@article{Timmermann_Rempel_1998, title={AGE AND SEX STRUCTURE OF HUNTER HARVESTED MOOSE UNDER TWO HARVEST STRATEGIES IN NORTHCENTRAL ONTARIO}, volume={34}, url={https://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/701}, abstractNote={<p>We examined moose age and sex structure from 38,870 moose harvest records voluntarily submitted by northcentral Ontario hunters for the period 1971-72, a sample representing a ca. 60% of actual estimated harvest. Several parameters were compared between the unlimited non-selective (1971-82) and the limited selective harvest strategy (1983-92) periods, including adult sex ratio’s, mean age (<u>></u> 1.5 yrs) and five arbitrary age classes. Mean adult sex ratio’s in the harvest increased from 1.45:1 female to 2.34 males:1 female (<em>P</em> < .0001) following implementation of the selective harvest strategy. The decrease in mean age of bulls age (<u>></u> 1.5 yrs) from 3.8 to 3.7 was not significant (<em>P </em>= 0.245), but the decrease in mean cow age from 4.6 to 3.9 was (<em>P</em> = 0.0036). hunter submitted calf harvests were consistently higher (up to 100%) than those estimated from district mail surveys initiated in 1983. Two indices of population density (aerial census; animals seen by hunters) increased 11% and 36% respectively, subsequent to implementation of selective harvest (<em>P</em> < 0.0001 and <em>P</em> = 0.0019). an age-sex structure profile contrasting pre- and post-selective harvest of a moose population is presented. The value of hunter-submitted kill data to facilitate management is discussed.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose}, author={Timmermann, H. R. and Rempel, R. S.}, year={1998}, month={Jan.}, pages={21–30} }