Troopers cite a Wasilla hunter over evidence of sex missing from his moose

A 30-year-old Wasilla man was cited near Eureka this month because the moose he had harvested no longer had evidence of sex naturally attached to the meat.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted him Sept. 4 and determined the evidence was gone, according to a Department of Public Safety dispatch. He was hunting a general season in an antler- and sex-restricted hunt, troopers said, and was cited with an optional court appearance in Glennallen.

In any hunt limited to one sex, state regulations require that evidence of sex stay naturally attached to the meat, which is what lets a trooper in the field confirm a legal animal after it has been quartered.

The charge is an accusation, and he is presumed innocent. The dispatch gives no fine amount or court date and includes no response from the man. Public Safety posted the incident 18 days after the contact.