There are 3 moose tags available:
Antlered moose
Antlerless moose
Calf moose
If you hold an Antlerless Moose license, you can shoot a cow moose or a calf moose - any moose without antlers.
If you hold a Calf Moose license, you can only shoot a calf moose. You need to retain the head so that it can be easily identified as a calf.
Why issue 'Calf Moose' licenses?
Intuitively, you would think that shooting calves would reduce the herd size, but biologists recognize that calf moose have a much poorer chance of surviving the winter than adult moose, and so issuing tags for the calf segment of the population (INSTEAD OF ADULT MOOSE), will provide opportunity for some moose hunting of a population with high natural mortality rates, while keeping more of the adult, breeding population on the landscape.
Besides - calves taste better!
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