Good advice mainer, people don't understand how big these animals are. They're reading too many magazines about moose taken with a 243 or 270, which they are. But if going to Alaska, why wouldn't you bring a big boy. Down here in Colorado we have moose in many of the mountain towns and if you see one on the path or road, you basically turnaround. Seen many tourists get charged, one hurt bad. And these are lower 48 animals, just sayin.