Submitted Electronically via eRulemaking Portal

Units 15B and 15C-1 antlered bull with spike-fork or 50" antlers or with 3 or more brow tines on either antler, by Federal registration permit only. Please add to the regulation for subsistence moose hunting in 15-B and 15C to read "Any subsistence harvested bull moose will have the antler cut in half on one side" of which Fish&Wildlife will keep. Why-This is done on the Koyukuk and other places where people subsist. If a person is truly subsistence hunting, it won't matter if the antler is cut. What will it save- This will eliminate using a subsistence hunt for trophy hunting, thus preserving breeding bulls. 15B and 15C have many predators-bears and wolves that have severely impacted the moose population. Allowing "trophy subsistence" hunting only further impacts the moose population. Who will it impact-no one, for the subsistence hunters will still get to take the moose. Most true subsistence hunters will be after young bulls any way. How will this affect sport recreational hunters-It will help them because the breeding bulls will increase the moose population.