After fifteen years the moose has returned to populate the territory of North Carolina, to be precise, the western part of the American state: these animals were hunted in the past until far risk extinction, but now the local Wildlife Resources Commission unanimously voted the new hunting season that will concern the moose, without specifying however what will be the precise year in which to start the activity (2016 should not be the starting point). The period between the next 1 October and 1 November is currently assumed: in the meantime, a vote has also been taken to delete the cervid from the list of species of particular interest.
Before the reintroduction of the moose in 2001 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, these animals disappeared from the mountains for two centuries. With yesterday's vote, North Carolina becomes the third federal state where this hunting is considered legal, along with Kentucky and Tennessee. The estimated number of moose should be around between 150 and 200, a far lower total when compared to that of Tennessee, where about 400 were counted.
State hunters will necessarily have to get a permit to participate in the hunting season, which will be awarded through a lottery system. If you look at North Carolina twenty years ago, moose weren't present, then in 2001 52 were introduced and from that moment they got used to living in the Haywood County. A few weeks ago three of them were shot down following the damage caused by animals to properties and crops, one of the reasons that led to reconsider the possibility of hunting.
The Commission has not only addressed the moose issue. Indeed, another vote concerned alligators and whether or not there is a hunting season along the North Carolina coast: in this case the negative votes prevailed, so nothing will be done. Instead, the staff are trying to figure out whether to cull a limited number of the alligators they represent a serious danger and nuisance.
Going back to talking about the moose, you can guess what will happen by taking the example of the Kentucky. The permits are considered valid from January 1st to April 30th and it is necessary topurchase of the "Elk Quota", operation possible only online: the cost of each application is ten dollars, but there are also quotas designed specifically for hunters aged 15 and under, without forgetting that the application must be purchased in full and not partially.