Moose Management Update

Moose Stats 2006

Moose Stats 2005

Moose Stats 2004

Moose Stats 2003

Moose Harvest 1986-2002

Moose Age Distribution

Moose Draw

Zones and Seasons

Moose Management Update 2007

2007 Season 1 (Sept 24 - Sept 29)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	Effort/Moose (Person Hours@)
1	55	1,979	NA
2	50	2,212
3	25	599
4	25	410
Total	155	5,200

2007 Season 2 (Oct 1 - Oct 6)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	Effort/Moose (Person Hours@)
1	55	1,414	NA
2	50	2,394
3	25	618
4	25	347
Total	155	4,773

2007 Season 3 (Dec 11- Dec 13)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	Effort/Moose (Person Hours@)
1	35	393	NA

2007 Harvest Information will be posted when harvest data is available.

2006 Cape Breton Moose Harvest

Season 1 (Sept 25 - Sept 30)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	Effort/Moose (Person Hours@)
1	55	2105	42	12	54	98	37
2	50	2243	36	5	41	82	77
3	25	617	19	4	23	92	71
4	25	341	14	5	19	76	113
Total	155	5306	111	26	137	88	x = 75

Season 2 (Oct 2 - Oct 7)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	Effort/Moose (Person Hours@)
1	55	1519	36	18	54	98	55
2	50	2422	35	5	40	80	88
3	25	578	18	5	23	92	94
4	25	364	17	0	17	68	117
Total	155	4883	106	28	134	86	x = 89

Season 3 (Dec 12 - Dec 14)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	Effort/Moose (Person Hours@)
1	35	218	10	24	34	97	x=24

@ Person Hours per moose = Hunting Effort in Hours / # of Moose Harvested
* Denotes kills of unknown sex included in the total.

Table 2: MOOSE HARVEST BREAKDOWN BY SEX 1999 - 2006
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Males	109	128	147	150	209	221	216	227
Females	74	62	39	39	45	60	63	78
M:F Ratio	1.5	2.1	3.8	3.9	4.6	3.7	3.4	2.9
TOTAL	183	190	186	189	254	281	280*	305

* Denotes a kill of unknown sex added to the kill

2005 Cape Breton Moose Harvest

Season 1 (Sept 26 - Oct 1, 2005)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	55	2,296	44	10	54	98	57
2	50	2,502	39	8	47	94	86
3	25	554	16	5	21	84	115
4	25	380	13	5	18	72	139
Total	155	5,732	112	28	140	x=90	x=99

Season 2 (Oct 3 - Oct 8, 2005)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	55	1,687	38	13	51	96	62
2	50	2,407	32	6	38	76	110
3	25	530	17	6	23	92	79
4	25	358	13	2	16	64	139
Total	155	4,982	100	27	128	x=83	x=98

Season 3 (Dec 13 - Dec 15, 2005)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	35	337	4	8	12	43	72

* Person hours per moose = Hunting Effort /Moose Harvested

2004 Cape Breton Moose Harvest

Season 1 (Sept 27 - Oct 2, 2004)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	55	2,493	48	6	54	98	54
2	50	2,430	36	6	42	83	112
3	25	567	15	2	17	71	225
4	25	330	13	2	15	62	128
Total	155	5,820	112	16	128	x=93	x=104

Season 2 (Oct 4 - Oct 9, 2004)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	55	1,696	40	13	53	96	59
2	50	2,635	34	6	40	81	115
3	25	548	16	1	17	70	137
4	25	337	14	2	16	67	118
Total	155	5,216	104	22	126	x=84	x=94

Season 3 (Dec 14 - Dec 16, 2004)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	25	318	7	18	25	100	26

* Person hours per moose = Hunting Effort /Moose Harvested

2003 Cape Breton Moose Harvest

Season 1 (Sept 29 - Oct 4, 2003)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	55	2,876	48	7	55	100	53
2	50	3,072	34	8	42	83	70
3	25	519	15	3	18	71	48
4	25	300	11	6	15	67	69
Total	155	6,767	108	24	132	x=80	x=60

Season 2 (Oct 6 - Oct 11, 2003)
Moose Zone	Permits Issued	Applications Received	Bull Harvest	Cow Harvest	Total Harvest	Success Rate (%)	*Effort/Moose (Person Hours)**
1	55	2,433	39	8	47	85	25
2	50	2,838	36	8	44	88	77
3	25	623	15	4	19	77	64
4	25	250	11	1	12	48	87
Total	155	6,144	101	21	122	x=74	x=63

*Person hours per moose = Hunting Effort /Moose Harvested

Moose Harvest Summary 1986-2002

Year	Harvest by Sex		Total	Success	Hunter Effort
	Male	Female	Harvest*	Rate	Total Hours	Hours/Kill	Mean Party Size
1986	137	48	185	92.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987	132	32	164	82.0%	14160	86.3	3.9
1988	138	45	183	91.5%	9813	53.6	3.7
1989	137	31	168	84.0%	12281	84.0	3.8
1990	109	21	130	65.0%	9769	75.1	3.9
1991	75	38	113	56.5%	8267	73.2	3.8
1992	81	50	131	65.5%	10294	78.6	3.9
1993**	104	57	161	80.5%	23230	144.3	3.8
1994	126	50	177	88.5%	21257	120.1	3.8
1995	125	50	175	87.5%	19713	112.6	3.7
1996	124	51	175	87.5%	14198	81.6	3.7
1997	116	65	181	90.5%	15354	N/A	3.5
1998	121	66	188	94.0%	14976	79.7	3.6
1999	109	73	182	91.0%	14089	77.4	3.1
2000	128	62	190	95.0%	13680	72.0	3.3
2001	147	39	186	93.0%	13909	75.9	3.2
2002	150	39	189	94.5%	10447	55.3	3.2

There were 200 permits issued each year between 1986 - 2002
* Total harvest includes animals of unknown sex
** Season extended from 1 to 2 weeks starting in 1993

Contacts:

Tony Nette, Wildlife Manager, Large Mammals
Jennifer Madden, Wildlife Technician, Large Mammals

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