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History of the Moose in Alberta

Historically, Alberta moose were largely creatures of the great northern and western mixed wood boreal forest. Vast tracks of white and black spruce, tamarack bogs and aspen and pine ridges allowed moose to live relatively undisturbed in diverse but highly productive habitats. Many lived out their lives without so much as ever having seen a human face-to-face. The expansion of the oil and gas and forest industries in recent years has improved access into much of this remote habitat to the clear benefit of moose hunters. And while getting in to some of the best moose habitat in the province is easier than ever, management regulations aimed at ensuring that over-harvest is not a problem have been strictly imposed by provincial game managers in the past decade. The result has been much improvement in the quantity and quality of bull moose taken by hunters in Alberta in recent years with no sign that this trend will cease in the foreseeable future.

Hunting Moose in Alberta

Now The surprise with respect to Alberta moose in the last 15 years has been how much populations have grown across the settled region of the central and southern portions of the province. Where only a short while ago seeing a moose in much of this region was tantamount to seeing a UFO, they have now become a common inhabitant, thriving on their easy access to the combination of agricultural crops and traditional native forages coupled with a complete absence of natural predation from bears and wolves as moose in the northern reaches are subject to. In the farmlands, moose live much like deer do, relying on relatively small tracts of native aspen forests or river bottom habitats for their security. Today, some of the best moose hunting in Alberta occurs in the southwestern foothills of the province.

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