[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR242.26]
[Page 227-271]
TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
PART 242--SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN ALASKA--
Table of Contents
Subpart D--Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife
Sec. 242.26 Subsistence taking of wildlife.
(a) You may take wildlife for subsistence uses by any method, except
as prohibited in this section or by other Federal statute. Taking
wildlife for subsistence uses by a prohibited method is a violation of
this part. Seasons are closed unless opened by Federal regulation.
Hunting or trapping during a closed season or in an area closed by this
part is prohibited.
(b) Except for special provisions found at paragraphs (m)(1) through
(26) of this section, the following methods and means of taking wildlife
for subsistence uses are prohibited:
(1) Shooting from, on, or across a highway;
(2) Using any poison;
(3) Using a helicopter in any manner, including transportation of
individuals, equipment, or wildlife; however, this
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prohibition does not apply to transportation of an individual, gear, or
wildlife during an emergency rescue operation in a life-threatening
situation;
(4) Taking wildlife from a motorized land or air vehicle, when that
vehicle is in motion or from a motor-driven boat when the boat's
progress from the motor's power has not ceased;
(5) Using a motorized vehicle to drive, herd, or molest wildlife;
(6) Using or being aided by use of a machine gun, set gun, or a
shotgun larger than 10 gauge;
(7) Using a firearm other than a shotgun, muzzle-loaded rifle, rifle
or pistol using center-firing cartridges, for the taking of ungulates,
bear, wolves or wolverine, except that--
(i) An individual in possession of a valid trapping license may use
a firearm that shoots rimfire cartridges to take wolves and wolverine;
(ii) Only a muzzle-loading rifle of .54-caliber or larger, or a .45-
caliber muzzle-loading rifle with a 250-grain, or larger, elongated slug
may be used to take brown bear, black bear, elk, moose, musk oxen and
mountain goat;
(8) Using or being aided by use of a pit, fire, artificial light,
radio communication, artificial salt lick, explosive, barbed arrow,
bomb, smoke, chemical, conventional steel trap with a jaw spread over
nine inches, or conibear style trap with a jaw spread over 11 inches;
(9) Using a snare, except that an individual in possession of a
valid hunting license may use nets and snares to take unclassified
wildlife, ptarmigan, grouse, or hares; and, individuals in possession of
a valid trapping license may use snares to take furbearers;
(10) Using a trap to take ungulates or bear;
(11) Using hooks to physically snag, impale, or otherwise take
wildlife; however, hooks may be used as a trap drag;
(12) Using a crossbow to take ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine in
any area restricted to hunting by bow and arrow only;
(13) Taking of ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine with a bow,
unless the bow is capable of casting a 7/8 inch wide broadhead-tipped
arrow at least 175 yards horizontally, and the arrow and broadhead
together weigh at least one ounce (437.5 grains);
(14) Using bait for taking ungulates, bear, wolf, or wolverine;
except, you may use bait to take wolves and wolverine with a trapping
license, and, you may use bait to take black bears with a hunting
license as authorized in Unit-specific regulations at paragraphs (m)(1)
through (26) of this section. Baiting of black bears is subject to the
following restrictions:
(i) Before establishing a black bear bait station, you must register
the site with ADF&G;
(ii) When using bait you must clearly mark the site with a sign
reading ``black bear bait station'' that also displays your hunting
license number and ADF&G assigned number;
(iii) You may use only biodegradable materials for bait; you may use
only the head, bones, viscera, or skin of legally harvested fish and
wildlife for bait;
(iv) You may not use bait within one-quarter mile of a publicly
maintained road or trail;
(v) You may not use bait within one mile of a house or other
permanent dwelling, or within one mile of a developed campground, or
developed recreational facility;
(vi) When using bait, you must remove litter and equipment from the
bait station site when done hunting;
(vii) You may not give or receive payment for the use of a bait
station, including barter or exchange of goods;
(viii) You may not have more than two bait stations with bait
present at any one time;
(15) Taking swimming ungulates, bears, wolves or wolverine;
(16) Taking or assisting in the taking of ungulates, bear, wolves,
wolverine, or other furbearers before 3 a.m. following the day in which
airborne travel occurred (except for flights in regularly scheduled
commercial aircraft); however, this restriction does not apply to
subsistence taking of deer, the setting of snares or traps, or the
removal of furbearers from traps or snares;
(17) Taking a bear cub or a sow accompanied by cub(s).
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(c) Wildlife taken in defense of life or property is not a
subsistence use; wildlife so taken is subject to State regulations.
(d) The following methods and means of trapping furbearers, for
subsistence uses pursuant to the requirements of a trapping license are
prohibited, in addition to the prohibitions listed at paragraph (b) of
this section:
(1) Disturbing or destroying a den, except that you may disturb a
muskrat pushup or feeding house in the course of trapping;
(2) Disturbing or destroying any beaver house;
(3) Taking beaver by any means other than a steel trap or snare,
except that you may use firearms in certain Units with established
seasons as identified in Unit-specific regulations found in this
subpart;
(4) Taking otter with a steel trap having a jaw spread of less than
five and seven-eighths inches during any closed mink and marten season
in the same Unit;
(5) Using a net, or fish trap (except a blackfish or fyke trap);
(6) Taking or assisting in the taking of furbearers by firearm
before 3 a.m. on the day following the day on which airborne travel
occurred; however, this does not apply to a trapper using a firearm to
dispatch furbearers caught in a trap or snare.
(e) Possession and transportation of wildlife. (1) Except as
specified in paragraph (e)(2) or (f)(1) of this section, or as otherwise
provided, you may not take a species of wildlife in any Unit, or portion
of a Unit, if your total take of that species already obtained anywhere
in the State under Federal and State regulations equals or exceeds the
harvest limit in that Unit.
(2) An animal taken under Federal or State regulations by any member
of a community with an established community harvest limit for that
species counts toward the community harvest limit for that species.
Except for wildlife taken pursuant to Sec. 242.10(d)(5)(iii) or as
otherwise provided for by this Part, an animal taken as part of a
community harvest limit counts toward every community member's harvest
limit for that species taken under Federal or State of Alaska
regulations.
(f) Harvest limits. (1) The harvest limit specified for a trapping
season for a species and the harvest limit set for a hunting season for
the same species are separate and distinct. This means that if you have
taken a harvest limit for a particular species under a trapping season,
you may take additional animals under the harvest limit specified for a
hunting season or vice versa.
(2) A brown/grizzly bear taken in a Unit or portion of a Unit having
a harvest limit of one brown/grizzly bear per year counts against a one
brown/grizzly bear every four regulatory years harvest limit in other
Units; an individual may not take more than one brown/grizzly bear in a
regulatory year.
(g) Evidence of sex and identity. (1) If subsistence take of Dall
sheep is restricted to a ram, you may not possess or transport a
harvested sheep unless both horns accompany the animal.
(2) If the subsistence taking of an ungulate, except sheep, is
restricted to one sex in the local area, you may not possess or
transport the carcass of an animal taken in that area unless sufficient
portions of the external sex organs remain attached to indicate
conclusively the sex of the animal, except in Units 11, 13, 19, 21, and
24 where you may possess either sufficient portions of the external sex
organs (still attached to a portion of the carcass) or the head (with or
without antlers attached; however, the antler stumps must remain
attached), to indicate the sex of the harvested moose; however, this
paragraph (g)(2) does not apply to the carcass of an ungulate that has
been butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for
consumption upon arrival at the location where it is to be consumed.
(3) If a moose harvest limit requires an antlered bull, an antler
size, or configuration restriction, you may not possess or transport the
moose carcass or its parts unless both antlers accompany the carcass or
its parts. If you possess a set of antlers with less than the required
number of brow tines on one antler, you must leave the antlers naturally
attached to the unbroken, uncut skull plate; however, this paragraph
(g)(3) does not apply to a moose carcass or its parts that have been
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butchered and placed in storage or otherwise prepared for consumption
after arrival at the place where it is to be stored or consumed.
(h) You must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front
quarters and hind quarters of caribou and moose harvested in Units 9(B),
17, 18 south of the Yukon River, and 19(B) prior to October 1 until you
remove the meat from the field or process it for human consumption. You
must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front quarters, hind
quarters, and ribs of moose harvested in Unit 21 prior to October 1
until you remove the meat from the field or process it for human
consumption. You must leave all edible meat on the bones of the front
quarters, hind quarters, and ribs of caribou and moose harvested in Unit
24 prior to October 1 until you remove the meat from the field or
process it for human consumption. Meat of the front quarters, hind
quarters, or ribs from a harvested moose or caribou may be processed for
human consumption and consumed in the field; however, meat may not be
removed from the bones for purposes of transport out of the field.
(i) If you take an animal that has been marked or tagged for
scientific studies, you must, within a reasonable time, notify the ADF&G
or the agency identified on the collar or marker, when and where the
animal was taken. You also must retain any ear tag, collar, radio,
tattoo, or other identification with the hide until it is sealed, if
sealing is required; in all cases, you must return any identification
equipment to the ADF&G or to an agency identified on such equipment.
(j) Sealing of bear skins and skulls. (1) Sealing requirements for
bear shall apply to brown bears taken in all Units, except as specified
in this paragraph, and black bears of all color phases taken in Units 1-
7, 11-17, and 20.
(2) You may not possess or transport from Alaska, the untanned skin
or skull of a bear unless the skin and skull have been sealed by an
authorized representative of ADF&G in accordance with State or Federal
regulations, except that the skin and skull of a brown bear taken under
a registration permit in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B)
need not be sealed unless removed from the area.
(3) You must keep a bear skin and skull together until a
representative of the ADF&G has removed a rudimentary premolar tooth
from the skull and sealed both the skull and the skin; however, this
provision shall not apply to brown bears taken within the Western Alaska
Brown Bear Management Area, the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management
Area, Unit 5, or Unit 9(B) which are not removed from the Management
Area or Unit.
(i) In areas where sealing is required by Federal regulations, you
may not possess or transport the hide of a bear which does not have the
penis sheath or vaginal orifice naturally attached to indicate
conclusively the sex of the bear.
(ii) If the skin or skull of a bear taken in the Western Alaska
Brown Bear Management Area is removed from the area, you must first have
it sealed by an ADF&G representative in Bethel, Dillingham, or McGrath;
at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove and retain
the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
(iii) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in the
Northwestern Alaska Brown Bear Management Area from the area or present
it for commercial tanning within the Management Area, you must first
have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in Barrow, Fairbanks, Galena,
Nome, or Kotzebue; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative
shall remove and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the
bear.
(iv) If you remove the skin or skull of a bear taken in Unit 5 from
the area, you must first have it sealed by an ADF&G representative in
Yakutat; at the time of sealing, the ADF&G representative shall remove
and retain the skin of the skull and front claws of the bear.
(4) You may not falsify any information required on the sealing
certificate or temporary sealing form provided by the ADF&G in
accordance with State regulations.
(k) Sealing of beaver, lynx, marten, otter, wolf, and wolverine. You
may not possess or transport from Alaska the
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untanned skin of a marten taken in Units 1-5, 7, 13(E), and 14-16 or the
untanned skin of a beaver, lynx, otter, wolf, or wolverine, whether
taken inside or outside the State, unless the skin has been sealed by an
authorized representative of ADF&G in accordance with State regulations.
In Unit 18, you must obtain an ADF&G seal for beaver skins only if they
are to be sold or commercially sold.
(1) You must seal any wolf taken in Unit 2 on or before the 30th day
after the date of taking.
(2) You must leave the radius and ulna of the left foreleg naturally
attached to the hide of any wolf taken in Units 1-5 until the hide is
sealed.
(l) If you take a species listed in paragraph (k) of this section
but are unable to present the skin in person, you must complete and sign
a temporary sealing form and ensure that the completed temporary sealing
form and skin are presented to an authorized representative of ADF&G for
sealing consistent with requirements listed in paragraph (k) of this
section.
(m) You may take wildlife, outside of established season or harvest
limits, for food in traditional religious ceremonies, that are part of a
funerary or mortuary cycle, including memorial potlatches, under the
following provisions:
(1) The harvest does not violate recognized principles of wildlife
conservation and uses the methods and means allowable for the particular
species published in the applicable Federal regulations. The appropriate
Federal land manager will establish the number, species, sex, or
location of harvest, if necessary, for conservation purposes. Other
regulations relating to ceremonial harvest may be found in the unit-
specific regulations in Sec. 242.26(n).
(2) No permit or harvest ticket is required for harvesting under
this section; however, the harvester must be a Federally qualified
subsistence user with customary and traditional use in the area where
the harvesting will occur.
(3) In Units 1-26 (except for Koyukon/Gwich'in potlatch ceremonies
in Units 20(F), 21, 24, or 25):
(i) A tribal chief, village council president or the chief's or
president's designee for the village in which the religious ceremony
will be held, or a Federally qualified subsistence user outside of a
village or tribal-organized ceremony, must notify the nearest Federal
land manager that a wildlife harvest will take place. The notification
must include the species, harvest location, and number of animals
expected to be taken.
(ii) Immediately after the wildlife is taken, the tribal chief,
village council president or designee, or other Federally qualified
subsistence user must create a list of the successful hunters and
maintain these records including the name of the decedent for whom the
ceremony will be held. If requested, this information must be available
to an authorized representative of the Federal land manager.
(iii) The tribal chief, village council president or designee, or
other Federally qualified subsistence user outside of the village in
which the religious ceremony will be held must report to the Federal
land manager the harvest location, species, sex, and number of animals
taken as soon as practicable, but not more than 15 days after the
wildlife is taken.
(4) In Units 20(F), 21, 24, and 25 (for Koyukon/Gwich'in potlatch
ceremonies only):
(i) Taking wildlife outside of established season and harvest limits
is authorized if it is for food for the traditional Koyukon/Gwich'in
Potlatch Funerary or Mortuary ceremony and if it is consistent with
conservation of healthy populations.
(ii) Immediately after the wildlife is taken, the tribal chief,
village council president, or the chief's or president's designee for
the village in which the religious ceremony will be held must create a
list of the successful hunters and maintain these records. The list must
be made available, after the harvest is completed, to a Federal land
manager upon request.
(iii) As soon as practical, but not more than 15 days after the
harvest, the tribal chief, village council president, or designee must
notify the Federal land manager about the harvest location, species,
sex, and number of animals taken.
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(n) Unit regulations. You may take for subsistence unclassified
wildlife, all squirrel species, and marmots in all Units, without
harvest limits, for the period of July 1-June 30. Unit-specific
restrictions or allowances for subsistence taking of wildlife are
identified at paragraphs (m)(1) through (26) of this section.
(1) Unit 1. Unit 1 consists of all mainland drainages from Dixon
Entrance to Cape Fairweather, and those islands east of the center line
of Clarence Strait from Dixon Entrance to Caamano Point, and all islands
in Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Taku Inlet:
(i) Unit 1(A) consists of all drainages south of the latitude of
Lemesurier Point including all drainages into Behm Canal, excluding all
drainages of Ernest Sound;
(ii) Unit 1(B) consists of all drainages between the latitude of
Lemesurier Point and the latitude of Cape Fanshaw including all
drainages of Ernest Sound and Farragut Bay, and including the islands
east of the center lines of Frederick Sound, Dry Strait (between Sergief
and Kadin Islands), Eastern Passage, Blake Channel (excluding Blake
Island), Ernest Sound, and Seward Passage;
(iii) Unit 1(C) consists of that portion of Unit 1 draining into
Stephens Passage and Lynn Canal north of Cape Fanshaw and south of the
latitude of Eldred Rock including Berners Bay, Sullivan Island, and all
mainland portions north of Chichagof Island and south of the latitude of
Eldred Rock, excluding drainages into Farragut Bay;
(iv) Unit 1(D) consists of that portion of Unit 1 north of the
latitude of Eldred Rock, excluding Sullivan Island and the drainages of
Berners Bay;
(v) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) Public lands within Glacier Bay National Park are closed to all
taking of wildlife for subsistence uses;
(B) Unit 1(A)--in the Hyder area, the Salmon River drainage
downstream from the Riverside Mine, excluding the Thumb Creek drainage,
is closed to the taking of bear;
(C) Unit 1(B)--the Anan Creek drainage within one mile of Anan Creek
downstream from the mouth of Anan Lake, including the area within a one-
mile radius from the mouth of Anan Creek Lagoon, is closed to the taking
of black bear and brown bear;
(D) Unit 1(C):
(1) You may not hunt within one-fourth mile of Mendenhall Lake, the
U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier Visitor's Center, and the
Center's parking area;
(2) You may not take mountain goat in the area of Mt. Bullard
bounded by the Mendenhall Glacier, Nugget Creek from its mouth to its
confluence with Goat Creek, and a line from the mouth of Goat Creek
north to the Mendenhall Glacier;
(vi) You may not trap furbearers for subsistence uses in Unit 1(C),
Juneau area, on the following public lands:
(A) A strip within one-quarter mile of the mainland coast between
the end of Thane Road and the end of Glacier Highway at Echo Cove;
(B) That area of the Mendenhall Valley bounded on the south by the
Glacier Highway, on the west by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Montana
Creek Road and Spur Road to Mendenhall Lake, on the north by Mendenhall
Lake, and on the east by the Mendenhall Loop Road and Forest Service
Glacier Spur Road to the Forest Service Visitor Center;
(C) That area within the U.S. Forest Service Mendenhall Glacier
Recreation Area;
(D) A strip within one-quarter mile of the following trails as
designated on U.S. Geological Survey maps: Herbert Glacier Trail,
Windfall Lake Trail, Peterson Lake Trail, Spaulding Meadows Trail
(including the loop trail), Nugget Creek Trail, Outer Point Trail, Dan
Moller Trail, Perseverance Trail, Granite Creek Trail, Mt. Roberts Trail
and Nelson Water Supply Trail, Sheep Creek Trail, and Point Bishop
Trail;
(vii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may hunt black bear with bait in Units 1(A), 1(B), and 1(D)
between April 15 and June 15;
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may be a Sept. 1-June 30.
blue or glacier bear.
Brown Bear:
1 bear every four regulatory years by Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
State registration permit only.
Mar. 15-May 31.
Deer:
Unit 1(A)-4 antlered deer............ Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 1(B)-2 antlered deer............ Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
Unit 1(C)-4 deer; however, antlerless Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
deer may be taken only from Sept. 15-
Dec. 31.
Goat:
Unit 1(A)-Revillagigedo Island only.. No open season.
Unit 1(B)-that portion north of Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
LeConte Bay. 1 goat by State
registration permit only; the taking
of kids or nannies accompanied by
kids is prohibited.
Unit 1(A) and 1(B), that portion on No open season.
the Cleveland Peninsula south of the
divide between Yes Bay and Santa
Anna Inlet.
Unit 1(A) and Unit 1(B)-remainder-2 Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
goats; a State registration permit
will be required for the taking of
the first goat and a Federal
registration permit for the taking
of a second goat. The taking of kids
or nannies accompanied by kids is
prohibited.
Unit 1(C)-that portion draining into Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage
between Antler River and Eagle
Glacier and River, and all drainages
of the Chilkat Range south of the
Endicott River-1 goat by State
registration permit only.
Unit 1(C)-that portion draining into No open season.
Stephens Passage and Taku Inlet
between Eagle Glacier and River and
Taku Glacier.
Unit 1(C)-remainder-1 goat by State Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
registration permit only.
Unit 1(D)-that portion lying north of Sept. 15-Nov. 30.
the Katzehin River and northeast of
the Haines highway-1 goat by State
registration permit only.
Unit 1(D)-that portion lying between No open season.
Taiya Inlet and River and the White
Pass and Yukon Railroad.
Unit 1(D)-remainder-1 goat by State Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
registration permit only.
Moose:
Unit 1(A)-1 antlered bull by Federal Sept. 5-Oct. 15.
registration permit.
Unit 1(B)-1 antlered bull with spike- Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
fork or 50-inch antlers or 3 or more
brow tines on either antler, by
State registration permit only.
Unit 1(C), that portion south of Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
Point Hobart including all Port
Houghton drainages-1 antlered bull
with spike-fork or 50-inch antlers
or 3 or more brow tines on either
antler, by State registration permit
only.
Unit 1(C)-remainder, excluding Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
drainages of Berners Bay-1 antlered
bull by State registration permit
only.
Unit 1(D)............................ No open season.
Coyote:
2 coyotes............................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and
Silver Phases):
2 foxes.............................. Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day...................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx............................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf:
5 wolves............................. Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.......................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed):
5 per day, 10 in possession.......... Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession......... Aug. 1-May 15.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 1(A), (B), and (C)-No limit..... Dec. 1-May 15.
Coyote:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and
Silver Phases):
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
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Wolf:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(2) Unit 2. Unit 2 consists of Prince of Wales Island and all
islands west of the center lines of Clarence Strait and Kashevarof
Passage, south and east of the center lines of Sumner Strait, and east
of the longitude of the western most point on Warren Island.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
(ii) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may Sept. 1-June 30.
be a blue or glacier bear.
Deer:
4 deer by Federal registration July 24-Dec. 31.
permit; however, no more than one
may be an antlerless deer.
Antlerless deer may be taken only
during the period Oct. 15-Dec. 31.
The Federal public lands on Prince of
Wales Island are closed to hunting
of deer from Aug. 1 to Aug. 21,
except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users.
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day......... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: wolves. The Forest Supervisor (or Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
designee) may close the Federal hunting
and trapping season in consultation with
ADF&G and the Chair of the Southeast
Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory
Council, when the combined Federal-State
harvest quota is reached.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 5 per day, 10 Aug. 1-May 15.
in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 1-May 15.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: No limit......................... Dec. 1-May 15.
Coyote: No limit......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and
Silver Phases):.
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx: No limit........................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit.......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 15-Mar. 15.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(3) Unit 3. (i) Unit 3 consists of all islands west of Unit 1(B),
north of Unit 2, south of the center line of Frederick Sound, and east
of the center line of Chatham Strait including Coronation, Kuiu,
Kupreanof, Mitkof, Zarembo, Kashevarof, Woronkofski, Etolin, Wrangell,
and Deer Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) In the Petersburg vicinity, you may not take ungulates, bear,
wolves, and wolverine along a strip one-fourth mile wide on each side of
the Mitkof Highway from Milepost 0 to Crystal Lake campground;
(B) You may not take black bears in the Petersburg Creek drainage on
Kupreanof Island;
(C) You may not hunt in the Blind Slough draining into Wrangell
Narrows and a strip one-fourth mile wide on each side of Blind Slough,
from the hunting closure markers at the southernmost portion of Blind
Island to the hunting closure markers one mile south of the Blind Slough
bridge.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
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(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 2 bears, no more than one may Sept. 1-June 30.
be a blue or glacier bear.
Deer:
Unit 3--Mitkof, Woewodski, and Oct. 15-Oct. 31.
Butterworth Islands--1 antlered deer.
Unit 3--remainder--2 antlered deer... Aug. 1-Nov. 30.
Moose: 1 antlered bull with spike-fork or Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow tines
on either antler by State registration
permit only.
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day......... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................... Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed): 5 per Aug. 1-May 15.
day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 1-May 15.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 3--Mitkof Island--No limit...... Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
Unit 3--except Mitkof Island--No Dec. 1-May 15.
limit.
Coyote: No limit......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit.......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10.-Apr. 30.
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(4) Unit 4. (i) Unit 4 consists of all islands south and west of
Unit 1(C) and north of Unit 3 including Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof,
Yakobi, Inian, Lemesurier, and Pleasant Islands.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take bears in the Seymour Canal Closed Area
(Admiralty Island) including all drainages into northwestern Seymour
Canal between Staunch Point and the southernmost tip of the unnamed
peninsula separating Swan Cove and King Salmon Bay including Swan and
Windfall Islands;
(B) You may not take bears in the Salt Lake Closed Area (Admiralty
Island) including all lands within one-fourth mile of Salt Lake above
Klutchman Rock at the head of Mitchell Bay;
(C) You may not take brown bears in the Port Althorp Closed Area
(Chichagof Island), that area within the Port Althorp watershed south of
a line from Point Lucan to Salt Chuck Point (Trap Rock);
(D) You may not use any motorized land vehicle for brown bear
hunting in the Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area (NECCUA)
consisting of all portions of Unit 4 on Chichagof Island north of
Tenakee Inlet and east of the drainage divide from the northwest point
of Gull Cove to Port Frederick Portage, including all drainages into
Port Frederick and Mud Bay;
(E) You may not use any motorized land vehicle for the taking of
marten, mink, and weasel on Chichagof Island.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may shoot ungulates from a boat. You may not shoot bear,
wolves, or wolverine from a boat, unless you are certified as disabled;
(B) Five Federal registration permits will be issued for the taking
of brown bear for educational purposes associated with teaching
customary and traditional subsistence harvest and use practices. Any
bear taken under an educational permit does not count in an individual's
one bear every four regulatory years limit.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Brown Bear:
Unit 4--Chichagof Island south and Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
west of a line that follows the Mar. 15-May 31.
crest of the island from Rock Point
(58 deg. N. lat., 136 deg. 21' W.
long.) to Rodgers Point (57 deg. 35'
N. lat., 135 deg. 33' W. long.)
including Yakobi and other adjacent
islands; Baranof Island south and
west of a line which follows the
crest of the island from Nismeni
Point (57 deg. 34' N. lat., 135 deg.
25' W. long.) to the entrance of Gut
Bay (56 deg. 44' N. lat., 134 deg.
38' W. long.) including the
drainages into Gut Bay and including
Kruzof and other adjacent islands--1
bear every four regulatory years by
State registration permit only.
Unit 4--remainder--1 bear every four Sept. 15-Dec. 31.
regulatory years by State Mar. 15-May 20.
registration permit only.
Deer: 6 deer; however, antlerless deer Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
may be taken only from Sept. 15-Jan. 31.
Goat: 1 goat by State registration permit Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
only.
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): 5 hares per day......... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................... Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce, Blue, and Ruffed): 5 per Aug. 1-May 15.
day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 1-May 15.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: Unit 4--that portion east of Dec. 1-May 15.
Chatham Strait--No limit.
Remainder of Unit 4...................... No open season.
Coyote: No limit......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black, and Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten: No limit......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter: No limit.......................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(5) Unit 5. (i) Unit 5 consists of all Gulf of Alaska drainages and
islands between Cape Fairweather and the center line of Icy Bay,
including the Guyot Hills:
(A) Unit 5(A) consists of all drainages east of Yakutat Bay,
Disenchantment Bay, and the eastern edge of Hubbard Glacier, and
includes the islands of Yakutat and Disenchantment Bays;
(B) Unit 5(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 5.
(ii) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on public lands
within Glacier Bay National Park.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) You may not shoot ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine from a
boat, unless you are certified as disabled;
(C) You may hunt brown bear in Unit 5 with a Federal registration
permit in lieu of a State metal locking tag; if you have obtained a
Federal registration permit prior to hunting.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
2 bears, no more than one may be a Sept. 1-June 30.
blue or glacier bear.
Brown Bear:
1 bear by Federal registration permit Sept. 1-May 31.
only.
Deer:
Unit 5(A)--1 buck.................... Nov. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 5(B)............................ No open season.
Goat:
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Unit 5(A)--that area between the Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Hubbard Glacier and the West Nunatak
Glacier on the north and east sides
of Nunatak Fjord--1 goat by Federal
registration permit. The Yakutat
District Ranger and ADF&G will
jointly announce the harvest quota
prior to the season. A minimum of
two goats in the harvest quota will
be reserved for Federally qualified
subsistence users. The season will
be closed by local announcement when
the quota has been taken. The
harvest quota and season
announcements will be made in
consultation with NPS and local
residents.
Unit 5(A)--remainder--1 goat by Federal Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
registration permit. The Yakutat
District Ranger and ADF&G will jointly
announce the harvest quota prior to the
season. A minimum of four goats in the
harvest quota will be reserved for
Federally qualified subsistence users.
The season will be closed by local
announcement when the quota has been
taken. The harvest quota and season
announcements will be made in
consultation with NPS and local
residents.
Unit 5(B)--1 goat by Federal Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
registration permit only..
Moose:
Unit 5(A), Nunatak Bench--1 moose by Nov. 15-Feb. 15.
State registration permit only. The
season will be closed when 5 moose
have been taken from the Nunatak
Bench..
Unit 5(A), except Nunatak Bench--1 Oct. 8-Nov. 15.
antlered bull by Federal
registration permit only. The season
will be closed when 60 antlered
bulls have been taken from the Unit.
The season will be closed in that
portion west of the Dangerous River
when 30 antlered bulls have been
taken in that area. From Oct. 8--
Oct. 21, public lands will be closed
to taking of moose, except by
residents of Unit 5(A).
Unit 5(B)--1 antlered bull by State Sept. 1-Dec. 15.
registration permit only. The season
will be closed when 25 antlered
bulls have been taken from the
entirety of Unit 5(B).
Coyote:
2 coyotes............................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
2 foxes.............................. Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe):
5 hares per day...................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx............................... Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Wolf:
5 wolves............................. Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.......................... Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
5 per day, 10 in possession.......... Aug. 1-May 15.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession......... Aug. 1-May 15.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-May 15.
Coyote:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Lynx:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Marten:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Muskrat:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Feb. 15.
Otter:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 15.
Wolf:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
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(6) Unit 6. (i) Unit 6 consists of all Gulf of Alaska and Prince
William Sound drainages from the center line of Icy Bay (excluding the
Guyot Hills) to Cape Fairfield including Kayak, Hinchinbrook, Montague,
and adjacent islands, and Middleton Island, but excluding the Copper
River drainage upstream from Miles Glacier, and excluding the Nellie
Juan and Kings River drainages:
(A) Unit 6(A) consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages east of Palm
Point near
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Katalla including Kanak, Wingham, and Kayak Islands;
(B) Unit 6(B) consists of Gulf of Alaska and Copper River Basin
drainages west of Palm Point near Katalla, east of the west bank of the
Copper River, and east of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point;
(C) Unit 6(C) consists of drainages west of the west bank of the
Copper River, and west of a line from Flag Point to Cottonwood Point,
and drainages east of the east bank of Rude River and drainages into the
eastern shore of Nelson Bay and Orca Inlet;
(D) Unit 6(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 6.
(ii) For the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take mountain goat in the Goat Mountain goat
observation area, which consists of that portion of Unit 6(B) bounded on
the north by Miles Lake and Miles Glacier, on the south and east by
Pleasant Valley River and Pleasant Glacier, and on the west by the
Copper River;
(B) You may not take mountain goat in the Heney Range goat
observation area, which consists of that portion of Unit 6(C) south of
the Copper River Highway and west of the Eyak River.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) You may take coyotes in Units 6(B) and 6(C) with the aid of
artificial lights;
(C) One permit will be issued to the Native Village of Eyak to take
one bull moose from Federal lands in Units 6(B) or (C) for their annual
Memorial/Sobriety Day potlatch;
(D) A Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient) who is either
blind, 65 years of age or older, at least 70 percent disabled, or
temporarily disabled may designate another Federally-qualified
subsistence user to take any moose, deer, black bear and beaver on his
or her behalf in Unit 6, unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients, but
may have no more than one harvest limit in his or her possession at any
one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 1 bear....................... Sept. 1-June 30.
Deer: 4 deer; however, antlerless deer Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
may be taken only from Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
Goats:
Unit 6(A), (B)--1 goat by State Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
registration permit only.
Unit 6(C)............................ No open season.
Unit 6(D) (subareas RG242, RG243, Aug. 20-Jan. 31.
RG244, RG249, RG266 and RG252 only)--
1 goat by Federal registration
permit only. In each of the Unit
6(D) subareas, goat seasons will be
closed when harvest limits for that
subarea are reached. Harvest quotas
are as follows: RG242--2 goats,
RG243--4 goats, RG244--2 goats,
RG249--4 goats, RG266--4 goats,
RG252--1 goat.
Unit 6(D) (subarea RG245)--Federal No open season.
public lands are closed to all
taking of goats.
Moose:
Unit 6(C)--1 cow by Federal Sept. 1-Oct. 31.
registration permit only..
Unit 6(C)--1 bull by Federal Sept. 1-Dec. 31.
registration permit only..
(In Unit 6(C), only one moose permit
may be issued per household. A
household receiving a State permit
may not receive a Federal permit.
The annual harvest quota will be
announced by the U.S. Forest
Service, Cordova Office, in
consultation with ADF&G. The Federal
harvest allocation will be 100% of
the cow permits and 75% of the bull
permits.).
Unit 6--remainder.................... No open season.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in May 1-Oct. 31.
possession..
Coyote:
Unit 6(A) and (D)--2 coyotes......... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 6(B) and 6(C)--No limit......... July 1-June 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and No open season.
Silver Phases).
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30.
Lynx:.................................... No open season.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 5 per day, 10 in Aug. 1-May 15.
possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 1-May 15.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
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Trapping
Beaver: No limit......................... Dec. 1-Apr. 30.
Coyote:
Unit 6(C)--south of the Copper River Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Highway and east of the Heney Range--
No limit.
Unit 6(A), (B), (C)--remainder, and Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
(D)--No limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(7) Unit 7. (i) Unit 7 consists of Gulf of Alaska drainages between
Gore Point and Cape Fairfield including the Nellie Juan and Kings River
drainages, and including the Kenai River drainage upstream from the
Russian River, the drainages into the south side of Turnagain Arm west
of and including the Portage Creek drainage, and east of 150 deg. W.
long., and all Kenai Peninsula drainages east of 150 deg. W. long., from
Turnagain Arm to the Kenai River.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Kenai
Fjords National Park;
(B) You may not hunt in the Portage Glacier Closed Area in Unit 7,
which consists of Portage Creek drainages between the Anchorage-Seward
Railroad and Placer Creek in Bear Valley, Portage Lake, the mouth of
Byron Creek, Glacier Creek, and Byron Glacier; however, you may hunt
grouse, ptarmigan, hares, and squirrels with shotguns after September 1.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15; except in the drainages of Resurrection Creek and its tributaries.
(B) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: Unit 7--3 bears.............. July 1-June 30.
Moose:
Unit 7--that portion draining into Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Kings Bay--1 bull with spike-fork or
50-inch antlers or 3 or more brow
tines on either antler may be taken
by the community of Chenega Bay and
also by the community of Tatitlek.
Public lands are closed to the
taking of moose except by eligible
rural residents.
Unit 7--remainder.................... No open season.
Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession May 1-Oct. 10.
Coyote: No limit......................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30.
Wolf:
Unit 7--that portion within the Kenai Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
National Wildlife Refuge--2 wolves.
Unit 7--Remainder--5 wolves.......... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 10 per day, 20 in Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
possession.
Grouse (Ruffed).......................... No open season.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: 20 beaver per season............. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Coyote: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit..
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(8) Unit 8. Unit 8 consists of all islands southeast of the
centerline of Shelikof Strait including Kodiak, Afognak, Whale,
Raspberry, Shuyak, Spruce, Marmot, Sitkalidak, Amook, Uganik, and
Chirikof Islands, the Trinity Islands, the Semidi Islands, and other
adjacent islands.
(i) If you have a trapping license, you may take beaver with a
firearm in Unit 8 from Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
(ii) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Brown Bear: 1 bear by Federal Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
registration permit only. Up to 1 permit Apr. 1-May 15.
may be issued in Akhiok; up to 1 permit
may be issued in Karluk; up to 3 permits
may be issued in Larsen Bay; up to 2
permits may be issued in Old Harbor; up
to 2 permits may be issued in Ouzinkie;
and up to 2 permits may be issued in
Port Lions.
Deer: Unit 8--all lands within the Kodiak Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
Archipelago within the Kodiak National
Wildlife Refuge, including lands on
Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak Islands-
-3 deer; however, antlerless deer may be
taken only from Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Elk: Kodiak, Ban, Uganik, and Afognak Sept. 15-Nov.30.
Islands--1 elk per household by Federal
registration permit only. The season
will be closed by announcement of the
Refuge Manager, Kodiak National Wildlife
Refuge when the combined Federal/State
harvest reaches 15% of the herd.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: 30 beaver per season............. Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
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(9) Unit 9. (i) Unit 9 consists of the Alaska Peninsula and adjacent
islands, including drainages east of False Pass, Pacific Ocean drainages
west of and excluding the Redoubt Creek drainage; drainages into the
south side of Bristol Bay, drainages into the north side of Bristol Bay
east of Etolin Point, and including the Sanak and Shumagin Islands:
(A) Unit 9(A) consists of that portion of Unit 9 draining into
Shelikof Strait and Cook Inlet between the southern boundary of Unit 16
(Redoubt Creek) and the northern boundary of Katmai National Park and
Preserve;
(B) Unit 9(B) consists of the Kvichak River drainage;
(C) Unit 9(C) consists of the Alagnak (Branch) River drainage, the
Naknek River drainage, and all land and water within Katmai National
Park and Preserve;
(D) Unit 9(D) consists of all Alaska Peninsula drainages west of a
line from the southernmost head of Port Moller to the head of American
Bay including the Shumagin Islands and other islands of Unit 9 west of
the Shumagin Islands;
(E) Unit 9(E) consists of the remainder of Unit 9.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in Katmai
National Park;
(B) You may not use motorized vehicles, except aircraft, boats, or
snowmobiles used for hunting and transporting a hunter or harvested
animal parts from Aug. 1-Nov. 30 in the Naknek Controlled Use Area,
which includes all of Unit 9(C) within the Naknek River drainage
upstream from and including the King Salmon Creek drainage; however, you
may use a motorized vehicle on the Naknek-King Salmon, Lake Camp, and
Rapids Camp roads and on the King Salmon Creek trail, and on frozen
surfaces of the Naknek River and Big Creek;
(C) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which
consists of Units 9(B) except that portion within the Lake Clark
National Park and Preserve, 17, 18, and those portions of 19(A) and (B)
downstream of
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and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 9(B) from April 1-May 31 and in the remainder of Unit 9
from April 1-April 30;
(B) In Unit 9(B), Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, residents
of Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro Bay, and Port Alsworth, may hunt
brown bear by Federal registration permit in lieu of a resident tag; ten
permits will be available with at least one permit issued in each
community but no more than five permits will be issued in a single
community; the season will be closed when four females or ten bears have
been taken, whichever occurs first;
(C) Residents of Newhalen, Nondalton, Iliamna, Pedro Bay, and Port
Alsworth may take up to a total of 10 bull moose in Unit 9(B) for
ceremonial purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit
from July 1 through June 30. Permits will be issued to individuals only
at the request of a local organization. This 10 moose limit is not
cumulative with that permitted for potlatches by the State;
(D) For Units 9(C) and (E) only, a Federally-qualified subsistence
user (recipient) of Units 9(C) and (E) may designate another Federally-
qualified subsistence user of Units 9(C) and (E) to take bull caribou on
his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a community
operating under a community harvest system. The designated hunter must
obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest
report and turn over all meat to the recipient. There is no restriction
on the number of possession limits the designated hunter may have in
his/her possession at any one time;
(E) For Unit 9(D), a Federally-qualified subsistence user
(recipient) may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user
to take caribou on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of
a community operating under a community harvest system. The designated
hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a
completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number
of recipients but may have no more than four harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time;
(F) The communities of False Pass, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point,
and Nelson Lagoon annually may each take, from October 1 through
December 31 or May 10 through May 25, one brown bear for ceremonial
purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit. A permit
will be issued to an individual only at the request of a local
organization. The brown bear may be taken from either Unit 9(D) or Unit
10 (Unimak Island) only.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears.............................. July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 9(B)--Lake Clark National Park July 1-June 30.
and Preserve--Rural residents of
Nondalton, Iliamna, Newhalen, Pedro
Bay, and Port Alsworth only--1 bear
by Federal registration permit only.
Unit 9(B), remainder--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit only.
Unit 9(E)--1 bear by Federal Sept. 25-Dec. 31.
registration permit.
Apr. 15-May 25.
Caribou:
Unit 9(A)--4 caribou; however, no Aug. 10-Mar. 31,
more than 2 caribou may be taken
Aug. 10-Sept. 30 and no more than 1
caribou may be taken Oct. 1-Nov. 30..
Unit 9(C), that portion within the Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
Alagnak River drainage--1 caribou.
Unit 9(C), remainder--1 bull by Nov. 15-Feb. 28.
Federal registration permit or State
Tier II permit. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of caribou
except by residents of Units 9(C)
and (E).
Unit 9(B)--5 caribou; however, no Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
more than 2 bulls may be taken from
Oct. 1-Nov. 30..
Unit 9(D)--1 caribou by Federal Aug. 1-Sept. 30. Nov. 15-Mar.
registration permit. 31.
Unit 9(E)--1 bull by Federal Aug. 10-Sept. 20. Nov. 1-Apr.
registration permit or State Tier II 30.
permit. Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of caribou
except by residents of Units 9(C)
and (E).
Sheep:
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Unit 9(B)--Residents of Iliamna, Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
Newhalen, Nondalton, Pedro Bay, Port
Alsworth, and residents of Lake
Clark National Park and Preserve
within Unit 9(B).--1 ram with \7/8\
curl horn by Federal registration
permit only.
Remainder of Unit 9--1 ram with \7/8\ Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
curl horn.
Moose:
Unit 9(A)--1 bull.................... Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
Unit 9(B)--1 bull.................... Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
Unit 9(C)--that portion draining into Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
the Naknek River from the north--1 Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
bull.
Unit 9(C)--that portion draining into Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
the Naknek River from the south--1 Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
bull. However, during the period
Aug. 20-Aug. 31, bull moose may be
taken by Federal registration permit
only. During the December hunt,
anterless moose may be taken by
Federal registration permit only.
The anterless season will be closed
when 5 anterless moose have been
taken. Public lands are closed
during December for the hunting of
moose, except by eligible rural
Alaska residents.
Unit 9(C)--remainder--1 bull......... Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Unit 9(D)--1 bull by Federal Dec. 15-Jan. 20.
registration permit. Federal public
lands will be closed to the harvest
of moose when a total of 10 bulls
have been harvested between State
and Federal hunts.
Unit 9(E)--1 bull.................... Aug. 20-Sept. 20.
Dec. 1-Jan. 20.
Coyote:
2 coyotes............................ Sept. 1.-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Mar. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
2 foxes.............................. Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra):
No limit............................. July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx............................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
10 wolves............................ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.......................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce):
15 per day, 30 in possession......... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession......... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit............................. Oct. 10-Mar. 31.
2 beaver per day; only firearms may Apr. 15-May 31.
be used..
Coyote:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White):
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(10) Unit 10. (i) Unit 10 consists of the Aleutian Islands, Unimak
Island, and the Pribilof Islands.
(ii) You may not take any wildlife species for subsistence uses on
Otter Island in the Pribilof Islands.
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(iii) In Unit 10--Unimak Island only, a Federally-qualified
subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally-qualified
subsistence user to take caribou on his or her behalf unless the
recipient is a member of a community operating under a community harvest
system. The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and
must return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt
for any number of recipients but may have no more than four harvest
limits in his/her possession at any one time.
(iv) The communities of False Pass, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point,
and Nelson Lagoon annually may each take, from October 1 through
December 31 or May 10 through May 25, one brown bear for ceremonial
purposes, under the terms of a Federal registration permit. A permit
will be issued to an individual only at the request of a local
organization. The brown bear may be taken from either Unit 9(D) or Unit
10 (Unimak Island) only.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Caribou:
Unit 10--Unimak Island only--2 Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
caribou by Federal registration Nov. 15-Mar. 31.
permit only.
Unit 10--remainder--No limit......... July 1-June 30.
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No July 1-June 30.
limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
40 in possession.
Trapping
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No July 1-June 30.
limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(11) Unit 11. Unit 11 consists of that area draining into the
headwaters of the Copper River south of Suslota Creek and the area
drained by all tributaries into the east bank of the Copper River
between the confluence of Suslota Creek with the Slana River and Miles
Glacier.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20-July 31 in the
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or
Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium
to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be
obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.
(ii) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: Unit 11-1 bear............... Aug. 10-June 15.
Caribou: Unit 11......................... No open season.
Sheep:
1 sheep.............................. Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
1 sheep by Federal registration Sept. 21-Oct. 20.
permit only by persons 60 years of
age or older.
Goat: Unit 11--that portion within the Aug. 25-Dec. 31.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and
Preserve--1 goat by Federal registration
permit only. Federal public lands will
be closed to the harvest of goats when a
total of 45 goats have been harvested
between Federal and State hunts.
Moose: 1 antlered bull by Federal Aug. 20-Sept. 20.
registration permit only.
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Beaver: 1 beaver per day, 1 in possession June 1-Oct. 10.
Coyote: 10 coyotes....................... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Wolf: 10 wolves.......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Jan 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp- Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: 30 beaver per season............. Nov. 10-Apr. 30.
Coyote: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
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(12) Unit 12. Unit 12 consists of the Tanana River drainage upstream
from the Robertson River, including all drainages into the east bank of
the Robertson River, and the White River drainage in Alaska, but
excluding the Ladue River drainage.
(i) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30;
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller
than 3/32 inch diameter to trap coyotes or wolves in Unit 12 during
April and October;
(C) One moose without calf may be taken from June 20-July 31 in the
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Unit 11 or 12 for the
Batzulnetas Culture Camp. Two hunters from either Chistochina or
Mentasta Village may be designated by the Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium
to receive the Federal subsistence harvest permit. The permit may be
obtained from a Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve office.
(ii) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear Aug. 10-June 30.
Caribou:
Unit 12--that portion of the Nabesna No open season.
River drainage within the Wrangell-
St. Elias National Park and season.
Preserve and all Federal lands south
of the Winter Trail running
southeast from Pickerel Lake to the
Canadian border--The taking of
caribou is prohibited on Federal
public lands.
Unit 12--remainder--1 bull........... Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Unit 12--remainder--1 caribou may be
taken by a Federal registration
permit during a winter season to be
announced. Dates for a winter season
to occur between Oct. 1 and Apr. 30
and sex of animal to be taken will
be announced by Tetlin National
Wildlife Refuge Manager in
consultation with Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park and Preserve
Superintendent, Alaska Department of
Fish and Game area biologists, and
Chairs of the Eastern Interior
Regional Advisory Council and Upper
Tanana/Fortymile Fish and Game
Advisory Committee.
Sheep: 1 ram with full curl horn or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
larger.
Moose:
Unit 12--that portion within the Aug. 24-Aug. 28.
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge and Sept. 8-Sept. 17.
those lands within the Wrangell-St. Nov. 20-Nov. 30.
Elias National Preserve north and
east of a line formed by the
Pickerel Lake Winter Trail from the
Canadian border to the southern
boundary of the Tetlin National
Wildlife Refuge--1 antlered bull.
The November season is open by
Federal registration permit only.
Unit 12--that portion lying east of Aug. 24-Sept. 30.
the Nabesna River and Nabesna
Glacier and south of the Winter
Trail running southeast from
Pickerel Lake to the Canadian border-
-1 antlered bull.
Unit 12--remainder--1 antlered bull Aug. 15-Aug. 28.
with spike/fork antlers.
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Unit 12--remainder--1 antlered bull.. Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
Beaver: Unit 12--Wrangell-Saint Elias Sept. 20-May 15.
National Park and Preserve--6 beaver per
season. Meat from harvested. beaver must
be salvaged for human consumption.
Coyote: 10 coyotes....................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Nov. 1-Mar. 15.
Wolf: 10 wolves.......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp- Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: 15 beaver per season. Only Sept. 20-May 15.
firearms may be used during Sept. 20-
Oct. 31 and Apr. 16-May 15, to take up
to 6 beaver. Only traps or snares may be
used Nov. 1-Apr. 15. The total annual
harvest limit for beaver is 15, of which
no more than 6 may be taken by firearm
under trapping or hunting regulations.
Meat from beaver harvested by firearm
must be salvaged for human consumption..
Coyote: No limit......................... Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit; however, no more than 5 Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
lynx may be taken between Nov. 1 and
Nov. 30.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Sept. 20-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
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(13) Unit 13. (i) Unit 13 consists of that area westerly of the east
bank of the Copper River and drained by all tributaries into the west
bank of the Copper River from Miles Glacier and including the Slana
River drainages north of Suslota Creek; the drainages into the Delta
River upstream from Falls Creek and Black Rapids Glacier; the drainages
into the Nenana River upstream from the southeast corner of Denali
National Park at Windy; the drainage into the Susitna River upstream
from its junction with the Chulitna River; the drainage into the east
bank of the Chulitna River upstream to its confluence with Tokositna
River; the drainages of the Chulitna River (south of Denali National
Park) upstream from its confluence with the Tokositna River; the
drainages into the north bank of the Tokositna River upstream to the
base of the Tokositna Glacier; the drainages into the Tokositna Glacier;
the drainages into the east bank of the Susitna River between its
confluences with the Talkeetna and Chulitna Rivers; the drainages into
the north and east bank of the Talkeetna River including the Talkeetna
River to its confluence with Clear Creek, the eastside drainages of a
line going up the south bank of Clear Creek to the first unnamed creek
on the south, then up that creek to lake 4408, along the northeast shore
of lake 4408, then southeast in a straight line to the northern most
fork of the Chickaloon River; the drainages into the east bank of the
Chickaloon River below the line from lake 4408; the drainages of the
Matanuska River above its confluence with the Chickaloon River:
(A) Unit 13(A) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a line
beginning at the Chickaloon River bridge at Mile 77.7 on the Glenn
Highway, then along the Glenn Highway to its junction with the
Richardson Highway, then south along the Richardson Highway to the foot
of Simpson Hill at Mile 111.5, then east to the east bank of the Copper
River, then northerly along the east bank of the Copper River to its
junction with the Gulkana River, then northerly along the west bank of
the Gulkana River to its junction with the West Fork of the Gulkana
River, then westerly along the west bank of the West Fork of the Gulkana
River to its source, an unnamed lake, then across the divide into the
Tyone River drainage, down an unnamed stream into the Tyone River, then
down the Tyone River to the Susitna River, then down
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the southern bank of the Susitna River to the mouth of Kosina Creek,
then up Kosina Creek to its headwaters, then across the divide and down
Aspen Creek to the Talkeetna River, then southerly along the boundary of
Unit 13 to the Chickaloon River bridge, the point of beginning;
(B) Unit 13(B) consists of that portion of Unit 13 bounded by a line
beginning at the confluence of the Copper River and the Gulkana River,
then up the east bank of the Copper River to the Gakona River, then up
the Gakona River and Gakona Glacier to the boundary of Unit 13, then
westerly along the boundary of Unit 13 to the Susitna Glacier, then
southerly along the west bank of the Susitna Glacier and the Susitna
River to the Tyone River, then up the Tyone River and across the divide
to the headwaters of the West Fork of the Gulkana River, then down the
West Fork of the Gulkana River to the confluence of the Gulkana River
and the Copper River, the point of beginning;
(C) Unit 13(C) consists of that portion of Unit 13 east of the
Gakona River and Gakona Glacier;
(D) Unit 13(D) consists of that portion of Unit 13 south of Unit
13(A);
(E) Unit 13(E) consists of the remainder of Unit 13.
(ii) Within the following areas, the taking of wildlife for
subsistence uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (m)(13) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980;
(B) You may not use motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting
from Aug. 5-Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the boundary of
which is defined as: A line beginning at the confluence of Miller Creek
and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench mark Miller, then
west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and Black Rapids
Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of McGinnis Creek
to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a straight line
across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, then north
along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska Highway,
then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the Johnson
River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and Johnson
Glacier to the head of the Cantwell Glacier, then west along the north
bank of the Cantwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River;
(C) Except for access and transportation of harvested wildlife on
Sourdough and Haggard Creeks, Meiers Lake trails, or other trails
designated by the Board, you may not use motorized vehicles for
subsistence hunting, is prohibited in the Sourdough Controlled Use Area.
The Sourdough Controlled Use Area consists of that portion of Unit 13(B)
bounded by a line beginning at the confluence of Sourdough Creek and the
Gulkana River, then northerly along Sourdough Creek to the Richardson
Highway at approximately Mile 148, then northerly along the Richardson
Highway to the Meiers Creek Trail at approximately Mile 170, then
westerly along the trail to the Gulkana River, then southerly along the
east bank of the Gulkana River to its confluence with Sourdough Creek,
the point of beginning;
(D) You may not use any motorized vehicle or pack animal for
hunting, including the transportation of hunters, their hunting gear,
and/or parts of game from July 26 to September 30 in the Tonsina
Controlled Use Area. The Tonsina Controlled Use Area consists of that
portion of Unit 13(D) bounded on the west by the Richardson Highway from
the Tiekel River to the Tonsina River at Tonsina, on the north along the
south bank of the Tonsina River to where the Edgerton Highway crosses
the Tonsina River, then along the Edgeton Highway to Chitina, on the
east by the Copper River from Chitina to the Tiekel River, and on the
south by the north bank of the Tiekel River.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears.............................. July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
1 bear. Bears taken within Denali Aug. 10-May 31.
National Park must be sealed within
5 days of harvest. That portion
within Denali National Park will be
closed by announcement of the
Superintendent after 4 bears have
been harvested.
Caribou:
Unit 13(A)and (B)--2 caribou by Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Federal registration permit only. Oct. 21-Mar. 31.
Only bulls may be taken during the
Aug. 10-Sept. 30. season. During the
winter season (Oct. 21-Mar. 31), the
sex of animals that may be taken
will be announced by the Glennallen
Field Office Manager of the Bureau
of Land Management in consultation
with the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game area biologist and Chairs
of the Eastern Interior Regional
Advisory Council and the
Southcentral Regional Advisory
Council.
Unit 13--remainder--2 bulls by Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Federal registration permit only. Oct. 21-Mar. 31.
Hunting within the Trans-Alaska Oil
Pipeline right-of-way is prohibited. The
right-of-way is identified as the area
occupied by the pipeline (buried or
above ground) and the cleared area 25
feet on either side of the pipeline
Sheep:
Unit 13--excluding Unit 13(D) and the Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Tok Management Area and Delta
Controlled Use Area--1 ram with \7/
8\ curl horn.
Moose:
Unit 13(E)--1 antlered bull moose by Aug. 1-Sept. 20.
Federalregistration permit only;
only 1 permit will be issued per
household.
Unit 13--remainder--1 antlered bull Aug. 1-Sept. 20.
moose by Federal registration permit
only.
Beaver:
1 beaver per day, 1 in possession.... June 15-Sept. 10.
Coyote:
2 coyotes............................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
2 foxes.............................. Sept. 1-Feb. 15
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit............................. July 1-June 30
Lynx:
2 lynx............................... Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Wolf:
10 wolves............................ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.......................... Sept. 1-Jan. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
15 per day, 30 in possession......... Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession......... Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit............................. Oct. 10-May 15.
Coyote:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Lynx:
No limit............................. Dec. 1-Jan. 15.
Marten:
Unit 13(A-D)--No limit............... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Unit 13--remainder--No limit......... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit............................. Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
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(14) Unit 14. (i) Unit 14 consists of drainages into the north side
of Turnagain Arm west of and excluding the Portage Creek drainage,
drainages into Knik Arm excluding drainages of the Chickaloon and
Matanuska Rivers
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in Unit 13, drainages into the north side of Cook Inlet east of the
Susitna River, drainages into the east bank of the Susitna River
downstream from the Talkeetna River, and drainages into the south and
west bank of the Talkeetna River to its confluence with Clear Creek, the
westside drainages of a line going up the south bank of Clear Creek to
the first unnamed creek on the south, then up that creek to lake 4408,
along the northeast shore of lake 4408, then southeast in a straight
line to the northern most fork of the Chickaloon River:
(A) Unit 14(A) consists of drainages in Unit 14 bounded on the west
by the east bank of the Susitna River, on the north by the north bank of
Willow Creek and Peters Creek to its headwaters, then east along the
hydrologic divide separating the Susitna River and Knik Arm drainages to
the outlet creek at lake 4408, on the east by the eastern boundary of
Unit 14, and on the south by Cook Inlet, Knik Arm, the south bank of the
Knik River from its mouth to its junction with Knik Glacier, across the
face of Knik Glacier and along the north side of Knik Glacier to the
Unit 6 boundary;
(B) Unit 14(B) consists of that portion of Unit 14 north of Unit
14(A);
(C) Unit 14(C) consists of that portion of Unit 14 south of Unit
14(A).
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Fort
Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base Management Areas, consisting of
the Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Military Reservation;
(B) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Anchorage
Management Area, consisting of all drainages south of Elmendorf and Fort
Richardson military reservations and north of and including Rainbow
Creek.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: Unit 14(C)--1 bear........... July 1-June 30.
Beaver: Unit 14(C)--1 beaver per day, 1 May 15-Oct. 31.
in possession.
Coyote: Unit 14(C)--2 coyotes............ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): Unit 14(C)--2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe): Unit 14(C)--5 hares per Sept. 8-Apr. 30.
day.
Lynx: Unit 14(C)--2 lynx................. Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Wolf: Unit 14(C)--5 wolves............... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: Unit 14(C)--1 wolverine....... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): Unit 14(C)--5 Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
per day, 10 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Sept. 8-Mar. 31.
tailed): Unit 14(C)--10 per day, 20 in
possession.
Trapping
Beaver: Unit 14(C)--that portion within Dec. 1-Apr. 15.
the drainages of Glacier Creek, Kern
Creek, Peterson Creek, the Twentymile
River and the drainages of Knik River
outside Chugach State Park--20 beaver
per season.
Coyote: Unit 14(C)--No limit............. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): Unit 14(C)--1 fox.
Marten: Unit 14(C)--No limit............. Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel: Unit 14(C)--No limit.... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: Unit 14(C)--No limit............ Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter: Unit 14(C)--No limit.............. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: Unit 14(C)--No limit............... Nov. 10-Feb. 28
Wolverine: Unit 14(C)--No limit.......... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(15) Unit 15. (i) Unit 15 consists of that portion of the Kenai
Peninsula and adjacent islands draining into the Gulf of Alaska, Cook
Inlet, and Turnagain Arm from Gore Point to the point where longitude
line 150 deg. 00' W. crosses the coastline of Chickaloon Bay in
Turnagain Arm, including that area lying west of longitude line 150 deg.
00' W. to the mouth of the Russian River, then southerly along the
Chugach National Forest boundary to the upper end of Upper Russian Lake;
and including the drainages into Upper Russian Lake west of the Chugach
National Forest boundary:
(A) Unit 15(A) consists of that portion of Unit 15 north of the
north bank
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of the Kenai River and the north shore of Skilak Lake;
(B) Unit 15(B) consists of that portion of Unit 15 south of the
north bank of the Kenai River and the north shore of Skilak Lake, and
north of the north bank of the Kasilof River, the north shore of
Tustumena Lake, Glacier Creek, and Tustumena Glacier;
(C) Unit 15(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 15.
(ii) You may not take wildlife, except for grouse, ptarmigan, and
hares that may be taken only from October 1-March 1 by bow and arrow
only, in the Skilak Loop Management Area, which consists of that portion
of Unit 15(A) bounded by a line beginning at the eastern most junction
of the Sterling Highway and the Skilak Loop (milepost 76.3), then due
south to the south bank of the Kenai River, then southerly along the
south bank of the Kenai River to its confluence with Skilak Lake, then
westerly along the north shore of Skilak Lake to Lower Skilak Lake
Campground, then northerly along the Lower Skilak Lake Campground Road
and the Skilak Loop Road to its western most junction with the Sterling
Highway, then easterly along the Sterling Highway to the point of
beginning.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) You may not trap furbearers for subsistence in the Skilak Loop
Wildlife Management Area;
(C) You may not trap marten in that portion of Unit 15(B) east of
the Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak River, and Skilak Glacier;
(D) You may not take red fox in Unit 15 by any means other than a
steel trap or snare.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
Unit 15(C)--3 bears.................. July 1-June 30.
Unit 15--remainder................... No open season.
Moose:
Unit 15(A)--Skilak Loop Wildlife No open season.
Management Area.
Unit 15(A)--remainder, Unit 15(B), Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
and (C)--1 antlered bull with spike-
fork or 50-inch antlers or with 3 or
more brow tines on either antler, by
Federal registration permit only.
Coyote:
No limit............................. Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit............................. July 1-June 30.
Wolf:
Unit 15--that portion within the Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge--2
wolves.
Unit 15--remainder--5 wolves......... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 Wolverine.......................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce):
15 per day, 30 in possession......... Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Ruffed) No open season.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
tailed):
Unit 15(A) and (B)--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
possession.
Unit 15(C)--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Dec. 31.
possession.
Unit 15(C)--5 per day, 10 in Jan. 1-Mar. 31.
possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
20 Beaver per season................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Coyote:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
Fox................................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten:
Unit 15(B)--that portion east of the No open season.
Kenai River, Skilak Lake, Skilak
River, and Skilak Glacier.
Remainder of Unit 15--No limit....... Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-May 15.
Otter:
Unit 15--No limit.................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
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Unit 15(B) and (C)--No limit......... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(16) Unit 16. (i) Unit 16 consists of the drainages into Cook Inlet
between Redoubt Creek and the Susitna River, including Redoubt Creek
drainage, Kalgin Island, and the drainages on the west side of the
Susitna River (including the Susitna River) upstream to its confluence
with the Chulitna River; the drainages into the west side of the
Chulitna River (including the Chulitna River) upstream to the Tokositna
River, and drainages into the south side of the Tokositna River upstream
to the base of the Tokositna Glacier, including the drainage of the
Kahiltna Glacier:
(A) Unit 16(A) consists of that portion of Unit 16 east of the east
bank of the Yentna River from its mouth upstream to the Kahiltna River,
east of the east bank of the Kahiltna River, and east of the Kahiltna
Glacier;
(B) Unit 16(B) consists of the remainder of Unit 16.
(ii) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses in the Mount
McKinley National Park, as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (m)(16) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15.
(B) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears.............................. July 1-June 30.
Caribou:
1 caribou............................ Aug. 10-Oct. 31.
Moose:
Unit 16(B)--Redoubt Bay Drainages Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
south and west of, and including the
Kustatan River drainage--1 antlered
bull.
Unit 16(B)--remainder--1 moose; Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
however, antlerless moose may be Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
taken only from Sept. 25-Sept. 30
and from Dec. 1-Feb. 28 by Federal
registration permit only.
Coyote:
2 coyotes............................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
2 foxes.............................. Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe):
No limit............................. July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
2 lynx............................... Dec. 15-Jan. 15.
Wolf:
5 wolves............................. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.......................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):
15 per day, 30 in possession......... Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-
tailed):
20 per day, 40 in possession......... Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
Trapping
Beaver:
No limit............................. Oct. 10-May 15.
Coyote:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Marten:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Mink and Weasel:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf:
No limit............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:
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No limit............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(17) Unit 17. (i) Unit 17 consists of drainages into Bristol Bay and
the Bering Sea between Etolin Point and Cape Newenham, and all islands
between these points including Hagemeister Island and the Walrus
Islands:
(A) Unit 17(A) consists of the drainages between Cape Newenham and
Cape Constantine, and Hagemeister Island and the Walrus Islands;
(B) Unit 17(B) consists of the Nushagak River drainage upstream
from, and including the Mulchatna River drainage, and the Wood River
drainage upstream from the outlet of Lake Beverley;
(C) Unit 17(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 17.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) Except for aircraft and boats and in legal hunting camps, you
may not use any motorized vehicle for hunting ungulates, bears, wolves,
and wolverine, including transportation of hunters and parts of
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine in the Upper Mulchatna Controlled
Use Area consisting of Unit 17(B), from Aug. 1-Nov. 1;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which
consists of Units 9(B) except that portion within the Lake Clark
National Park and Preserve, 17, 18, and those portions of 19(A) and (B)
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have
obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
15;
(B) For Federal registration permit caribou hunts for Unit 17(A) and
(C), that portion consisting of the Nushagak Peninsula south of the
Igushik River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak Bay, a
Federally-qualified subsistence user may designate another Federally-
qualified subsistence user to harvest caribou on his or her behalf. The
designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return
a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any
number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in
his/her possession at any one time;
(C) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 17 from April 15-May 31. You may not take beaver with a
firearm under a trapping license on National Park Service lands.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 2 bears...................... Aug. 1-May 31.
Brown Bear: Unit 17--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit only.
Caribou:.................................
Unit 17(A)--all drainages west of Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
Right Hand Point--5 caribou;
however, no more than 2 bulls may be
taken from Oct. 1--Nov. 30. The
season may be closed and harvest
limit reduced for the drainages
between the Togiak River and Right
Hand Point by announcement of the
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Manager.
Unit 17(A) and (C)--that portion of Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
17(A) and (C) consisting of the Dec. 1-Mar. 31.
Nushagak Peninsula south of the
Igushik River, Tuklung River and
Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak Bay--
up to 2 caribou by Federal
registration permit. Public lands
are closed to the taking of caribou
except by the residents of Togiak,
Twin Hills, Manokotak, Aleknagik,
Dillingham, Clark's Point, and Ekuk
during seasons identified above. The
harvest objective, harvest limit,
and the number of permits available
will be announced by the Togiak
National Wildlife Refuge Manager
after consultation with the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game and the
Nushagak Peninsula Caribou Planning
Committee. Successful hunters must
report their harvest to the Togiak
National Wildlife Refuge within 24
hours after returning from the
field. The season may be closed by
announcement of the Togiak National
Wildlife Refuge Manager.
Unit 17(B) and (C)--that portion of Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
17(C) east of the Wood River and
Wood River Lakes--5 caribou;
however, no more than 2 bulls may be
taken from Oct. 1-Nov. 30.
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Unit 17(A)--remainder and 17(C)-- Season to occur between Aug.
remainder--selected drainages; a 1-Mar. 31, harvest limit,
harvest limit of up to 5 caribou and hunt area to be
will be determined at the time the announced by the Togiak
season is announced. National Wildlife Refuge
Manager.
Sheep: 1 ram with full curl horn or Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
larger.
Moose:
Unit 17(A)--1 bull by State Aug. 25-Sept. 20.
registration permit..
Unit 17(B)--that portion that Aug. 20-Sept. 15,
includes all the Mulchatna River
drainage upstream from and including
the Chilchitna River drainage--1
bull by State registration permit.
During the period Sept. 1-Sept. 15,
a spike/fork bull or a bull with 50-
inch antlers or with 3 or more brow
tines on one side may be taken with
a State harvest ticket.
Unit 17(C)--that portion that Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
includes the Iowithla drainage and
Sunshine Valley and all lands west
of Wood River and south of Aleknagik
Lake--1 bull by State registration
permit. During the period Sept. 1-
Sept. 15, a spike/fork bull or a
bull with 50-inch antlers or with 3
or more brow tines on one side may
be taken with a State harvest ticket.
Unit 17(B)--remainder and 17(C)-- Aug. 20-Sept. 15.
remainder--1 bull by State Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
registration permit. During the
period Sept. 1-Sept. 15, a spike/
fork bull or a bull with 50-inch
antlers or with 3 or more brow tines
on one side may be taken with a
State harvest ticket.
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No Dec. 1-Mar. 15.
limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Feb. 15.
Silver Phases): 2 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit..... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 10 wolves.......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day, Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 17--No limit.................... Oct. 10-Mar. 31.
--2 beaver per day. Only firearms Apr. 15-May 31.
may be used.
Coyote: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: 2 muskrats...................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Feb. 28.
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(18) Unit 18. (i) Unit 18 consists of that area draining into the
Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers downstream from a straight line drawn between
Lower Kalskag and Paimiut and the drainages flowing into the Bering Sea
from Cape Newenham on the south to and including the Pastolik River
drainage on the north; Nunivak, St. Matthew, and adjacent islands
between Cape Newenham and the Pastolik River.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public lands:
(A) In the Kalskag Controlled Use Area which consists of that
portion of Unit 18 bounded by a line from Lower Kalskag on the Kuskokwim
River, northwesterly to Russian Mission on the Yukon River, then east
along the north bank of the Yukon River to the old site of Paimiut, then
back to Lower Kalskag, you may not use aircraft for hunting any
ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine, including the transportation of any
hunter and ungulate, bear, wolf, or wolverine part; however, this does
not apply to transportation of a hunter or ungulate, bear, wolf, or
wolverine part by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the
Controlled Use Area or between a publicly owned airport within the Area
and points outside the Area;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which
consists of Units 9(B) except that portion within the Lake Clark
National Park and Preserve, 17, 18, and those portions of 19(A) and (B)
downstream of
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and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have obtained a State
registration permit prior to hunting.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 18 from Apr. 1--Jun. 10;
(B) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 18.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: 1 bear by State registration Sept. 1-May 31.
permit only.
Caribou:
Unit 18--that portion south of the Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
Yukon River--5 caribou . Edible meat
must remain on the bones of the
front quarters and hind quarters
until the meat is removed from the
field.
Unit 18--that portion north of the Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
Yukon River--5 caribou per day.
Moose:
Unit 18--that portion north and west Sept. 5-Sept. 25.
of a line from Cape Romanzof to
Kuzilvak Mountain, and then to
Mountain Village, and west of, but
not including, the Andreafsky River
drainage--1 antlered bull.
Unit 18--south of and including the No open season.
Kanektok River drainages.
Unit 18--Kuskokwim River drainage--1 Aug. 25-Sept. 25. Winter
antlered bull. A 10-day hunt to season to be announced.
occur between Dec. 1 and Feb. 28 (1
bull, evidence of sex required) will
be opened by announcement.
Unit 18--remainder--1 antlered bull. Sept. 1-Sept. 30. Winter
A 10-day hunt to occur between Dec. season to be announced.
1 and Feb. 28 (1 bull, evidence of
sex required) will be opened by
announcement.
Public lands in Unit 18 are closed to the
hunting of moose, except by Federally-
qualified rural Alaska residents during
seasons identified above.
Beaver: No limit......................... July 1-June 30.
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
foxes.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit..... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed): 15 per day, Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, Aug. 10-May 30.
40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: No limit......................... July 1-June 30.
Coyote: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 10-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 10-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
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(19) Unit 19. (i) Unit 19 consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage
upstream from a straight line drawn between Lower Kalskag and Piamiut:
(A) Unit 19(A) consists of the Kuskokwim River drainage downstream
from and including the Moose Creek drainage on the north bank and
downstream from and including the Stony River drainage on the south
bank, excluding Unit 19(B);
(B) Unit 19(B) consists of the Aniak River drainage upstream from
and including the Salmon River drainage, the Holitna River drainage
upstream from and including the Bakbuk Creek drainage, that area south
of a line from the mouth of Bakbuk Creek to the radar dome at Sparrevohn
Air Force Base, including the Hoholitna River drainage upstream from
that line, and the Stony River drainage upstream from and including the
Can Creek drainage;
(C) Unit 19(C) consists of that portion of Unit 19 south and east of
a line from Benchmark M1.26 (approximately 1.26 miles south of
the northwest corner of the original Mt. McKinley National Park
boundary) to the peak of Lone Mountain, then due west to Big River,
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including the Big River drainage upstream from that line, and including
the Swift River drainage upstream from and including the North Fork
drainage;
(D) Unit 19(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 19.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (m)(19) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980;
(B) In the Upper Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area, which consists of
that portion of Unit 19(D) upstream from the mouth of Big River
including the drainages of the Big River, Middle Fork, South Fork, East
Fork, and Tonzona River, and bounded by a line following the west bank
of the Swift Fork (McKinley Fork) of the Kuskokwim River to 152 deg. 50'
W. long., then north to the boundary of Denali National Preserve, then
following the western boundary of Denali National Preserve north to its
intersection with the Minchumina-Telida winter trail, then west to the
crest of Telida Mountain, then north along the crest of Munsatli Ridge
to elevation 1,610, then northwest to Dyckman Mountain and following the
crest of the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nowitna
drainage, and the divide between the Kuskokwim River and the Nixon Fork
River to Loaf benchmark on Halfway Mountain, then south to the west side
of Big River drainage, the point of beginning, you may not use aircraft
for hunting moose, including transportation of any moose hunter or moose
part; however, this does not apply to transportation of a moose hunter
or moose part by aircraft between publicly owned airports in the
Controlled Use Area, or between a publicly owned airport within the area
and points outside the area;
(C) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Western Alaska Brown Bear Management Area which
consists of Units 9(B) except that portion within the Lake Clark
National Park and Preserve, 17, 18, and those portions of 19(A) and (B)
downstream of and including the Aniak River drainage, if you have
obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30.
(B) [Reserved]
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 19(A) and (B)--those portions Sept. 1-May 31.
which are downstream of and
including the Aniak River drainage--
1 bear by State registration permit.
Unit 19(A)--remainder, 19(B)-- Sept. 1-May 31.
remainder, and Unit 19(D)--1 bear.
Caribou:
Unit 19(A)--north of Kuskokwim River-- Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
1 caribou.
Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Unit 19(A)--south of the Kuskokwim Aug. 1-Apr. 15.
River and Unit 19(B) (excluding
rural Alaska residents of Lime
Village)--5 caribou.
Unit 19(C)--1 caribou................ Aug. 10-Oct. 10.
Unit 19(D)--south and east of the Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Kuskokwim River and North Fork of
the Kuskokwim River--1 caribou.
Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 19(D)--remainder--1 caribou..... Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Unit 19--rural Alaska residents July 1-June 30.
domiciled in Lime Village only--no
individual harvest limit but a
village harvest quota of 200
caribou; cows and calves may not be
taken from Apr. 1-Aug. 9. Reporting
will be by a community reporting
system.
Sheep: 1 ram with 7/8 curl horn or larger Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Moose:
Unit 19--Rural Alaska residents of July 1-June 30.
Lime Village only--no individual
harvest limit, but a village harvest
quota of 40 moose (including those
taken under the State Tier II
system); either sex. Reporting will
be by a community reporting system.
Unit 19(A)--that portion north of the Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Kuskokwim River upstream from, but
not including, the Kolmakof River
drainage and south of the Kuskokwim
River upstream from, but not
including, the Holokuk River
drainage--1 bull.
Nov. 20-. Nov. 30.
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Jan. 1- Jan. 10.
Feb. 1-Feb. 5.
Unit 19(A)--remainder--1 bull........ Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Nov. 20-Nov. 30.
Jan. 1-Jan. 10.
Feb. 1-Feb. 10.
Unit 19(B)--1 antlered bull.......... Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Unit 19(C)--1 antlered bull.......... Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Unit 19(C)--1 bull by State Jan. 15-Feb. 15.
registration permit.
Unit 19(D)--that portion of the Upper Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area within
the North Fork drainage upstream
from the confluence of the South
Fork to the mouth of the Swift Fork--
1 antlered bull.
Unit 19(D)--remainder of the Upper Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
Kuskokwim Controlled Use Area--1
bull.
Dec. 1-Feb. 28.
Unit 19(D)--remainder--1 antlered Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
bull.
Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
Coyote: 10 coyotes....................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
Unit 19(D)--10 wolves per day........ Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Unit 19--remainder--5 wolves......... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp- Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Jun. 10.
Coyote: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(20) Unit 20. (i) Unit 20 consists of the Yukon River drainage
upstream from and including the Tozitna River drainage to and including
the Hamlin Creek drainage, drainages into the south bank of the Yukon
River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, the Ladue
River and Fortymile River drainages, and the Tanana River drainage north
of Unit 13 and downstream from the east bank of the Robertson River:
(A) Unit 20(A) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
south by the Unit 13 boundary, bounded on the east by the west bank of
the Delta River, bounded on the north by the north bank of the Tanana
River from its confluence with the Delta River downstream to its
confluence with the Nenana River, and bounded on the west by the east
bank of the Nenana River;
(B) Unit 20(B) consists of drainages into the north bank of the
Tanana River from and including Hot Springs Slough upstream to and
including the Banner Creek drainage;
(C) Unit 20(C) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
east by the east bank of the Nenana River and on the north by the north
bank of the Tanana River downstream from the Nenana River;
(D) Unit 20(D) consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded on the
east by the east bank of the Robertson River and on the west by the west
bank of the Delta River, and drainages into the north bank of the Tanana
River from its confluence with the Robertson River downstream to, but
excluding the Banner Creek drainage;
(E) Unit 20(E) consists of drainages into the south bank of the
Yukon River upstream from and including the Charley River drainage, and
the Ladue River drainage;
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(F) Unit 20(F) consists of the remainder of Unit 20.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not take wildlife for subsistence uses on lands within
Mount McKinley National Park as it existed prior to December 2, 1980.
Subsistence uses as authorized by this paragraph (m)(20) are permitted
in Denali National Preserve and lands added to Denali National Park on
December 2, 1980;
(B) You may not use motorized vehicles or pack animals for hunting
from Aug. 5-Aug. 25 in the Delta Controlled Use Area, the boundary of
which is defined as: A line beginning at the confluence of Miller Creek
and the Delta River, then west to vertical angle bench mark Miller, then
west to include all drainages of Augustana Creek and Black Rapids
Glacier, then north and east to include all drainages of McGinnis Creek
to its confluence with the Delta River, then east in a straight line
across the Delta River to Mile 236.7 Richardson Highway, then north
along the Richardson Highway to its junction with the Alaska Highway,
then east along the Alaska Highway to the west bank of the Johnson
River, then south along the west bank of the Johnson River and Johnson
Glacier to the head of the Canwell Glacier, then west along the north
bank of the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek to the Delta River;
(C) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway vehicles
or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats in the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area, which consists of those portions of Units 20,
24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side of the Dalton Highway
from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, except as
follows: Residents living within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area may use snowmobiles only for the subsistence taking of wildlife.
You may use licensed highway vehicles only on designated roads within
the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The residents of Alatna,
Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and
residents living within the Corridor may use firearms within the
Corridor only for subsistence taking of wildlife;
(D) You may not use any motorized vehicle for hunting from August 5-
September 20 in the Glacier Mountain Controlled Use Area, which consists
of that portion of Unit 20(E) bounded by a line beginning at Mile 140 of
the Taylor Highway, then north along the highway to Eagle, then west
along the cat trail from Eagle to Crooked Creek, then from Crooked Creek
southwest along the west bank of Mogul Creek to its headwaters on North
Peak, then west across North Peak to the headwaters of Independence
Creek, then southwest along the west bank of Independence Creek to its
confluence with the North Fork of the Fortymile River, then easterly
along the south bank of the North Fork of the Fortymile River to its
confluence with Champion Creek, then across the North Fork of the
Fortymile River to the south bank of Champion Creek and easterly along
the south bank of Champion Creek to its confluence with Little Champion
Creek, then northeast along the east bank of Little Champion Creek to
its headwaters, then northeasterly in a direct line to Mile 140 on the
Taylor Highway; however, this does not prohibit motorized access via, or
transportation of harvested wildlife on, the Taylor Highway or any
airport;
(E) You may by permit only hunt moose on the Minto Flats Management
Area, which consists of that portion of Unit 20 bounded by the Elliot
Highway beginning at Mile 118, then northeasterly to Mile 96, then east
to the Tolovana Hotsprings Dome, then east to the Winter Cat Trail, then
along the Cat Trail south to the Old Telegraph Trail at Dunbar, then
westerly along the trail to a point where it joins the Tanana River
three miles above Old Minto, then along the north bank of the Tanana
River (including all channels and sloughs except Swan Neck Slough), to
the confluence of the Tanana and Tolovana Rivers and then northerly to
the point of beginning;
(F) You may hunt moose by bow and arrow only in the Fairbanks
Management Area, which consists of that portion of Unit 20(B) bounded by
a line from the confluence of Rosie Creek and the Tanana River,
northerly along
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Rosie Creek to Isberg Road, then northeasterly on Isberg Road to Cripple
Creek Road, then northeasterly on Cripple Creek Road to the Parks
Highway, then north on the Parks Highway to Alder Creek, then westerly
to the middle fork of Rosie Creek through section 26 to the Parks
Highway, then east along the Parks Highway to Alder Creek, then upstream
along Alder Creek to its confluence with Emma Creek, then upstream along
Emma Creek to its headwaters, then northerly along the hydrographic
divide between Goldstream Creek drainages and Cripple Creek drainages to
the summit of Ester Dome, then down Sheep Creek to its confluence with
Goldstream Creek, then easterly along Goldstream Creek to Sheep Creek
Road, then north on Sheep Creek Road to Murphy Dome Road, then west on
Murphy Dome Road to Old Murphy Dome Road, then east on Old Murphy Dome
Road to the Elliot Highway, then south on the Elliot Highway to
Goldstream Creek, then easterly along Goldstream Creek to its confluence
with First Chance Creek, Davidson Ditch, then southeasterly along the
Davidson Ditch to its confluence with the tributary to Goldstream Creek
in Section 29, then downstream along the tributary to its confluence
with Goldstream Creek, then in a straight line to First Chance Creek,
then up First Chance Creek to Tungsten Hill, then southerly along Steele
Creek to its confluence with Ruby Creek, then upstream along Ruby Creek
to Esro Road, then south on Esro Road to Chena Hot Springs Road, then
east on Chena Hot Springs Road to Nordale Road, then south on Nordale
Road to the Chena River, to its intersection with the Trans--Alaska
Pipeline right of way, then southeasterly along the easterly edge of the
Trans--Alaska Pipeline right of way to the Chena River, then along the
north bank of the Chena River to the Moose Creek dike, then southerly
along the Moose Creek dike to its intersection with the Tanana River,
and then westerly along the north bank of the Tanana River to the point
of beginning.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30;
(B) You may not use a steel trap, or a snare using cable smaller
than \3/32\ inch diameter to trap coyotes or wolves in Unit 20(E) during
April and October;
(C) Residents of Unit 20 and 21 may take up to three moose per
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch,
under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will be issued
to individuals only at the request of the Native Village of Tanana. This
three moose limit is not cumulative with that permitted by the State.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 20(E)--1 bear................... Aug. 10-June 30.
Unit 20--remainder--1 bear every four Sept. 1-May 31.
regulatory years.
Caribou:
Unit 20(E)--1 caribou by joint State/ Aug. 10-Sept. 30
Federal registration permit only. Up Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
to 900 caribou may be taken under a
State/Federal harvest quota. During
the winter season, area closures or
hunt restrictions may be announced
when Nelchina caribou are present in
a mix of more than 1 Nelchina
caribou to 15 Fortymile caribou,
except when the number of caribou
present is low enough that less than
50 Nelchina caribou will be
harvested regardless of the mixing
ratio for the two herds. The season
closures will be announced by the
Northern Field Office Manager,
Bureau of Land Management, after
consultation with the National Park
Service and Alaska Department of
Fish and Game.
Unit 20(F)--north of the Yukon River-- Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
1 caribou.
Unit 20(F)--east of the Dalton Aug. 10-Sept. 20
Highway and south of the Yukon River- Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
-1 caribou. However, during the
November 1-March 31 season a State
registration permit is required.
Moose:
Unit 20(A)--1 antlered bull.......... Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
Unit 20(B)--that portion within the Sept. 1-Sept. 20
Minto Flats Management Area--1 bull Jan. 10-Feb. 28.
by Federal registration permit only.
Unit 20(B)--remainder--1 antlered Sept. 1-Sept. 20.
bull.
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Unit 20(C)--that portion within Sept. 1-Sept. 30
Denali National Park and Preserve Nov. 15-Dec. 15.
west of the Toklat River, excluding
lands within Mount McKinley National
Park as it existed prior to December
2, 1980--1 antlered bull; however,
white-phased or partial albino (more
than 50 percent white) moose may not
be taken.
Unit 20(C)--remainder--1 antlered Sept. 1-Sept. 30.
bull; however, white-phased or
partial albino (more than 50 percent
white) moose may not be taken.
Unit 20(E)--that portion within Yukon Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Charley National Preserve--1 bull.
Unit 20(E)--that portion drained by Aug. 24-Aug. 28.
the Forty-mile River (all forks) Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
from Mile 9\1/2\ to Mile 145 Taylor
Highway, including the Boundary
Cutoff Road--1 bull.
Unit 20(F)--that portion within the Sept. 1-Sept. 25.
Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area--1 antlered bull by Federal
registration permit only.
Unit 20(F)--remainder--1 antlered Sept. 1-Sept. 25.
bull. Dec. 1-Dec. 10.
Beaver: Unit 20(E)--Yukon-Charley Rivers Sept. 20-May 15.
National Preserve--6 beaver per season.
Meat from harvested beaver must be
salvaged for human consumption.
Coyote: 10 coyotes....................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30
Lynx:
Unit 20(E)--2 lynx................... Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 20--remainder--2 lynx........... Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Wolf: 10 wolves.......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
1 wolverine.......................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):.
Unit 20(D)--that portion south of the Aug. 25-Mar. 31.
Tanana River and west of the Johnson
River--15 per day, 30 in possession,
provided that not more than 5 per
day and 10 in possession are sharp-
tailed grouse.
Unit 20--remainder--15 per day, 30 in Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 20--those portions within five Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
miles of Alaska Route 5 (Taylor
Highway, both to Eagle and the
Alaska-Canada boundary) and that
portion of Alaska Route 4
(Richardson Highway) south of Delta
Junction--20 per day, 40 in
possession.
Unit 20--remainder--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Units 20(A), 20(B), Unit 20(C), and Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
20(F)--No limit.
Unit 20(D)........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Unit 20(E)--25 beaver per season. Sept. 20-May 15.
Only firearms may be used during
Oct. 31 and Apr. 16-May 15, to take
up to 6 beaver. Only traps or snares
may be used Nov. 1--Apr. 15. The
total annual harvest limit for
beaver is 25, of which no more than
6 may be taken by firearm under
trapping or hunting regulations.
Meat from beaver harvested by
firearm must be salvaged for human
consumption..
Coyote:
Unit 20(E)--No limit................. Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Remainder Unit 20--No limit.......... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx:
Unit 20(A), (B), (D), and (C) east of Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
the Teklanika River--No limit..
Unit 20(E)--No limit; however, no Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
more than 5 lynx may be taken
between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30.
Unit 20(F) and the remainder of 20(C)- Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
-No limit.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat:
Unit 20(E)--No limit................. Sept. 20-June 10.
Unit 20--remainder--No limit......... Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:
Unit 20(A, B, C, & F)--No limit...... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 20(D)--No limit................. Oct. 15-Apr. 30.
Unit 20(E)--No limit................. Oct. 1-Apr. 30
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
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(21) Unit 21. (i) Unit 21 consists of drainages into the Yukon River
upstream from Paimiut to, but not including the Tozitna River drainage
on the north bank, and to, but not including the Tanana River drainage
on the south bank; and excluding the
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Koyukuk River drainage upstream from the Dulbi River drainage:
(A) Unit 21(A) consists of the Innoko River drainage upstream from
and including the Iditarod River drainage, and the Nowitna River
drainage upstream from the Little Mud River;
(B) Unit 21(B) consists of the Yukon River drainage upstream from
Ruby and east of the Ruby-Poorman Road, downstream from and excluding
the Tozitna River and Tanana River drainages, and excluding the Nowitna
River drainage upstream from the Little Mud River, and excluding the
Melozitna River drainage upstream from Grayling Creek;
(C) Unit 21(C) consists of the Melozitna River drainage upstream
from Grayling Creek, and the Dulbi River drainage upstream from and
including the Cottonwood Creek drainage;
(D) Unit 21(D) consists of the Yukon River drainage from and
including the Blackburn Creek drainage upstream to Ruby, including the
area west of the Ruby-Poorman Road, excluding the Koyukuk River drainage
upstream from the Dulbi River drainage, and excluding the Dulbi River
drainage upstream from Cottonwood Creek;
(E) Unit 21(E) consists of the Yukon River drainage from Paimiut
upstream to, but not including the Blackburn Creek drainage, and the
Innoko River drainage downstream from the Iditarod River drainage.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) The Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, which consists of those
portions of Units 21 and 24 bounded by a line from the north bank of the
Yukon River at Koyukuk, then northerly to the confluences of the Honhosa
and Kateel Rivers, then northeasterly to the confluences of Billy Hawk
Creek and the Huslia River (65 deg. 57' N. lat., 156 deg. 41' W. long.),
then easterly to the lower forks of the Dakli River, then easterly to
the confluence of McLanes Creek and the Hogatza River, then easterly to
the middle of the Hughes airstrip, then south to Little Indian River,
then southwest to the mouth of Cottonwood Creek then southwest to Bishop
Rock, then westerly along the north bank of the Yukon River (including
Koyukuk Island) to the point of beginning, is closed during moose-
hunting seasons to the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part; however, this does not
apply to transportation of a moose hunter or moose part by aircraft
between publicly owned airports in the controlled use area or between a
publicly owned airport within the area and points outside the area; all
hunters on the Koyukuk River passing the ADF&G operated check station at
Ella's Cabin (15 miles upstream from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River) are
required to stop and report to ADF&G personnel at the check station;
(B) The Paradise Controlled Use Area, which consists of that portion
of Unit 21 bounded by a line beginning at the old village of Paimiut,
then north along the west bank of the Yukon River to Paradise, then
northwest to the mouth of Stanstrom Creek on the Bonasila River, then
northeast to the mouth of the Anvik River, then along the west bank of
the Yukon River to the lower end of Eagle Island (approximately 45 miles
north of Grayling), then to the mouth of the Iditarod River, then down
the east bank of the Innoko River to its confluence with Paimiut Slough,
then south along the east bank of Paimiut Slough to its mouth, and then
to the old village of Paimiut, is closed during moose hunting seasons to
the use of aircraft for hunting moose, including transportation of any
moose hunter or part of moose; however, this does not apply to
transportation of a moose hunter or part of moose by aircraft between
publicly owned airports in the Controlled Use Area or between a publicly
owned airport within the area and points outside the area.
(iii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu
of a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area,
which consists of Unit 21(D), Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of
Unit 23, except the Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit
24, and Unit 26(A), if you have obtained a State registration permit
prior to hunting. Aircraft may not be used in the Northwest Alaska Brown
Bear Management Area in any
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manner for brown bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear State
registration permit, including transportation of hunters, bears, or
parts of bears; however, this does not apply to transportation of bear
hunters or bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between
communities by carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this
area, nor does it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iv) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30; and in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, you may also use bait to
hunt black bear between September 1 and September 25;
(B) You may use a firearm to take beaver in Unit 21(E) from Nov. 1-
June 10;
(C) The residents of Unit 20 and 21 may take up to three moose per
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Nuchalawoyya Potlatch,
under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will be issued
to individuals only at the request of the Native Village of Tanana. This
three moose limit is not cumulative with that permitted by the State;
(D) The residents of Unit 21 may take up to three moose per
regulatory year for the celebration known as the Kaltag/Nulato
Stickdance, under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits
will be issued to individuals only at the request of the Native Village
of Kaltag or Nulato. This three moose limit is not cumulative with that
permitted by the State.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 21(D)--1 bear by State Sept. 1-June 15.
registration permit only.
Unit 21--remainder--1 bear every four Sept. 1-May 31.
regulatory years.
Caribou:
Unit 21(A)--1 caribou................ Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Dec. 10-Dec. 20.
Unit 21(B), (C), and (E)--1 caribou.. Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
Unit 21(D)--north of the Yukon River Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
and east of the Koyukuk.
River 1 caribou; however, 2 Winter season to be
additional caribou may be taken announced.
during a winter season to be
announced.
Unit 21(D)--remainder--5 caribou per July 1-June 30.
day; however, cow caribou may not be
taken May 16-June 30.
Moose:
Unit 21(A)--1 bull................... Aug. 20-Sept. 25
Nov. 1-Nov. 30.
Unit 21(B) and (C)--1 antlered bull.. Sept. 5-Sept. 25.
Unit 21(D)--Koyukuk Controlled Use Aug. 27-Sept. 20.
Area--1 moose; however, antlerless Winter season to be
moose may be taken only during Aug. announced.
27-31 and the February season.
During the Aug. 27-Sept. 20 season a
State registration permit is
required. Moose may not be taken
within one-half mile of the mainstem
Yukon River during the February
season. A 10-day winter hunt to
occur between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28
will be opened by announcement of
the Koyukuk/Nowitna National
Wildlife Refuge Manager after
consultation with the ADF&G area
biologist and the Chairs of the
Western Interior Regional Advisory
Council and Middle Yukon Fish and
Game Advisory Committee.
Unit 21(D)--remainder--1 moose; Sept. 5-Sept. 25.
however, antlerless moose may be Winter season to be
taken only during Sept. 21-25 and announced.
the February season. Moose may not
be taken within one-half mile of the
mainstem Yukon River during the
February season. A 10-day winter
hunt to occur between Feb. 1 and
Feb. 28 will be opened by
announcement of the Koyukuk/Nowitna
National Wildlife Refuge Manager
after consultation with the ADF&G
area biologist and the Chairs of the
Western Interior Regional Advisory
Council and Middle Yukon Fish and
Game Advisory Committee.
Unit 21(E)--1 moose; however, only Aug. 20-Sept. 25.
bulls may be taken from Aug. 20- Feb. 1-Feb. 10.
Sept. 25; moose may not be taken
within one-half mile of the Innoko
or Yukon River during the February
season.
Beaver:
Unit 21(E)--No Limit................. Nov. 1-June 10.
Unit 21--remainder................... No open season.
Coyote: 10 coyotes....................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit..... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 5 wolves........................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
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Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp- Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
tailed): 15 per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White- Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
tailed): 20 per day, 40 in possession.
Trapping
Beaver: No Limit......................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Coyote:..................................
No limit............................. Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):.
No limit............................. Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Lynx: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(22) Unit 22. (i) Unit 22 consists of Bering Sea, Norton Sound,
Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound drainages from, but
excluding, the Pastolik River drainage in southern Norton Sound to, but
not including, the Goodhope River drainage in Southern Kotzebue Sound,
and all adjacent islands in the Bering Sea between the mouths of the
Goodhope and Pastolik Rivers:
(A) Unit 22(A) consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but
excluding, the Pastolik River drainage to, and including, the Ungalik
River drainage, and Stuart and Besboro Islands;
(B) Unit 22(B) consists of Norton Sound drainages from, but
excluding, the Ungalik River drainage to, and including, the Topkok
Creek drainage;
(C) Unit 22(C) consists of Norton Sound and Bering Sea drainages
from, but excluding, the Topkok Creek drainage to, and including, the
Tisuk River drainage, and King and Sledge Islands;
(D) Unit 22(D) consists of that portion of Unit 22 draining into the
Bering Sea north of, but not including, the Tisuk River to and including
Cape York, and St. Lawrence Island;
(E) Unit 22(E) consists of Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea,
and Kotzebue Sound drainages from Cape York to, but excluding, the
Goodhope River drainage, and including Little Diomede Island and Fairway
Rock.
(ii) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which
consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23, except the
Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A),
if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
Aircraft may not be used in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management
Area in any manner for brown bear hunting under the authority of a brown
bear State registration permit, including transportation of hunters,
bears, or parts of bears; however, this does not apply to transportation
of bear hunters or bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and
between communities by carriers that normally provide scheduled service
to this area, nor does it apply to transportation of aircraft to or
between publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) If you have a trapping license, you may use a firearm to take
beaver in Unit 22 during the established seasons;
(B) Coyote, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended for red
fox or wolf, may be used for subsistence purposes;
(C) A snowmachine may be used to position a hunter to select
individual caribou for harvest provided that the animals are not shot
from a moving snowmachine;
(D) The taking of one bull moose and one muskox by the community of
Wales is allowed for the celebration of the Kingikmiut Dance Festival
under the terms of a Federal registration permit. Permits will be issued
to individuals only at the request of the Native Village of Wales. The
harvest may only occur between November 15 and December 31 in Unit 22
for moose and in Unit
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22(E) for muskox. The harvest will count against any established quota
for the area.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 22(A), (B), (D), and (E)--1 bear Aug. 1-May 31.
by State registration permit only.
Unit 22(C)--1 bear by State Aug. 1-Oct. 31.
registration permit only. May 10-May 25.
Caribou: Unit 22(A), (B), (D) that July 1-June 30.
portion in the Kougaruk, Kuzitrin,
Pilgrim, American, and Agiapuk River
Drainages, and (E) east of and including
the Sanaguich River drainage-5 caribou
per day; however, cow caribou may not be
taken May 16-June 30.
Moose:
Unit 22(A)--1 bull; however, the Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
period of Dec. 1-Jan. 31 is closed Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
to hunting except by residents of
Unit 22(A) only.
Unit 22(B)--West of the Darby Aug. 10-Sept. 23.
Mountains-1 bull by State
registration permit. The combined
State/Federal harvest may not exceed
42 moose. Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of moose except
by Federally-qualified subsistence
users.
Unit 22(B)--West of the Darby Jan. 1-Jan. 31.
Mountains--1 bull by either Federal
or State registration permit. The
total combined State/Federal harvest
for both the Aug/Sept and January
seasons may not exceed 48 moose.
Federal public lands are closed to
the taking of moose except by
residents of White Mountain and
Golovin.
Unit 22(B)--Remainder--1 bull........ Aug. 1-Jan.31.
Unit 22(C)--1 antlered bull.......... Sept. 1-Sept. 14.
Unit 22(D)--That portion within the Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Kougarok, Kuzitrin, and Pilgrim
River drainages--1 bull by Federal
registration permit. The combined
State/Federal harvest may not exceed
33 moose. Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of moose except
by residents of Units 22(D) and
22(C).
Unit 22(D)--That portion west of the Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Tisuk River drainage and Canyon
Creek--1 bull by Federal
registration permit. The combined
State/Federal harvest may not exceed
8 moose.
Unit 22(D)--That portion west of the Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
Tisuk River drainage and Canyon
Creek--1 bull by Federal
registration permit. The combined
State/Federal harvest in Aug./Sept.
and Dec. may not exceed 8 moose.
Federal public lands are closed to
the taking of moose except by
residents of Units 22(D) and 22(C).
Unit 22(D)--remainder--1 moose; Aug. 1-Jan. 31.
however, antlerless moose may be
taken only from Dec. 1-Dec. 31; no
person may take a cow accompanied by
a calf. Federal public lands are
closed to the taking of moose except
by Federally-qualified subsistence
users.
Unit 22(E)--1 bull. Federal public Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
lands are closed to the taking of
moose except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users.
Muskox:
Unit 22(B)--1 bull by Federal permit Aug.1-Mar. 15.
or State Tier II permit. Federal
public lands are closed to the
taking of muskox except by Federally-
qualified subsistence users. Annual
harvest quotas and any needed
closures will be announced by the
Superintendent of the Western Arctic
National Parklands, in consultation
with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22(D)--That portion west of the Sept.1-Mar. 15.
Tisuk River drainage and Canyon
Creek--1 muskox by Federal permit or
State Tier II permit; however, cows
may only be taken during the period
Jan. 1-Mar. 15. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of muskox
except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users. Annual harvest
quotas and any needed closures will
be announced by the Superintendent
of the Western Arctic National
Parklands, in consultation with
ADF&G and BLM.
Remainder of Unit 22(D)--1 muskox by Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
Federal permit or State Tier II
permit; however, cows may only be
taken during the period Jan. 1-Mar.
15. Federal public lands are closed
to the taking of muskox except by
Federally-qualified subsistence
users. Annual harvest quotas and any
needed closures will be announced by
the Superintendent of the Western
Arctic National Parklands, in
consultation with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22(E)--1 muskox by Federal Aug.1-Mar. 15.
permit or State Tier II permit;
however, cows may only be taken
during the period Jan. 1-Mar. 15.
Federal public lands are closed to
the taking of muskox except by
Federally-qualified subsistence
users. Annual harvest quotas and any
needed closures will be announced by
the Superintendent of the Western
Arctic National Parklands, in
consultation with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 22--remainder................... No open season.
Beaver:
Unit 22(A), (B), (D), and (E)--50 Nov. 1-June 10.
beaver.
Unit 22--remainder................... No open season.
Coyote: Federal public lands are closed No open season.
to the taking of coyotes.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
foxes.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit..... Sept. 1-Apr. 15.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten:
Unit 22(A) 22(B)--No limit........... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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Unit 22--remainder................... No open season.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolverine: 3 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce): 15 per day, 30 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 22(A) and 22(B) east of and Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
including the Niukluk River drainage-
40 per day, 80 in possession.
Unit 22 (E)--20 per day, 40 in July 15-May 15.
possession.
Unit 22 Remainder--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 22(A), (B), (D), and (E)--50 Nov. 1-June 10.
beaver.
Unit 22(C)........................... No open season.
Coyote: Federal public lands are closed No open season.
to the taking of coyotes.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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(23) Unit 23. (i) Unit 23 consists of Kotzebue Sound, Chukchi Sea,
and Arctic Ocean drainages from and including the Goodhope River
drainage to Cape Lisburne.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use aircraft in any manner either for hunting of
ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine, or for transportation of hunters
or harvested species in the Noatak Controlled Use Area, which consists
of that portion of Unit 23 in a corridor extending five miles on either
side of the Noatak River beginning at the mouth of the Noatak River, and
extending upstream to the mouth of Sapun Creek, is closed for the period
August 25-September 15. This does not apply to the transportation of
hunters or parts of ungulates, bear, wolves, or wolverine by regularly
scheduled flights to communities by carriers that normally provide
scheduled air service;
(B) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which
consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23, except the
Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A);
if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting.
Aircraft may not be used in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management
Area in any manner for brown bear hunting under the authority of a brown
bear State registration permit, including transportation of hunters,
bears or parts of bears; however, this does not apply to transportation
of bear hunters or bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and
between communities by carriers that normally provide scheduled service
to this area, nor does it apply to transportation of aircraft to or
between publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 23;
(B) In addition to other restrictions on method of take found in
this Sec. 242.26, you may also take swimming caribou with a firearm
using rimfire cartridges;
(C) If you have a trapping license, you may take beaver with a
firearm in all of Unit 23 from Nov. 1-Jun. 10;
(D) For the Baird and DeLong Mountain sheep hunts--A Federally-
qualified subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally-
qualified subsistence user to take sheep on his or her behalf unless the
recipient is a member of a community operating under a community harvest
system. The designated hunter must obtain a
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designated hunter permit and must return a completed harvest report. The
designated hunter may hunt for any number of recipients but may have no
more than two harvest limits in his/her possession at any one time;
(E) A snowmachine may be used to position a hunter to select
individual caribou for harvest provided that the animals are not shot
from a moving snowmachine.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears.............................. July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 23--except the Baldwin Peninsula north Sept. 1-May 31.
of the Arctic Circle--1 bear by State
registration permit.
Unit 23--remainder--1 bear every four Sept. 1-Oct. 10.
regulatory years. Apr. 15-May 25.
Caribou: 15 caribou per day; however, cow caribou July 1-June 30.
may not be taken May 16-June 30.
Sheep:
Unit 23--south of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Creek, (a) Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
and the Noatak River, and west of the Cutler The season will be
and Redstone Rivers (Baird Mountains)--1 ram closed when half of
with full curl or larger horns by Federal the total fall/
registration permit. The hunter must deliver winter quota has
the horns attached to the skull to the been harvested.
National Park Service or NPS representative (b) Dates of the
within 30 days of harvesting the animal. The winter season to be
NPS or NPS representative will destroy the announced by
trophy value by removing and destroying four Superintendent of
inches from the base of one horn. The the Western Arctic
Superintendent of the Western Arctic National Parklands.
National Parklands will announce the fall/ The season will be
winter harvest quota, if any, prior to the closed on April 1 or
the fall season. All harvest quota and when the total quota
season announcements will be done in of sheep has been
consultation with ADF&G and BLM. Federal harvested, whichever
public lands are closed to the taking of comes first.
sheep except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users.
Unit 23--north of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Creek, (a) Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
and the Noatak River, and west of the Aniuk The season will be
River (DeLong Mountains)--1 ram with full closed when half of
curl or larger horns by Federal registration the total fall/
permit. The hunter must deliver the horns winter quota has
attached to the skull to the National Park been harvested in
Service or NPS representative within 30 days the DeLong
of harvesting the animal. The NPS or NPS Mountains.
representative will destroy the trophy value (b) Dates of the
by removing and destroying 4 inches from the winter season to be
base of one horn. The Superintendent of the announced by
Western Arctic National Parklands will Superintendent of
announce the fall/winter harvest quota, if the Western Arctic
any, prior to the fall season. All harvest National Parklands.
quota and season announcements will be done The season will be
in consultation with ADF&G and BLM. closed in the DeLong
Mountains on April 1
or when the total
quota of sheep has
been harvested,
whichever comes
first.
Unit 23--remainder (Schwatka Mountains)--1 Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
ram with \7/8\ curl horn or larger.
Unit 23--remainder (Schwatka Mountains)--1 Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
sheep.
Moose:
Unit 23--that portion north and west of and July 1-Mar. 31.
including the Singoalik River drainage, and
all lands draining into the Kukpuk and
Ipewik Rivers--1 moose; no person may take a
cow accompanied by a calf.
Unit 23--that portion lying within the Noatak Aug. 1-Sept. 15.
River drainage--1 moose; however, antlerless Oct. 1-Mar. 31.
moose may be taken only from Nov. 1-Mar. 31;
no person may take a cow accompanied by a
calf.
Unit 23--remainder--1 moose; no person may Aug. 1-Mar. 31.
take a cow accompanied by a calf.
Muskox:
Unit 23--south of Kotzebue Sound and west of Aug. 1-Mar. 15.
and including the Buckland River drainage--1
muskox by Federal permit or State Tier II
permit; however, cows may only be taken
during the period Jan. 1-Mar. 15. Federal
public lands are closed to the taking of
muskox except by Federally-qualified
subsistence users. Annual harvest quotas and
any needed closures will be announced by the
Superintendent of the Western Arctic
National Parklands, in consultation with
ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 23--remainder........................... No open season.
Coyote: 2 coyotes................................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 foxes...... Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver
Phases):.
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
be taken prior to Oct. 1.
Hare: (Snowshoe and Tundra)......................
No limit..................................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx:............................................
2 lynx....................................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf:............................................
5 wolves..................................... Nov. 10-Mar. 31.
Wolverine:.......................................
1 wolverine.................................. Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
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Grouse (Spruce and Ruffed):......................
15 per day, 30 in possession................. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Ptarmigan (Rock, Willow, and White-tailed):......
20 per day, 40 in possession................. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 23--the Kobuk and Selawik River July 1-June 30.
drainages--50 beaver.
Unit 23--remainder--30 beaver................ July 1-June 30.
Coyote: No limit................................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No limit..... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit................................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten: No limit................................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit........................ Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit................................ Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.................................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit................................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit.............................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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(24) Unit 24. (i) Unit 24 consists of the Koyukuk River drainage
upstream from but not including the Dulbi River drainage.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway vehicles
or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats in the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area, which consists of those portions of Units 20,
24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side of the Dalton Highway
from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, except as
follows: Residents living within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area may use snowmobiles only for the subsistence taking of wildlife.
You may use licensed highway vehicles only on designated roads within
the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The residents of Alatna,
Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and
residents living within the Corridor may use firearms within the
Corridor only for subsistence taking of wildlife;
(B) You may not use aircraft for hunting moose, including
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part in the Kanuti
Controlled Use Area, which consists of that portion of Unit 24 bounded
by a line from the Bettles Field VOR to the east side of Fish Creek
Lake, to Old Dummy Lake, to the south end of Lake Todatonten (including
all waters of these lakes), to the northernmost headwaters of Siruk
Creek, to the highest peak of Double Point Mountain, then back to the
Bettles Field VOR; however, this does not apply to transportation of a
moose hunter or moose part by aircraft between publicly owned airports
in the controlled use area or between a publicly owned airport within
the area and points outside the area;
(C) You may not use aircraft for hunting moose, including
transportation of any moose hunter or moose part in the Koyukuk
Controlled Use Area, which consists of those portions of Units 21 and 24
bounded by a line from the north bank of the Yukon River at Koyukuk,
then northerly to the confluences of the Honhosa and Kateel Rivers, then
northeasterly to the confluences of Billy Hawk Creek and the Huslia
River (65 deg. 57' N. lat., 156 deg. 41' W. long.), then easterly to the
lower forks of the Dakli River, then easterly to the confluence of
McLanes Creek and the Hogatza River, then easterly to the middle of the
Hughes airstrip, then south to Little Indian River, then southwest to
the mouth of Cottonwood Creek then southwest to Bishop Rock, then
westerly along the north bank of the Yukon River (including Koyukuk
Island) to the point of beginning; however, this does not apply to
transportation of a moose hunter or moose part by aircraft between
publicly owned airports in the controlled use area or between a publicly
owned airport within the area and points outside the area; all hunters
on the Koyukuk River passing the ADF&G operated check station
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at Ella's Cabin (15 miles upstream from the Yukon on the Koyukuk River)
are required to stop and report to ADF&G personnel at the check station;
(D) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which
consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23, except the
Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A),
if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting. You
may not use aircraft in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area
in any manner for brown bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear
State registration permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or
parts of bears. However, this does not apply to transportation of bear
hunters or bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between
communities by carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this
area, nor does it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June
30; and in the Koyukuk Controlled Use Area, you may also use bait to
hunt black bear between September 1 and September 25;
(B) Arctic fox, incidentally taken with a trap or snare intended for
red fox, may be used for subsistence purposes.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears............................ July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear: Unit 24--1 bear by State Sept. 1-June 15.
registration permit.
Caribou:
Unit 24--that portion south of the south Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
bank of the Kanuti River, upstream from
and including that portion of the Kanuti-
Kilolitna River drainage, bounded by the
southeast bank of the Kodosin-Nolitna
Creek, then downstream along the east bank
of the Kanuti-Kilolitna River to its
confluence with the Kanuti River--1
caribou.
Remainder of Unit 24--5 caribou per day; July 1-June 30.
however, cow caribou may not be taken May
16-June 30.
Sheep:
Unit 24--(Anaktuvuk Pass residents only)-- July 15-Dec. 31.
that portion within the Gates of the
Arctic National Park--community harvest
quota of 60 sheep, no more than 10 of
which may be ewes and a daily possession
limit of 3 sheep per person no more than 1
of which may be a ewe.
Unit 24--(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
residents)--that portion within the Gates
of the Arctic National Park--3 sheep.
Unit 24--that portion within the Dalton Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Highway Corridor Management Area; except,
Gates of the Arctic National Park--1 ram
with \7/8\ curl horn or larger by Federal
registration permit only.
Unit 24--remainder--1 ram with \7/8\ curl Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
horn or larger.
Moose:
Unit 24--that portion within the Koyukuk Aug. 27- Sept. 20.
Controlled Use Area--1 moose; however, Dec. 1-Dec. 10.
antlerless moose may only be taken during Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
the periods of Aug. 27-31, Dec. 1-Dec. 10,
and Mar. 1-Mar. 10. During Aug. 27-Sept.
20, a State registration permit is
required.
Unit 24--that portion that includes the Aug. 1-Dec. 31.
John River drainage within the Gates of
the Arctic National Park--1 moose.
Unit 24--the Alatna River drainage within Aug. 25-Dec. 31.
the Gates of the Arctic National Park--1 Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
moose; however, antlerless moose may be
taken only from Sept. 21-Sept. 25 and Mar.
1-Mar. 10.
Unit 24--all drainages to the north of the Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
Koyukuk River upstream from and including Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
the Alatna River to and including the
North Fork of the Koyukuk River, except
those portions of the John River and the
Alatna River drainages within the Gates of
the Arctic National Park 1 moose; however,
antlerless moose may be taken only from
Sept. 21-Sept. 25 and Mar. 1-Mar. 10.
Unit 24--that portion within the Dalton Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
Highway Corridor Management Area; except,
Gates of the Arctic National Park--1
antlered bull by Federal registration
permit only.
Unit 24--remainder--1 antlered bull. Public Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
lands in the Kanuti Controlled Use Area
are closed to taking of moose, except by
eligible rural Alaska residents.
Coyote: 10 coyotes............................. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver
Phases):
10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
be taken prior to Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit...................... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx................................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf: 15 wolves; however, no more than 5 wolves Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
may be taken prior to Nov. 1.
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Wolverine: 5 wolverine; however, no more than 1 Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
wolverine may be taken prior to Nov. 1.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-tailed): 15 Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
per day, 30 in possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
Trapping
Beaver: No limit............................... Nov. 1-June 10.
Coyote: No limit............................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Silver Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit................................. Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten: No limit............................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit...................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit.............................. Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit................................ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit................................. Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit............................ Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(25) Unit 25. (i) Unit 25 consists of the Yukon River drainage
upstream from but not including the Hamlin Creek drainage, and excluding
drainages into the south bank of the Yukon River upstream from the
Charley River:
(A) Unit 25(A) consists of the Hodzana River drainage upstream from
the Narrows, the Chandalar River drainage upstream from and including
the East Fork drainage, the Christian River drainage upstream from
Christian, the Sheenjek River drainage upstream from and including the
Thluichohnjik Creek, the Coleen River drainage, and the Old Crow River
drainage;
(B) Unit 25(B) consists of the Little Black River drainage upstream
from but not including the Big Creek drainage, the Black River drainage
upstream from and including the Salmon Fork drainage, the Porcupine
River drainage upstream from the confluence of the Coleen and Porcupine
Rivers, and drainages into the north bank of the Yukon River upstream
from Circle, including the islands in the Yukon River;
(C) Unit 25(C) consists of drainages into the south bank of the
Yukon River upstream from Circle to the Subunit 20(E) boundary, the
Birch Creek drainage upstream from the Steese Highway bridge (milepost
147), the Preacher Creek drainage upstream from and including the Rock
Creek drainage, and the Beaver Creek drainage upstream from and
including the Moose Creek drainage;
(D) Unit 25(D) consists of the remainder of Unit 25.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway vehicles
or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats in the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area, which consists of those portions of Units 20,
24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side of the Dalton Highway
from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, except as
follows: Residents living within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area may use snowmobiles only for the subsistence taking of wildlife.
You may use licensed highway vehicles only on designated roads within
the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The residents of Alatna,
Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and
residents living within the Corridor may use firearms within the
Corridor only for subsistence taking of wildlife;
(B) The Arctic Village Sheep Management Area consists of that
portion of Unit 25(A) north and west of Arctic Village, which is bounded
on the east by the East Fork Chandalar River beginning at the confluence
of Red Sheep Creek and proceeding southwesterly downstream past Arctic
Village to the confluence with Crow Nest Creek, continuing up Crow Nest
Creek, through Portage Lake, to its confluence with the Junjik River;
then down the Junjik River past Timber Lake and a larger tributary, to a
major, unnamed tributary, northwesterly, for approximately 6 miles where
the stream forks into 2 roughly equal drainages; the boundary
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follows the easternmost fork, proceeding almost due north to the
headwaters and intersects the Continental Divide; the boundary then
follows the Continental Divide easterly, through Carter Pass, then
easterly and northeasterly approximately 62 miles along the divide to
the head waters of the most northerly tributary of Red Sheep Creek then
follows southerly along the divide designating the eastern extreme of
the Red Sheep Creek drainage then to the confluence of Red Sheep Creek
and the East Fork Chandalar River.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may use bait to hunt black bear between April 15 and June 30
and between August 1 and September 25;
(B) You may take caribou and moose from a boat moving under power in
Unit 25;
(C) The taking of bull moose outside the seasons provided in this
part for food in memorial potlatches and traditional cultural events is
authorized in Unit 25(D) west provided that:
(1) The person organizing the religious ceremony or cultural event
contact the Refuge Manager, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge prior
to taking or attempting to take bull moose and provide to the Refuge
Manager the name of the decedent, the nature of the ceremony or cultural
event, number to be taken, the general area in which the taking will
occur;
(2) Each person who takes a bull moose under this section must
submit a written report to the Refuge Manager, Yukon Flats National
Wildlife Refuge not more than 15 days after the harvest specifying the
harvester's name and address, and the date(s) and location(s) of the
taking(s);
(3) No permit or harvest ticket is required for taking under this
section; however, the harvester must be an Alaska rural resident with
customary and traditional use in Unit 25(D) west;
(4) Any moose taken under this provision counts against the annual
quota of 60 bulls.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear:
3 bears.............................. July 1-June 30.
or 3 bears by State community harvest July 1-June 30.
permit.
Brown Bear:
Unit 25(A) and (B)--1 bear........... Sept. 1-June 15.
Unit 25(C)--1 bear................... Sept. 1-May 31.
Unit 25(D)--1 bear................... July 1-June 30.
Caribou:
Unit 25(C)--that portion west of the Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
east bank of the mainstem of Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Preacher Creek to its confluence
with American Creek, then west of
the east bank of American Creek--1
caribou; however cow caribou may be
taken only from Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
However, during the November 1-March
31 season, a State registration
permit is required.
25(C)--remainder--1 caribou by joint Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
State/Federal registration permit Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
only. Up to 600 caribou may be taken
under a State/Federal harvest quota.
The season closures will be
announced by the Northern Field
Office Manager, Bureau of Land
Management, after consultation with
the National Park Service and Alaska
Department of Fish and Game.
Unit 25 (D)--that portion of Unit Aug. 10-Sept. 30.
25(D) drained by the west fork of Dec. 1-Dec. 31.
the Dall River west of 150 deg. W.
long.--1 bull.
Unit 25(A), (B), and the remainder of July 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 25(D)--10 caribou.
Sheep:
Unit 25(A)--that portion within the No open season.
Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area.
Units 25(A)--Arctic Village Sheep Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Management Area--2 rams by Federal
registration permit only. Public
lands are closed to the taking of
sheep except by rural Alaska
residents of Arctic Village,
Venetie, Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, and
Chalkytsik during seasons identified
above.
Unit 25(A)--remainder--3 sheep by Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Federal registration permit only.
Moose:
Unit 25(A)--1 antlered bull.......... Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
Dec. 1-Dec. 10.
Unit 25(B)--that portion within Yukon Aug. 20-Sept. 30.
Charley National Preserve--1 bull.
Unit 25(B)--that portion within the Aug. 25-Sept. 30.
Porcupine River drainage upstream Dec. 1-Dec. 10.
from, but excluding the Coleen River
drainage--1 antlered bull.
Unit 25(B)--that portion, other than Sept. 5-Sept. 30.
Yukon Charley National Preserve, Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
draining into the north bank of the
Yukon River upstream from and
including the Kandik River drainage,
including the islands in the Yukon
River--1 antlered bull.
Unit 25(B)--remainder--1 antlered Aug. 25-Sept. 15.
bull.
Dec. 1-Dec. 15.
Unit 25(C)--1 antlered bull.......... Sept. 1-Sept. 15.
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Unit 25(D)(West)--that portion lying Aug. 25-Feb. 28.
west of a line extending from the
Unit 25(D) boundary on Preacher
Creek, then downstream along
Preacher Creek, Birch Creek and
Lower Mouth Birch Creek to the Yukon
River, then downstream along the
north bank of the Yukon River
(including islands) to the
confluence of the Hadweenzik River,
then upstream along the west bank of
the Hadweenzik River to the
confluence of Forty and One-Half
Mile Creek, then upstream along
Forty and One-Half Mile Creek to
Nelson Mountain on the Unit 25(D)
boundary--1 bull by a Federal
registration permit. Permits will be
available in the following villages:
Beaver (25 permits), Birch Creek (10
permits), and Stevens Village (25
permits). Permits for residents of
25(D)(West) who do not live in one
of the three villages will be
available by contacting the Yukon
Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Office in Fairbanks or a local
Refuge Information Technician. Moose
hunting on public land in Unit
25(D)(West) is closed at all times
except for residents of Unit
25(D)(West) during seasons
identified above. The moose season
will be closed when 60 moose have
been harvested in the entirety (from
Federal and non-Federal lands) of
Unit 25(D)(West).
Unit 25(D)--remainder--1 antlered Aug. 25-Sept. 25.
moose.
Dec. 1-Dec. 20.
Beaver:
Unit 25, excluding Unit 25(C)--1 Apr. 16-Oct. 31.
beaver per day; 1 in possession.
Unit 25(C)........................... No Federal open season.
Coyote: 10 coyotes....................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
Silver Phases): 10 foxes; however, no
more than 2 foxes may be taken prior to
Oct. 1.
Hare (Snowshoe): No limit................ July 1-June 30.
Lynx:
Unit 25(C)--2 lynx................... Dec. 1-Jan. 31.
Unit 25--remainder--2 lynx........... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Wolf:
Unit 25(A)--No limit................. Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Remainder of Unit 25--10 wolves...... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 1 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Grouse (Spruce, Ruffed, and Sharp-
tailed):
Unit 25(C)--15 per day, 30 in Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
possession.
Unit 25--remainder--15 per day, 30 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow):
Unit 25(C)--those portions within 5 Aug. 10-Mar. 31.
miles of Route 6 (Steese Highway)--
20 per day, 40 in possession.
Unit 25--remainder--20 per day, 40 in Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
possession.
Trapping
Beaver:
Unit 25(C)--No limit................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Unit 25--remainder--50 beaver........ Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Coyote: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine:
Unit 25(C)--No limit................. Nov. 1-Feb. 28.
Unit 25--remainder--No limit......... Nov. 1-Mar. 31.
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(26) Unit 26. (i) Unit 26 consists of Arctic Ocean drainages between
Cape Lisburne and the Alaska-Canada border including the Firth River
drainage within Alaska:
(A) Unit 26(A) consists of that portion of Unit 26 lying west of the
Itkillik River drainage and west of the east bank of the Colville River
between the mouth of the Itkillik River and the Arctic Ocean;
(B) Unit 26(B) consists of that portion of Unit 26 east of Unit
26(A), west of the west bank of the Canning River and west of the west
bank of the Marsh Fork of the Canning River;
(C) Unit 26(C) consists of the remainder of Unit 26.
(ii) In the following areas, the taking of wildlife for subsistence
uses is prohibited or restricted on public land:
(A) You may not use aircraft in any manner for moose hunting,
including transportation of moose hunters or parts of moose from Aug. 1-
Sept. 14 and
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from Jan. 1-Mar. 31 in Unit 26(A); however, this does not apply to
transportation of moose hunters, their gear, or moose parts by aircraft
between publicly owned airports;
(B) You may not use firearms, snowmobiles, licensed highway vehicles
or motorized vehicles, except aircraft and boats in the Dalton Highway
Corridor Management Area, which consists of those portions of Units 20,
24, 25, and 26 extending 5 miles from each side of the Dalton Highway
from the Yukon River to milepost 300 of the Dalton Highway, except as
follows: Residents living within the Dalton Highway Corridor Management
Area may use snowmobiles only for the subsistence taking of wildlife.
You may use licensed highway vehicles only on designated roads within
the Dalton Highway Corridor Management Area. The residents of Alatna,
Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Stevens Village, and
residents living within the Corridor may use firearms within the
Corridor only for subsistence taking of wildlife;
(C) You may hunt brown bear by State registration permit in lieu of
a resident tag in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area, which
consists of Unit 22, except 22(C), those portions of Unit 23, except the
Baldwin Peninsula north of the Arctic Circle, Unit 24, and Unit 26(A),
if you have obtained a State registration permit prior to hunting. You
may not use aircraft in the Northwest Alaska Brown Bear Management Area
in any manner for brown bear hunting under the authority of a brown bear
State registration permit, including transportation of hunters, bears or
parts of bears. However, this does not apply to transportation of bear
hunters or bear parts by regularly scheduled flights to and between
communities by carriers that normally provide scheduled service to this
area, nor does it apply to transportation of aircraft to or between
publicly owned airports.
(iii) Unit-specific regulations:
(A) You may take caribou from a boat moving under power in Unit 26;
(B) In addition to other restrictions on method of take found in
this Sec. 242.26, you may also take swimming caribou with a firearm
using rimfire cartridges;
(C) In Kaktovik, a Federally-qualified subsistence user (recipient)
may designate another Federally-qualified subsistence user to take sheep
or muskox on his or her behalf unless the recipient is a member of a
community operating under a community harvest system. The designated
hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must return a
completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for any number
of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in his/her
possession at any one time;
(D) For the DeLong Mountain sheep hunts--A Federally-qualified
subsistence user (recipient) may designate another Federally-qualified
subsistence user to take sheep on his or her behalf unless the recipient
is a member of a community operating under a community harvest system.
The designated hunter must obtain a designated hunter permit and must
return a completed harvest report. The designated hunter may hunt for
any number of recipients but may have no more than two harvest limits in
his/her possession at any one time.
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Harvest limits Open season
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Hunting
Black Bear: 3 bears...................... July 1-June 30.
Brown Bear:
Unit 26(A)--1 bear by State Sept. 1-May 31.
registration permit.
Unit 26(B) and (C)--1 bear........... Sept. 1-May 31.
Caribou:
Unit 26(A)--10 caribou per day; July 1-June 30.
however, cow caribou may not be
taken May 16-June 30. Federal lands
south of the Colville River and east
of the Killik River are closed to
the taking of caribou by non-
Federally qualified subsistence
users from Aug. 1-Sept. 30.
Unit 26(B)--10 caribou per day; July 1-Apr. 30.
however, cow caribou may be taken
only from Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
Unit 26(C)--10 caribou per day....... July 1-Apr. 30.
(You may not transport more than 5
caribou per regulatory year from
Unit 26 except to the community of
Anaktuvuk Pass).
Sheep:
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Unit 26(A) and (B)--(Anaktuvuk Pass July 15-Dec. 31.
residents July 15-Dec. only)--that
portion within the Gates of the
Arctic National Park--community
harvest quota of 60 sheep, no more
than 10 of which may be ewes and a
daily possession limit of 3 sheep
per person no more than 1 of which
may be a ewe.
Unit 26(A)--(excluding Anaktuvuk Pass Aug. 1-Apr. 30.
residents)--those portions within
the Gates of the Arctic National
Park--3 sheep.
Unit 26(A)--that portion west of (a) Aug. 1-Sept. 30. The
Howard Pass and the Etivluk River season will be closed when
(DeLong Mountains)--1 ram with full half of the total fall/
curl or larger horns by Federal winter quota has been
registration permit. The hunter must harvest in the DeLong
deliver the horns attached to the Mountains.
skull to the National Park Service (b) Dates of the winter
or NPS representative within 30 days season to be announced by
of harvesting the animal. The NPS or the Superintendent of the
NPS representative will destroy the Western Arctic National
trophy value by removing and Parklands. The season will
destroying 4 inches from the base of be closed in the DeLong
one horn. The Superintendent of the Mountains on April 1 or when
Western Arctic National Parklands the total quota of sheep has
will announce the fall/winter been harvested, whichever
harvest quota, if any, prior to the comes first.
fall season. All harvest quota and
season announcements will be done in
consultation with ADF&G and BLM.
Unit 26(B)--that portion within the Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
Dalton Highway Cooridor Management
Area--1 ram with \7/8\ curl horn or
larger by Federal registration
permit only.
Unit 26(A)--remainder and 26(b)-- Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
remainder--including the Gates of
the Arctic National Preserve--1 ram
with \7/8\ curl horn or larger.
Unit 26(C)--3 sheep per regulatory Aug. 10-Sept. 20.
year; the Aug. 10-Sept. 20 season is Aug. 10-Apr. 20.
restricted to 1 ram with \7/8\ curl Oct. 1-Apr. 30.
horn or larger. A Federal
registration permit is required for
the Oct. 1-Apr. 30 season.
Moose:
Unit 26(A)--that portion of the Aug. 1-Sept. 14.
Colville River drainage downstream
from and including the Chandler
River--1 bull. Federal public lands
are closed to the taking of moose
except by Federally qualified users.
Unit 26(A)--remainder--1 bull........ Sept. 1-Sept. 14.
Unit 26--remainder................... No open season.
Muskox: Unit 26(C)--1 bull by Federal July 15-Mar. 31.
registration permit only. The number of
permits that may be issued only to the
residents of the village of Kaktovik
will not exceed three percent (3%) of
the number of muskoxen counted in Unit
26(C) during a pre-calving census.
Public lands are closed to the taking of
muskox, except by rural Alaska residents
of the village of Kaktovik during open
seasons.
Coyote: 2 coyotes........................ Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): 2 Sept. 1-Apr. 30.
foxes.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and
Silver Phases):
Unit 26(A) and (B)--10 foxes; Sept. 1-Mar. 15.
however, no more than 2 foxes may be
taken prior to Oct. 1.
Unit 26(C)--10 foxes................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Hare (Snowshoe and Tundra): No limit..... July 1-June 30.
Lynx: 2 lynx............................. Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: 15 wolves.......................... Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: 5 wolverine................... Sept. 1-Mar. 31.
Ptarmigan (Rock and Willow): 20 per day, Aug. 10-Apr. 30.
40 in possession.
Trapping
Coyote: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Fox, Arctic (Blue and White Phase): No Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
limit.
Fox, Red (including Cross, Black and Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Silver Phases): No limit.
Lynx: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Marten: No limit......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Mink and Weasel: No limit................ Nov. 1-Jan. 31.
Muskrat: No limit........................ Nov. 1-June 10.
Otter: No limit.......................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
Wolf: No limit........................... Nov. 1-Apr. 30.
Wolverine: No limit...................... Nov. 1-Apr. 15.
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[68 FR 38479, June 27, 2003]
Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 38479, June 27, 2003, Sec. 242.26 was
added, effective July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004.