Current through September 25, 2024
Section 5 AAC 85.060 - Hunting seasons and bag limits for fur animals(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 fur animals are as follows: Resident Open Season (Subsistence and Nonresident Units and Bag Limits General Hunts) Open Season (1) Coyote Units 1 - 5, 18, Sept. 1 - Apr. 30 Sept. 1 - Apr. 30 and 22 (General hunt only) 2 coyotes Units 6, 7, 9-17, 19, 20, 21, July 1 - June 30 July 1 - June 30 23, 24, 25, and 26 No limit (2) Arctic fox (including white and blue phases) Unit 8 2 foxes Sept. 1 - Feb. 15 Sept. 1 - Feb. 15 Units 9, 17, 18, 22, 23, and 26 Sept. 1 - Apr. 30 Sept. 1 - Apr. 30 (General hunt only) 2 foxes Units 24 and 25 Sept. 1 - Mar. 15 Sept. 1 - Mar. 15 (General hunt only) 2 foxes Unit 10 No closed season. No closed season. (General hunt only) No limit (3) Red fox (including cross, black, and silver phases) Units 1 - 7 and 15 No open season. No open season. Units 8 - 10, 14, 16, and 17 Sept. 1 - Feb. 15 Sept. 1 - Feb. 15 (General hunt only) 2 foxes Units 11 - 13 and 18 - 26 Sept. 1 - Mar. 15 Sept. 1 - Mar. 15 (General hunt only) 10 foxes; however, no more than 2 foxes may be taken before Oct. 1 (4) Lynx Units 1 - 5, and 10 No open season. No open season. Units 6, 7, 11, and 13 - 16 Nov. 10 - Feb. 28 Nov. 10 - Feb. 28 (General hunt only) 2 lynx Units 9 and 17 Nov. 10 - Feb. 28 Nov. 10 - Feb. 28 (General hunt only) 2 lynx Units 12 and 20(E) Nov. 1 - Mar. 15 Nov. 1 - Mar. 15 (General hunt only) 2 lynx Unit 18 Nov. 10 - Mar. 31 Nov. 10 - Mar. 31 (General hunt only) 2 lynx Remainder of Unit 20, and Nov. 1 - Feb. 28 Nov. 1 - Feb. 28 Unit 25(C) (General hunt only) 2 lynx Units 19, 21, 24, and Nov. 1 - Feb. 28 Nov. 1 - Feb. 28 remainder of Unit 25 (General hunt only) 2 lynx Units 22, 23, and 26 Nov. 1 - Apr. 15 Nov. 1 - Apr. 15 (General hunt only) 2 lynx (5) Red squirrel, ground squirrel, flying squirrel Units 1 - 26 No closed season. No closed season. (General hunt only) No limit (6) Beaver Units 1-8, 10-15, No open season. No open season. and 17 Units 9, 18, and 23 No closed season. No closed season. No limit Unit 16 Aug. 10 - May 31 Aug. 10 - May 31 No limit Units 21(A) and 21(E) Sept. 1 - June 10 Sept. 1 - June 10 No limit Unit 22 No limit No closed season. No closed season. Units 19 - 20, No open season. No open season. 21(B), 21(C) 21(D), and 24 - 26 Eff. 7/8/85, Register 95; am 8/20/89, Register 111; am 11/18/89, Register 112; 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 7/1/92, Register 122; am 5/13/93, Register 126; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 7/1/98, Register 146; am 7/1/2000, Register 154; add'1 am 7/1/2000, Register 154; am 12/28/2001, Register 160; am 7/1/2002, Register 162; add'1 am 7/1/2002, Register 162; am 7/1/2003, Register 166; am 7/1/2004, Register 170; add'1 am 7/1/2004, Register 170; am 7/1/2006, Register 178; add'1 am 7/1/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; am 7/1/2009, Register 190; am 7/1/2010, Register 194; am 7/1/2011, Register 198; add'1 am 7/1/2011, Register 198; am 7/1/2012, Register 202; am 7/1/2013, Register 206; add'1 am 7/1/2013, Register 206; am 7/1/2014, Register 210, July 2014; add'l am 7/1/2014, Register 210, July 2014; am 7/1/2015, Register 214, July 2015; am 6/23/2022, Register 242, July 2022Authority:AS 16.05.255
AS 16.05.258