Species Profile - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Muskox in Alaska can be found in northcentral, northeastern, and northwestern Alaska, on Nunivak Island, Nelson Island, the Seward Peninsula, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, and in …
Muskox in Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Muskox are arguably one of Alaska’s greatest wildlife success stories. Interest in these shaggy northern beasts is growing, as are their numbers in Alaska, and the Department of Fish and …
Muskox — Wildlife Viewing, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Muskox populations are also found on Nunivak Island, Nelson Island, north-central and northeastern Alaska, and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta along with captive animals in domestic …
Muskox Guide, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Muskoxen, Alaska’s shaggy, hook-horned behemoths, are featured in an updated and redesigned pocket-size, full-color wildlife guide. Muskoxen: A guide to identification, hunting and viewing …
Living With Muskoxen - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Historical records indicate muskoxen disappeared from Alaska during the late 1800s. They were first transplanted to Nunivak Island from Greenland in 1935 and 1936. Once the population …
Muskox Research in Alaska, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Muskox shared the open tundra of ice-age Alaska with mammoths and mastodons, steppe bison and caribou. Herds of stocky, shaggy muskox faced off Beringian lions, short-faced bears, …
Muskox Hunting in Alaska - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
The harvest of muskox in Alaska has increased steadily in recent years. For example, 98 animals were harvested in 2003, and 258 were harvested in 2007. The muskox is a stocky, long-haired …
Muskox Identification - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Muskox Identification Muskox. Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) are stocky, long-haired mammals with a slight shoulder hump and a very short tail.Both sexes have horns; however, the horns of …
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
The Musk Ox Farm, a private nonprofit, is now home to 81 muskox. LARS has about 38 muskox in Fairbanks (as well as 43 reindeer and four cows). Alaska’s two herds of captive muskox …
Muskox Hunting in Alaska - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Hunting of musk oxen stranded on ice floes by Alaska residents only is a new regulation adopted by the Alaska Board of Game at its March 2015 meeting in Anchorage. The following hunt …