Nature · Adult Alaska bull · approximate shoulder reference
How tall is Moose?
The selected bull-moose reference is approximately 1.8 meters at the shoulder, following Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

≈ 1.8 m
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- Agency-described bull shoulder height · approximately 1.8 meters
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- Adult Alaska bull · approximate shoulder reference
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- A starting value for the illustration, not a universal or confirmed height.
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A little more perspective
The agency describes full-grown males as almost 6 feet, with 1.8 meters alongside it. This catalog uses the rounded metric description as an example, not a maximum record or a measurement of a named animal. Females and younger moose have different size distributions.
The shoulder hump remains the endpoint even when a bull carries large antlers. The rendered head and antlers continue above its measurement marker. This distinction prevents the antlers from being compressed into a number that originally described the body.
Quick facts
Alaska’s wildlife agency describes full-grown bull moose at about 1.8 meters at the shoulder. Their antlers extend above that endpoint, so total silhouette height is greater.
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