Title 5 . Fish and Game

Chapter 85 . Statewide Provisions

Section 35. Hunting seasons and bag limits for elk

5 AAC 85.035. Hunting seasons and bag limits for elk

(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. Hunting seasons and bag limits for elk are as follows:

Resident Open Season (Subsistence and Nonresident Units and Bag Limits General Hunts) Open Season (1) Unit 3, that portion bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of Sumner Strait and Clarence Strait, running southeast following the midline of Clarence Strait, down the midline of Snow Passage, then east of the Kashevarof Islands back to the midline of Clarence Strait down to its inter- section with Ernest Sound, then northeast following the midline of Ernest Sound, excluding Niblack Islands, to its intersection with Zimovia Strait, then northwest following the western shore- line of Zimovia Strait to its intersection with Chichagof Passage, then west along the midline of Chichagof Passage to its intersection with Stikine Strait, then northerly along the midline of Stikine Strait, west of Vank Island, to its intersection with Sumner Strait, then northwest along the midline of Sumner Strait back to the point of beginning 1 bull by drawing permit only, Sept. 1 - Sept. 30 Sept. 1 - Sept. 30 and by bow and arrow only; up (General hunt only) to 50 permits will be issued; or 1 bull by drawing permit only; Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 up to 250 permits will be issued; or (General hunt only) 1 bull by registration permit Nov. 15 - Nov. 30 Nov. 15 - Nov. 30 only (General hunt only) Units 1, 2, and the remainder of Unit 3 1 elk Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 (2) Unit 8, Raspberry Island Oct. 1 - Oct. 22 Oct. 1 - Oct. 22 (General hunt only) 1 bull elk by drawing permit only; up to 100 permits will be issued 1 antlerless elk Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 by drawing permit only; (General hunt only) up to 200 permits will be issued Unit 8, Southwest Afognak, that portion of Afognak Island and adjacent islands south and west of a line from the head of Back Bay (58ΓΈ 05.3' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 45.7' W. long.) to Hatchery Peak (58ΓΈ 07.2' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 47.5' W. long.), to the head of Malina Bay (58ΓΈ 09.3' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 51.0' W. long.) 1 elk by drawing permit Sept. 25 - Oct. 22 Sept. 25 - Oct. 22 only; up to 500 (General hunt only) permits will be issued 1 elk by registration permit Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 only (General hunt only) Unit 8, Eastern Afognak, that portion of Afognak Island east of the main north-south logging road (1100 road) from the Danger Bay logging camp at 58ΓΈ 08.2' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 32.9' W. long., north to its terminus at Discoverer Bay at 58ΓΈ 19.6' N. lat., 152ΓΈ 21.8' W. long, and adjacent islands west of Marmot Strait 1 elk by drawing permit Sept. 25 - Oct. 22 Sept. 25 - Oct. 22 only; up to 500 (General hunt only) permits may be issued 1 elk by registration permit Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 only (General hunt only) Remainder of Unit 8 1 elk by drawing permit Sept. 25 - Oct. 22 Sept. 25 - Oct. 22 only; up to 500 (General hunt only) permits may be issued 1 elk by registration permit Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 Oct. 23 - Nov. 30 only (General hunt only)

(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 7/1/93, Register 126; am 7/9/95, Register 135; am 7/1/97, Register 142; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/99, Register 150; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; add'l am 7/1/2003, Register 166; am 7/1/2005, Register 174

Authority: AS 16.05.255

AS 16.05.258

Editor's note: Effective in Register 139 (October 1996), the regulations attorney corrected the hunt dates for the Resident Open Season in the Remainder of Unit 8 to reflect the Oct. 10 beginning date adopted by the Board of Game. The date was inadvertently deleted from the regulation after Register 126.