Troopers seek tips after moose found near Palmer with only its antlers taken

Alaska Wildlife Troopers are asking for help with what they're calling a poached moose near the Matanuska River in Palmer. Its antlers were taken, and the rest of the carcass was covered with brush and left behind.

Duck hunters came across the carcass Nov. 6 in the woods behind the Kaye Marie Drive and Sky Ranch subdivisions, near an ATV trail, according to a trooper dispatch posted Tuesday. Troopers are treating it as a poached moose. They haven't named a suspect.

Alaska requires hunters to salvage the edible meat from any moose they kill.

It's one of several moose cases troopers have reported this fall, though the others were all on the Kenai Peninsula. In September, troopers charged two Ninilchik men, saying one shot a bull and hid it while the two were traveling in an area closed to motor vehicles. Troopers also cited a Soldotna man for leaving edible meat on a carcass and a Nikiski man for taking a moose out of season. And a Funny River hunter reported himself after killing a bull that didn't meet the legal size rules in his area.

Anyone with information about the Palmer moose can call Wildlife Troopers at 907-745-4247. Anonymous tips can go through the AKtips app, by texting AKTIPS to 847411 or through the state's tips page.