The study in the western U.P. will try to find out why the state's mainland moose population has not grown faster.

Image caption, Male moose grow a different pair of antlers each year The bigger and more impressive a pair of antlers are, the better chance a bull has of catching the eye of a passing female.

One of the deer’s antlers has thick palmation that resembles the type of growth on a moose. The father estimated the antlers spread to be 16-18 inches wide. The family hunts during the fall ...

The 1,000-pound Michigan bull moose — standing 6 feet, 5 inches tall with 40-pound, paddle-like antlers — is the iconic ...