News Release

FREDERICTON (GNB) – Hunters in New Brunswick harvested 3,690 moose this season, which ran from Sept. 23 -27, a record for the province.

This year’s number is an increase of 344 moose (10 per cent) from the 2013 total of 3,346.

The actual harvest was 250 moose (six per cent) under that projected by biologists from the Department of Natural Resources who had estimated 3,940 animals would be harvested due to the season being extended by two days to create a five-day season.

The lower-than-expected number was likely due to windy or warm weather on several days during the moose season last week.

The estimated number of adult moose in New Brunswick is 30,000, which is considered a healthy population.

The number of resident hunters this year was 4,612.

Total moose harvest was up in all regions, with the largest increase in the northwest.

Below is a list of the increase in the number of moose harvested by region:

• Region 1 (northeast), up by 40 moose, an increase of 4 per cent;
• Region 2 (central and southeast), up by 63 moose, an increase of 9 per cent;
• Region 3 (southern NB), up by 62 moose, an increase of 9 per cent; and
• Region 4 (northwest), up by 179 moose, an increase of 17 per cent.