BIG GAME -- Moose studies launched in the last year or two are beginning to turn out some data, although it's preliminary and conclusions can't be drawn, yet.

Studies are underway in Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming, as well as in Washington and in North Dakota.

Here's an update on a study in British Columbia that will be raising the startling question:

Why are moose starving?

Biologists share what they've learned so far in B.C. moose study
A five-year study of moose in the interior of British Columbia launched in 2013 hopes to figure out why the number of moose is on the decline. Last weekend at the B.C. Wildlife Federation’s convention, Gerry Kuzyk, an ungulate specialist with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, said that, of the 19 radio-collared moose that have died so far during the study period, nine were killed by wolves, three by unregulated hunting, three due to starvation, one by a vehicle collision and three due to unknown causes.

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