With the ability of folks to hunt moose unguided, more education is better for sure. The regs are hyper-specific and hard to interpret at times. I mean 50” is easy enough to understand for minimum width, but harder to visualize than anyone can believe, especially with a bull rocking and walking at some distance and angled. Then there is a whole process on determining if something is a brow tine (typically requires 3 or 4, depending on unit) or a low point off the paddle vs brow palm. Then whether it even classifies as a point at all.
There is a lot to it, so much so I’ve seen AST cite folks incorrectly. Same on aging sheep. While im not an expert myself, I’ve had to use several in defending incorrectly charged sportsmen over the years.
When self guided, think measure twice and cut once….but more like visually measure/count multiple times then shoot. And good faith mistakes can happen, but you want to avoid them as absolutely much as possible. Self reporting good faith mistakes typically result in a simple fine, but wanton waste is understandably and rightfully no joke.
Every sheep/moose/caribou I’ve taken or assisted on the last almost 20 years, we take photos of the process, resulting bagged meat, and boned carcass. When they say all edible meat, the mean it to an incredible degree. Be smart, care for what you harvest, AND protect yourself.
