Three years ago, there were over 27,000 caribou in the Mulchatna Caribou Herd. Three years ago, there were over 27,000 caribou in the Mulchatna Caribou Herd. Purchase and Download for $19.95 through this link (PayPal and Credit cards accepted.) Now there are less than half of that, only 13,500, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game surveys.

Now there are less than half of that, only 13,500, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game surveys.
The Mulchatna caribou herd is struggling to rebuild itself to even the lower end of the state’s 30,000-80,000 objective population size.

The Mulchatna Caribou Herd is half the size it was three years ago.

The Mulchatna Caribou Herd is half the size it was three years ago. I guided some caribou hunters up north that used to hunt the mulchatna herd, the last year they hunted there they said flying into their hunting area from the air you could see dead caribou everywhere and sick ones staggering all over the tundra. BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced an early closure of the hunting season for the Mulchatna caribou herd. The herd has dropped from over 27,000 caribou in 2016 to 13,500 caribou in 2019, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates. To help conserve the herd, state and federal managers have tightened hunting regulations, restricting the bag limit to one caribou. The Federal Subsistence Board is considering a request to reduce harvest limits of the Mulchatna herd on federal lands from two caribou to one.

To help conserve the herd, state and federal managers have tightened hunting regulations, restricting the bag limit to one caribou. I remember the late 90's f&g was almost begging people to go shoot them and even lifted the same day airborne regulation. The herd has dropped from over 27,000 caribou in 2016 to 13,500 caribou in 2019, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates. The herd has dropped from over 27,000 caribou in 2016 to 13,500 caribou in 2019, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates. All five caribou herds in Southwest Alaska – the Northern Alaska Peninsula herd, the Southern Alaska Peninsula herd, the Nushagak herd, the Mulchatna herd and the Unimak herd – are experiencing declines. Too many caribou can over-graze a herd’s range leading to malnutrition or starvation. We shot 2 little bulls and a cow, pretty disappointed. Some monster … One of the main reasons I loved our Western Alaska area so much was hunting the Mulchatna caribou. Kenton Moos is the federal in-season manager for the Mulchatna caribou herd for the U.S.

This population estimate is well below the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s minimum population objective of …