115 moose harvested in 2020

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