5 AAC 85.055. Hunting seasons and bag limits for Dall sheep

(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 Dall sheep are as follows:

Resident Open Season (Subsistence and Nonresident Units and Bag Limits General Hunts) Open Season (1) Repealed 8/9/90 (2) Units 12, 13, and 20, those Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 portions known as the Tok (General hunt only) Management Area 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger every 4 regulatory years, by drawing permit only; up to 120 permits may be issued (3) Units 13 and 20, those Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 portions known as the (General hunt only) Delta Controlled Use Area 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, by drawing permit only; 150 permits will be issued (4) Unit 7, that portion Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 south of the (General hunt only) Sterling Highway, west of the Seward Highway, and north and east of Kenai Lake 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger or 1 ewe by drawing permit only; up to 50 permits may be issued for rams and up to 50 permits may be issued for ewes Units 7 and 15(A), those por- Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 tions east of Fuller Lake trail, (General hunt only) south of Dike Creek, and a straight line from the source of Dike Creek, east through the divide south of Trout Lake, to Juneau Creek, west of Juneau Creek and north of the Sterling Highway 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger or 1 ewe by drawing permit only; up to 10 permits may be issued for rams and up to 20 permits may be issued for ewes Remainder of Unit 7, Unit 9, Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 remainder of Unit 13, Unit 14(A), Unit 14(B), remainder of Unit 15, and Units 16 and 19 1 ram with full curl horn or larger (5) Unit 11 RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with 3/4 curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 or larger (6) Remainder of Unit 12 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 (General hunt only) 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger (7) Unit 14(C), the Eklutna Lake Day after Labor Day after Labor Management Area Day - Oct. 31 Day - Oct. 31 (General hunt only) 1 sheep by drawing permit only, by bow and arrow only; up to 35 permits will be issued Remainder of Unit 14(C) 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Oct. 31 Aug. 10 - Oct. 31 larger or 1 ewe by (General hunt only) drawing permit only; up to 240 permits will be issued; or 1 ewe by drawing permit only; up to 150 permits will be issued 1 sheep by bow and arrow Oct. 1 - Oct. 10 Oct. 1 - Oct. 10 only, by drawing permit (General hunt only) only; up to 120 permits will be issued (8) Unit 17 No open season. No open season. Unit 20(D), that portion Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 north of the Alaska (General hunt only) Highway, and that portion of Unit 20(E) encompassing Mt. Harper south of Joseph Creek and the headwaters of the Charley River 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger, by drawing permit only; 4 permits will be issued Remainder of Unit 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 (General hunt only) 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger (9) Unit 23, that portion north of Rabbit Creek, Kiyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of the Aniuk River ("DeLong Mountains") RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 sheep by registration Aug. 10 - Apr. 30 permit only (Subsistence hunt only) ALL HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger by drawing permit only, provided that the harvestable surplus is greater than 9 sheep in combination with that portion of Unit 26(A), west of the Etivluk River Unit 23, that portion south of Rabbit Creek, Kyak Creek, and the Noatak River, and west of the Cutler and Redstone Rivers ("Baird Mountains") RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 sheep by registration Aug. 10 - Apr. 30 permit only (Subsistence hunt only) ALL HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger by drawing permit only, provided that the harvestable surplus is greater than 47 sheep Remainder of Unit 23 ("Schwatka Mountains") RESIDENT HUNTERS: 3 sheep by Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 registration permit only (Subsistence hunt only) ALL HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or larger Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 (10) Unit 24, that portion Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 No open season. within the Gates of the Arctic National Park 3 sheep Remainder of Unit 24 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 1 ram with a full-curl horn or larger Unit 25(A) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with a full-curl horn Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 or larger may be taken Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 only from Aug. 10 through Sept. 20; up to 3 sheep may be taken by registration permit only Oct. 1 - April 30 NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with a full-curl horn or larger Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Remainder of Unit 25 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 1 ram with a full-curl horn or larger Unit 26(A), that portion west of the Etivluk River RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 sheep by registration Aug. 10 - Apr. 30 permit only (Subsistence hunt only) ALL HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn or Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 larger by drawing permit only provided that the harvestable surplus is greater than 9 in combination with that portion of Unit 23 in the DeLong Mountains Unit 26(A), that portion east of the Etivluk River excluding Gates of the Arctic National Park RESIDENT HUNTERS: 3 sheep by registration Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 permit only (Subsistence hunt only) ALL HUNTERS: 1 ram with full-curl horn Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 or larger Unit 26(A), that portion Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 No open season. within the Gates of the Arctic National Park 3 sheep Unit 26(B), that portion within the Gates of the Arctic National Park 3 sheep Aug. 1 - Apr. 30 No open season. Remainder of Units 26(A) and 26(B) Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 1 ram with a full-curl horn or larger Unit 26(C) RESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with a full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger may be Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 taken only from Aug. 10 through Sept. 20; up to 3 sheep may be taken by registration permit Oct. 1 - April 30 NONRESIDENT HUNTERS: 1 ram with a full-curl Aug. 10 - Sept. 20 horn or larger

(b) Repealed 6/16/91.

History: Eff. 8/20/89, Register 111; am 8/9/90, Register 115; am 8/10/90, Register 115; am 12/27/90, Register 116; am 6/16/91, Register 118; am 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/1/93, Register 126; am 4/25/96, Register 138; am 6/28/96, Register 138; am 10/23/96, Register 140; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/98, Register 146; am 7/1/99, Register 150; am 7/1/2000, Register 154; am 7/1/2001, Register 158; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; am 11/28/2003, Register 168

Authority: AS 16.05.060

AS 16.05.255

AS 16.05.258

Editor's note: At its November 9 - 11, 1992 and its January 19 - 28, 1993 meetings, the Board of Game readopted 5 AAC 85.055(a) (5), (a)(9), and (a)(10) in their entirety, without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted AS 16.05.258 .

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