NH Announces Winners Of Coveted Moose Hunting Lottery
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — More than 100 people showed up at the New Hampshire Fish and Game headquarters to swap hunting stories and find out if they'd won one of 275 coveted moose permits.
More than 13,400 people submitted applications for Friday's lottery drawing. Each permit winner is assigned to one of 22 wildlife management units for the nine-day hunt in October. Last year, hunters took 290 moose, a statewide success rate of 71 percent.
Alice Jenness of New Hampton, who has entered the lottery every year since it began in 1988, was thrilled to hear her name called. She says she will be using a rifle she inherited from her late father, who taught her how to hunt.
The names of the 2012 winners are posted on Fish and Game's website.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
