Title 5 . Fish and Game

Chapter 85 . Statewide Provisions

Section 30. Hunting seasons and bag limits for deer

5 AAC 85.030. Hunting seasons and bag limits for deer

(a) In this section, the phrase "General hunt only" means that there is a general hunt for residents, but no subsistence hunt, during the relevant open season. For those units or portions of units within non-subsistence areas established by the Joint Boards of Fisheries and Game (5 AAC 99.015) , there is a general hunt only. Hunting seasons and bag limits for deer are as follows:

Resident Open Season (Subsistence and Nonresident Units and Bag Limits General Hunts) Open Season (1) Units 1(A) and 2 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 4 bucks Unit 1(C), that portion Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 including Douglas, Lincoln, Shelter, and Sullivan Islands 4 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before Sept. 15 Unit 1(B) and the remainder of Unit 1(C) Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 2 bucks Unit 1(D) No open season. No open season. (2) Unit 3, that portion of Mitkof Island within the Petersburg Management Area Oct. 15 - Nov. 15 Oct. 15 - Nov. 15 1 buck Unit 3, including the remainder of Mitkof Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 Island, Woewodski, and Butterworth Islands 1 buck Remainder of Unit 3 Aug. 1 - Nov. 30 Aug. 1 - Nov. 30 2 bucks (3) Unit 4, that portion of Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Chichagof Island east of Port Frederick and north of Tenakee Inlet, including all drainages into Tenakee Inlet 3 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before Sept. 15 Remainder of Unit 4 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 4 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before Sept. 15 (4) Unit 5(A) Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 1 buck Unit 5(B) No open season. No open season. (5) Unit 6 RESIDENT HUNTERS: 5 deer; however, only Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 bucks may be (General hunt only) taken before Oct. 1 NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 4 deer; however, only Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 bucks may be taken before Oct. 1 (6) Unit 8, that portion of Kodiak Island north of a line from the head of Settlers Cove to Crescent Lake (57ΓΈ 52' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 58' W. long.), and east of a line from the outlet of Crescent Lake to Mount Ellison Peak and from Mount Ellison Peak to Pokati Point at Whale Passage, and that portion of Kodiak Island east of a line from the mouth of Saltery Creek to the mouth of Elbow Creek, and adjacent small islands in Chiniak Bay 1 buck; or Aug. 1 - Oct. 31 Aug. 1 - Oct. 31 1 deer, by bow and Nov. 1 - Nov. 14 Nov. 1 - Nov. 14 arrow or muzzleloader only Remainder of Unit 8 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 3 deer; however, only bucks may be taken before Oct. 1

(b) Repealed 6/16/91.

History: Eff. 8/20/89, Register 111; am 8/9/90, Register 115; am 12/27/90, Register 116; am 6/16/91, Register 118; am 8/10/91, Register 119; am 8/7/92, Register 123; am/readopt 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/1/93, Register 126; am 8/25/94, Register 131; am 7/9/95, Register 135; am 8/4/95, Register 135; am 7/1/97, Register 142; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/99, Register 150; em am 12/3/99 - 3/31/2000, Register 154; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; add'l am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; add'l am 7/1/2003, Register 166

Authority: AS 16.05.255

AS 16.05.258

Editor's note: At its November 9 - 11, 1992, January 19 - 28, 1993 meeting, the Board of Game readopted 5 AAC 85.030(a) (2), (4), and (6) in their entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258 .