed. Below is a list of the 2020 season for RM038, with the numbers and locations of all moose harvested:
RM038 Moose Harvested: 115
Game Unit 1B:
Farragut Bay: 2 legal
Stikine River: 14 legal
Thomas Bay: 5 legal
Other Mainland Areas: 2 legal
Game Unit 3:
Mitkof Island: 8 legal, 1 illegal
Kake Area: 24 legal, 1 illegal
Kupreanof Island
(excluding Kake Area): 25 legal, 2 illegal
Kuiu Island: 29 legal
Woewodski Island: 0
Wrangell Island: 2 legal
Zarembo Island: 0
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