We consider ourselves fortunate to get one early. Other guys average ten to twelve years before they get a license. Usually there is a comparable season in Northwest Minnesota, but this year, that season was cancelled because population numbers were too low. Even in a normal year, the competition for permits is intense. Fred Thunhorst, with the DNR in Ely, says they usually get 25,000 - 35,000 applications for about 200 available permits.
Hunters apply in groups of two or four, but each group can kill only one moose.
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