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Volume XL    Number 5    Feb. 4, 2010

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Committee will mull
moose hunt change

By Tom Morphet

The Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee to the boards of Fish and Game will meet 4 p.m. Friday at the assembly chambers to discuss seeking changes to the local subsistence moose hunt.

Board chair Dean Risley said the committee will discuss possible changes to the antler configuration requirements. Risley said residents of Wrangell were able to get an alteration to the three-brow-tine, split-forked or 50-inch regulations.

The Wrangell change was to also allow harvest of moose with two brow tines on each side of the antler.

Ryan Scott, area management biologist for the state Department of Fish and Game, said factors involved in that decision included a large bull population and scientific data showing the mean age of "2 by 2" bulls.

That information came from a limited, "any-bull" hunt in the area that coincided with the more regulated one.

Other agenda items include wolf predation, extending goat-hunting opportunities around Haines, susbsistence, and spring board proposals. Members also will hear a report from the recent meeting of the Board of Game, and from biologists.

Risley took over chairmanship at the group’s annual membership meeting in December, where former chair Gary Hess resigned. Les Katzeek also stepped down from the committee. Residents Al Gilliam and Sean McLaughlin were elected to the committee.

Other committee members include John Katzeek, Dave Werner, Mike Saunders, Tim McDonough and Skagway members Larry Pierce and John Tronrud. McDonough is vice-chair and Saunders is secretary. Don Turner Sr. was elected as an alternate.

The group makes recommendations on state fish and game regulations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 
 

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