The Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 22 moose taken during the Haines area moose hunt this year. Two of them were illegal and later given to the local school districts for processing. 

Of the legal moose, five met the spike or forked antler configuration requirements, six had three or more brow tines and nine had racks more than 50 inches wide, according to state data. 

That number of moose with large racks is…

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