One moose checked in on opening day

As of Wednesday, one hunter checked in a moose on opening day of the subsistence hunt, said Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Carl Koch.

“It’s a slow start. Nothing yet,” Koch said Wednesday afternoon. “It’s uncommon that we haven’t gotten one on the first day. I’ll be curious to see what happens.”

Later that afternoon the first moose was checked in.

Koch said, based on population surveys last year, biologists are estimating…