"Moose tend to get larger as you move north and west in North America,"
says Walter Hingley, founder and past president of the Nova Scotia Big
Game Society. Accordingly Atlantic moose (except those in Cape Breton)
tend to be smaller (and therefore have smaller racks) than those in
western Canada. This would explain why Cape Breton moose tend to
have large racks, if they are in fact mostly descended from the introduced
stock. "There is no doubt that Cape Breton moose are bigger, mainly
because of the good habitat and the genetic contribution of the introduced
Albertan moose," says Hingley.