Muskox Hunter Orientation

Muskox hunting is still new to many hunters. This slideshow will help you learn to identify muskoxen by sex and age and will explain some physical and behavioral characteristics of muskoxen that make muskox hunting different from hunting other animals.

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Questions? Contact your Fish and Game biologist:

Tony Gorn or Letty Hughes in Nome
1-800-560-2271 or 907-443-2271

Charlotte Westing or Jim Dau in Kotzebue
1-800-478-3420 or 907-442-1711

Geoff Carroll in Barrow
907-852-3464

Phillip Perry or Patrick Jones in Bethel
1-800-425-2979 or 907-543-2979

National Park Service Subsistence
1-800-471-2352 (for Federal hunts only)