This story, “Bulls in the Snow,” appeared in the November 1947 issue of Outdoor Life. When the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a December open season on moose in Alaska last year, it started ...

Winter ticks are killing moose across New England in alarming numbers, latching onto their hosts by the thousands and draining so much blood that the animals have been described as “zombies” before ...

The northern New England states are home to thousands of moose, but the herd has dwindled in the last decade, in part because of the winter ticks. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) More hunters could be out in ...

“Late winter and early spring are tough times of the year for deer, elk and moose,” reads the release from the DWR. “Which is ...

I got the heads-up call the second week of February from Doug in Bethel. The next week was forecast for colder weather and snow. The plan was to go hunting for moose or muskox on sno-gos (the local ...

The aim of the annual moose harvest is to bring the area’s moose population down to one moose per square mile. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has proposed repeating the Northeast Kingdom’s ...

A three-year study conducted by Fish & Wildlife, beginning in 2017, found that chronic high tick counts on moose are causing the species’ general health “to be very poor.” Donna Hill, right, of ...

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board voted on April 5 to have 80 either-sex moose hunting permits and 100 antlerless moose hunting permits available this year for a hunt limited to Vermont ...

MONTPELIER —The winners of Vermont’s 2023 moose hunting permits were determined Wednesday, July 19, at a lottery drawing at the Fish and Wildlife office in Montpelier. The drawings were part of a ...

The annual moose hunt is one of Maine’s most revered sporting traditions. Beyond that, the fact that Maine has enough vast wilderness to support moose, its state animal, is a source of pride among ...

According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, there are about 40,000 to 60,000 moose in the state. That number is down from 25 years ago, when the population was at its peak, ...