Incisor Bar Collections
Last Update/Review: August 12, 2002
Successful moose hunters were very cooperative in providing incisor bars from harvested moose. Over 16 000 moose incisor bars were received for age analysis since 1993. Table 7 shows the information gathered from these samples expressed as a percentage of bull moose 2.5 years and older.
Table 7
Percentage of bull moose in the harvest
>2.5 years old, 1993 — 1996
| MMA | 1993 | 1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
| 5 | 18 | 28 | 29 | 24 |
| 6 | 29 | 38 | 34 | 40 |
| 7 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 8 | 52 | 47 | 50 | 47 |
| 9 | 56 | 72 | 57 | 64 |
Since 1993 there was a favourable increase in the proportion of bulls greater than 2.5 years of age in the harvest in MMAs 5 and 6 (see Figure 1). Moose Management Area 7 remained stable and the percentage of bulls greater than 2.5 years of age in the harvest in MMAs 8 and 9 remained high.
