Hi guys mind if I pipe in? As far as the Moose issue goes, I can tell you for sure they are taking a toll on the deer. What happens in the winter the moose like deer will eat just about anything to survive. Now the moose bing larger in stature have the advantage and eat way above the browse line for the deer which starves the deer out and they move on. The more Moose the less feed for the deer. I see it happening down my way in Western Maine (Stow) we are begining to experiance more and more Moose and it seems like it is begining to effect the deer population. The deer seem to be on a downwoad slide which is not real bad right now but if they don't open the Moose season in our area soon I think we are going to have a real problem. This does no effect the bear population as they hybernate in the winter and the feed and browse does not effect them. In my opinon we are not taking enough Moose in Maine. They need to be culled back to maintain a heathy population and allow a healthy population of deer. They are nice to look at but it takes a lot of feed to full them. Thats my 2 cents on the subjust. Mike