The moose population in arctic Alaska expanded in the early 1950s into the limited riparian habitats along river drainages and reached a peak at an estimated 1,400 in the 1980s. The population continued to fluctuate into the 1990s when the population went below the management objectives and the hunting season was closed. In 2006 the…

Due to difficult travel conditions to and from the hunt area, current harvest rates are below recent years. Moose harvest over the last 5 years has averaged 124 moose annually across both the fall and winter seasons. The last 5 years average winter harvest has been 70 moose. Current reported harvest totals for 17A from…