The subpermittee thing seems to be exclusive to the northeast, and pretty much only with moose.  Not sure if Alaska does it or not, but the other guys can chime in.

What it is, is I think a way to have help in the field with these big critters.  So many of these moose are shot in the thickest cedar swamps, bogs, whatever, that even if you have another person hunting with you, you still may need a 3rd or 4th person to help get them out.  I think it was a way to help the hunters, and not have them out there trying to deal with a 800 lb animal by themselves.  Kind of compare it to some African hunts you see, where the professional hunter is always there with you with a back-up gun in case you need it.

When you get drawn, at least in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, you are the primary permit holder.  You can designate someone as your co-permittee, sub-permittee, whatever you call it.  They have all the same rights as you do.  They can kill the moose themselves, help you, or let you do it.  How you do it, is up to the primary tag holder.  The only things that are required are that the primary tag holder must be hunting with them, in other words, they cannot be at work, and just let the sub-permittee go out hunting.  Also, once you name a sub-permittee, it can only be that person fo the season.  You can't change people based on who can go hunting with you that day.

They have been pretty fortunate up there, not only to draw tags, but to get moose.  Lots of them running around up there.  The photos below are of her husbands moose, which he got last year, and her first moose from 4-5 years ago.  Like I mentioned, I think it was the same weight, but look at the difference in the rack.

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:lol:  Hey now, wouldn't be talking about her rack.........